The trustees of the Emergency Service Show charitable trust would like to thank all the volunteers and exhibitors for their continued commitment in supporting our very popular event, held this year on Sunday 16 September.

This year was no exception, with what is believed to be record crowds attending the Show at Cotswold Airport to meet and greet their emergency services and associated charities.

The organising committee would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to visitors and local residents by traffic congestion during the Show but this was due to circumstances beyond our control.

Despite payment and  a contract being in place to use Kemble Enterprise Park for Show access, egress and parking, the site’s facilities manager refused to allow us to use our Traffic Management Plan at the eleventh hour and placed physical barriers in our way.

This dramatically restricted our ability to bring the Show traffic off the main A429, and to implement our exit strategy. The traffic build-up was also compromised by the closure of the M4 between J17 and J18, and temporary traffic lights in Crudwell.

We do not yet know why the issues on site happened, and we can only apologise for the impact on our visitors and the local community. As a volunteer committee, we strive year on year to improve every aspect of the Show but unfortunately, on this occasion, we were powerless to resolve the situation despite making every effort to find a solution at the time.

Good morning, hope you have all slept well and wake up ready for the big show, weather is looking good and final preparations underway to welcome you to the event.

Plenty of tickets available on the gate (Cash only please) the gates open at 1000 am for the public and we  are looking forwards to a bumper day with around 200 exhibits and stalls and great displays all day.

We will see you in  a few hours and give you a warm welcome to the biggest show ever,

safe journey

The ESS Team

show set up is going well, lots of volunteers on site today and a few questions cropping up;

• The show is not sold out contrary to some rumours, tickets still available
• The main A429 is not closed by Kemble, the road works have been suspended for the weekend
• Tickets are available tomorrow but we cannot take card purchases at the gate so cash only please
• You can bring your own food onto site (no alcohol please) we will have picnic areas but food and drinks will be for sale from our vendors.

Weather is looking good, ticket sales are going well and we have loads of new attractions for 2018 so come and join us for a great day out and show your support to those who support you when you most need them.

Come and meet Responder Bill and the rest of the Wessex 4×4 Team at ESS 2018.

Wessex 4×4 Response is a charity made up of volunteers that can offer a variety of services to Local Authorities, Emergency Services and other Volunteer Agencies.
Supporting within the areas covered by the Police Forces of Avon & Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

Principally this is providing reliable transport in times of major emergencies and severe weather (snow & ice, gales, heavy rain and floods).

This can be to transport essential personnel or supplies to areas that would be hard or impossible to reach in normal vehicles, and also in support of emergency rest center’s set up by local authorities.

We can also provide assistance when an emergency response organisation’s own vehicle assets have been depleted by the demands made on them.

Wessex 4×4 Response is a charity made up of volunteers that can offer a variety of services to Local Authorities, Emergency Services and other Volunteer Agencies.
Supporting within the areas covered by the Police Forces of Avon & Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

Principally this is providing reliable transport in times of major emergencies and severe weather (snow & ice, gales, heavy rain and floods).

This can be to transport essential personnel or supplies to areas that would be hard or impossible to reach in normal vehicles, and also in support of emergency rest center’s set up by local authorities.

We can also provide assistance when an emergency response organisation’s own vehicle assets have been depleted by the demands made on them.

Hope for Tomorrow is a dedicated charity, bringing cancer care closer to patients’ homes via our Mobile Cancer Care Units (MCCUs).

As a cancer charity, we understand that time is a crucial factor for patients, and in 2007 we launched the world’s first ever Mobile Cancer Care Unit (previously Mobile Chemotherapy Unit) to bring vital cancer care closer to patients, enabling them to spend more time with family, friends and loved ones.

We develop, build, provide and maintain MCCUs to support patients who are going through Chemotherapy by alleviating the stresses and strains of travelling for appointments, along with reducing hospital waiting times.

We work in a unique partnership with the NHS helping to ease capacity challenges at hospital trusts. We now have 10 MCCUs operational in Gloucestershire, Somerset, South Wiltshire, Hampshire, East Kent, Lincolnshire, Cornwall, West Suffolk, East Essex and London/ Surrey, with two reserve MCCUs in place to ensure continuity of service during the maintenance schedule. We also provide a Nurses Support Vehicle with each MCCU, which allows the nursing team to travel to and from the daily treatment locations.

Since the launch of the first Mobile Cancer Care Unit (previously Mobile Chemotherapy Unit) in 2007, the charity has saved patients a total of over 2,000,000 miles and over 170,000 hours of travel and waiting time.

The charity won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation, in 2016. The Award is the UK’s highest accolade for business success, and was made in recognition of our achievements since the Founder, Christine Mills MBE, set up Hope for Tomorrow in 2003.

COME AND SUPPORT HOPE FOR TOMORROW AT ESS 2018

  The  Tri Force Roads Policing Unit will once again be at ESS 2018. These Officers are a combined unit from Avon & Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Police and deal with all Roads Policing  issues across the 4 Counties.

Come and see their vehicles up close, get a ride on a “blue light run”  and meet some of the team who keeps our roads safe.

Coming to the Emergency Services Show allows you to meet the Emergency Services without having to be involved in an emergency. Have you ever wondered what happens when they are called to deal with a road traffic incident? Well you can see close up how all the services work together as a team in such life threatening situations in the safety of one of the showground arenas.