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5th October - MAGPAS Blessing of the new building, Alconbury

Faith leaders from across Cambridgeshire gathered at the new Magpas Air Ambulance base to partake in blessing the new building.

After hearing from the charity’s founder, Dr Neville Silverston MBE, who spoke about the origins of Magpas Air Ambulance and how it’s grown and developed over the past 52 years, leaders representing 10 different faiths gathered at the front of the new building. The leaders took it in turn to bless the base in different ways, all thanking the people and the work undertaken within the building for its important impact on the community. The religions represented at the event, by 14 different community and faith leaders, were Bahá'í, Buddhist, Catholic, Church of England, Hindu, Islam, Methodist, Orthodox Jewish, Reform Jewish and Sikh.