Meet Our Team
Anthony J Haines MStJ - Chairman
Tony is a founder member of the Vale of Evesham Community First Responders and Chair of the Trustees. He was part of the original cohort of first responders trained by the then Hereford & Worcester Ambulance Service. He has also volunteered for St John Ambulance for 30 years, and was made a Member of the Order of St John in 2010. As well as volunteering for VoECFR and St John, he spent almost 20 years volunteering with the Casualties Union - playing the part of the injured! During that time he was cut out of over 200 cars at the Fire Service College, and took part in many exercises from aircraft and train crashes to radiation decontamination practice exercises.
Sally Warren - Trustee
Sally was part of the first intake of CFRs around 20 years ago. After hanging up her responding boots in November 2024, she is now a Trustee of the Vale of Evesham Community First Responders. She has also helped out with training new CFRs at the WMAS Sandwell hub. Sally has volunteered with St John for 30 years, and assisted with vaccinations during the covid pandemic. She owned and ran an accident repair centre with her husband for 28 years before selling up and retiring, however she felt it was too early to retire so went on to work in the prison service for a short while and then the outpatient department at Evesham hospital. Sally lists two parachute jumps and climbing the Sydney harbour bridge amongst her achievements.
Margaret Hoskins MStJ- Trustee
Margaret is a founder member of the Vale of Evesham Community First Responders, and was part of the original cohort of first responders with Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service.
She is an active member of St John Ambulance and has just completed 30 years service with them. She was made a Member of the Order of St John in 2015.
Margaret no longer actively responds for the scheme, however she remains as a trustee for the charity.
Robin Farnworth - Responder and Trustee
Robin lives in and responds from Broadway, his shifts generally cover Evesham and the surrounding villages. As well as actively responding, Robin is also a trustee for the charity.
Robin is a veteran Royal Marine Commando and IT professional. He continues to work part time for West Midlands Ambulance Service in the non-emergency Patient Transport role, so you may well see him wearing the green uniform as well as blue.
Robin carries out the majority of our CPR and defibrillator training, occasionally assisted by one or more of the other responders.
Paul is the most westerly of our scheme volunteers, living in and responding from Eckington. He also covers Pershore and the villages around Bredon Hill when he is on duty.
Paul became a CFR with the scheme in 2022, and as of 2025 has already responded to more than 130 incidents.
Paul’s day job is working in IT for local government, it is the difference from that to volunteering as a responder that drives his interest.
Paul Hatcher - Responder
Martin retired as a paramedic with South Western Ambulance Service in 2024. He now lives in and responds from Badsey having moved there with his wife who used to live in Harvington.
After having helped an ambulance crew at a roadside cardiac arrest on his way home one evening, he decided it would be a shame to waste his years of training and experience, so he volunteered as a responder with the scheme, which gives him the opportunity to carry on helping people without being tied into shift work.
Martin is an avid landscape and aviation photographer, and can often be found out and about with his camera. He is also very musical, and many years ago in 1994 conducted a male voice choir of 1000 people live on ABC television in Atlanta, Georgia, and another in the Atlanta ABC studio performing alongside double grammy award winner Peabo Bryson.
Martin Goff-Jones - Responder
Wendy lives in and responds from Evesham. She began her journey as a CFR for West Midlands Ambulance Service in 2018. For her it was an opportunity to learn valuable skills as well as to help save lives.
Within a few weeks of qualifying, she had already responded to her first cardiac arrest, and that was the moment that confirmed for her it was why she had chosen to volunteer her time as a Community First Responder. During the Covid pandemic, Wendy retrained so she could support the West Midlands Ambulance Service High Dependency Patient Transport team.
Wendy’s daytime job is working in a secondary school. She is trained in co-ordinating and supporting special needs, however these days her role is more in communications and media.
Wendy loves to travel and has been fortunate to visit many countries. To date, she is up to 14 and still hoping to explore more!
Wendy Roberts - Responder
Antony lives in and responds from Abbots Morton. He is retired after a senior career working for major food retailers and a leading UK bank.
Life events prompted him to wonder what he could do to help more. which is when he discovered the role of a Community First Responder. For him, it’s as much a vocation as just volunteering, and he gets a lot of satisfaction from helping people in their moment of greatest need, knowing that the skills he has learned might just save their life. Never knowing what each shift may bring, or how each call may unfold is what he finds particularly engaging. He is very passionate about raising awareness of our scheme and fundraising to keep our team on the road with all the appropriate equipment.
When he is not responding to calls, life keeps him and his wife Sue very busy with golfing, skiing, renovation projects and looking after their chickens, ducks and cats. Plus of course eating Sue’s fantastic cakes!
Antony Bunce - Responder
Richard lives in and responds from Evesham. He is recently retired after a career in the production of animal feed, and decided to become a Community First Responder to give something back to the community.
He started volunteering with the National Trust, however after dealing with many accidents to colleagues in his workplace, as well as attending a few road traffic accidents in his 45 year career, he decided he should get some proper training to be better equipped to deal with such emergencies.
He is the scheme’s ‘new boy on the block’ having been signed off for active duty in June 2025 and has already enjoyed attending quite a few call outs, each one different but rewarding in its own way.
Richard Sumner - Responder
Our scheme also has a coordinator who works for West Midlands Ambulance Service. The coordinator acts as a point of contact for the CFRs and provides guidance and support to the team, including information distribution and updates on policies, procedures and operational matters. The coordinator maintains accurate and up-to-date records related to training, equipment, operational activity and personnel documentation.