WEST Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has been awarded almost £150,000 in grant funding to help improve survival rates for life-threatening emergencies such as out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. WMAS, who received £141,970 in funds, is one of ten NHS ambulance charities in the UK to receive funding from NHS Charities Together through its £1.85m Community Resilience Grants Fund in partnership with Omaze. Working with 14 NHS ambulance charities up and down the country, the fund has been designed to help more people gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond in an emergency. Cliff Medlicott, WMAS Regional Community Response Manager, said: “We are incredibly grateful to NHS Charities Together for their support and funding. In the first phase of this project, the service will work closely with places of worship in areas where access to health and welfare services is limited.