Dream wedding for NHS couple

Credit: Emma Ashdown Photogrpahy

Paramedics Tia Whiteman and Joel Whittingham could hardly believe their luck when they discovered they'd won the wedding of their dreams.

The couple were chosen as the worthy winners in a competition for NHS workers run by Blossom Wedding Planning (www.blossomweddingplanning.co.uk) and Chippenham Park (www.chippenhamparkevents.co.uk), a breathtakingly beautiful venue set in the Cambridgeshire countryside.

"The appreciation of the sacrifices NHS workers have made during the crisis has been recognised by the whole nation but we and Blossom Wedding Planning decided to give back in the best way we knew how, and that was to offer one lucky couple working for the NHS a free wedding," explains events manager at Chippenham Park Beccy Nicholson.

After submitting their entry online, explaining why they wanted to win, Tia and Joel were invited to the venue on the pretence that they'd made the final shortlist. Little did they know when they arrived, that they'd already been picked as the winners."We were absolutely over the moon," says delighted Tia. Both full-time paramedics for East of England ambulance service, the couple have been together for more than six years and got engaged in December 2019.

"Winning our wedding at such an amazing venue is just breathtaking and I know it will be the best chapter of our happy ever after."

The wedding is planned for April 2021 and more than 20 local suppliers have come on board to offer their services, covering everything from the photography, dress, flowers, cake, stationery and more to create the couples dream day.