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• Volunteer recognised for years of hard work

  A long standing North West Air Ambulance Charity volunteer and fundraiser has been recognised for years of dedicated service to the charity. Freda Whittle was nominated for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Community Volunteer of the Year by NWAA colleagues. Across nearly 15 years, Freda has worked tirelessly to raise …

  27 Jan 2022

• North West Air Ambulance Charity website wins national award

  The North West Air Ambulance Charity’s website has scooped the Good Web Guide Awards 2021 Charity Website of the Year at their annual awards ceremony. The Good Web Guide Awards celebrates the best websites from across the UK, in a range of different categories. A panel of judges including industry …

  11 Jan 2022

• Bolton family send thanks to charity that saved daughter’s life

  A seven-year-old girl who collapsed suddenly in her garden has thanked the North West Air Ambulance Charity for helping to save her life, by raising £3,000 with a ‘big chop’ sponsored haircut. Erin Garstang was playing in the garden with her sisters when she collapsed to the ground and stopped …

  05 Jan 2022

• Inspiring triathlon raises vital NWAA funds

  Michelle Wilkinson was an active fundraiser and mum of five, but in July 2013 her life changed after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. With a 70% chance of the aneurysm bursting, which could have been fatal or lead to a life changing disability, Michelle underwent a coiling procedure later …

  18 Nov 2021

• Booths raise £1,750 from contactless donations

  The North West Air Ambulance Charity are hugely grateful to Booths for raising £1,749 in contactless donations over the past year. After cash donations in collection tins were dramatically hit by the pandemic, seven Booths supermarkets generously hosted NWAA contactless donations devices. These devices spread across Garstang, Hale Barns, Kendal, …

  18 Nov 2021

• NWAA launches Payroll Giving

  The North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) has launched a campaign to promote payroll giving, helping companies and their employees make a lifesaving difference to people across the North West. Payroll giving is a brilliant way to make a regular donation to NWAA as your donations are taken directly out …

  27 Oct 2021

• Paralympian champion thanks heroes who saved his life after cycle crash

  This National Air Ambulance Week (6th – 12th September), the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) is raising awareness of the lifesaving impact its service has had on people across the North West. From 1st September 2020 – 31st August 2021, the charity completed 2,590 missions across the region, including …

  06 Sep 2021

• Lifesaving charity partnership to help kit out crew

  Manchester-based human resources company, BrightHR, has launched a partnership with the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) to help kit out its lifesaving crew. The company is aiming to raise nearly £5,000 for the charity before the end of the financial year in 2022. For over 22 years, the North …

  05 Aug 2021

• EMT takes on gruelling 80-mile run to raise funds

  An emergency medical technician (EMT) from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has raised over £1,000 for the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) in a sponsored run across Hadrian’s Wall. Working with NWAS, Glossop’s Will Griffin, 29, had seen first-hand the impact of the air ambulance, working alongside them …

  29 Jul 2021