GNAAS saved my life and I’m very grateful for their help. My mum, dad, and kids are also very grateful.
Samantha Sugden
Penrith
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) brings pioneering pre-hospital care to the scene, rescuing hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year. We are not NHS-funded.
1,173
callouts in 2018
33,414
donors in 2018
£5.1m
cost of the service in 2018
Help us stay in the sky by donating today.
Your donations are what keep us going. Without the regular donations of our supporters we wouldn’t be able to help people all over the region.
Latest from GNAAS
Incident Round-up: 19 May
Yesterday we were activated at 1.10pm to Alston Moor. Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient before airlifting them to hospital. Incident timeline: 13:10 Mobile to incident from Langwathby 13:12 On scene 14:02 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air 14:14 Arrive at hospital 14:52 Returning to base 15:03 On base … Continued
Award-winning paramedic joins GNAAS
Steve Miles, from Cramlington, was a senior paramedic at the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), before joining GNAAS, which has bases at Durham Tees Valley Airport and Langwathby in Cumbria. Mr Miles first joined NEAS as a trainee advanced technician in 2003 before qualifying as a paramedic in 2006. In 2017 he won the Emergency … Continued
Incident Round-up: 15-17 May
Friday 17 May – Penrith Today we were activated at 8.08am to he M6, Penrith. Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient before airlifting them to hospital. Incident timeline: 08:08 Mobile to incident from Langwathby 08:15 On scene 09:01 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air 09:34 Arrive at hospital 10:33 On base Thursday … Continued
Get involved
Our charity starts with you. Your acts of generosity help save lives. Here are some of the ways you can help.
Other ways you can support us
