Olly Rastrick was piloting a glider in August 2019 when it crashed into the ground almost at the top of Cross Fell, the highest point in the Pennines. Olly suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, which was on an inaccessible Cumbrian mountainside, and after the team from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) spotted … Continued
Founded in 2002 by Mark Aston, Ast is a leading UK branding specialist and comprises of Ast Transport Branding, Ast Signs and Astaura Commercial Interior Design. Ast has grown from having just three employees, to a team of passionate people across the UK and offers a nationwide service, with offices and application centres in Cumbria and Warrington. It is the … Continued
From 21 June to 22 September, the charity’s critical care teams, which are based in Eaglescliffe in the North East, and Penrith in Cumbria, responded to 578 incidents. This included 339 in the North East, 173 in Cumbria, 36 in Northumberland, 10 in Scotland, 12 in Yorkshire, five in the Isle of Man, and three … Continued
Staff from the company have been regular attendees of our charity ball, including when we previously hosted the event in Newcastle before expanding to include a charity ball in the North East and Cumbria. B.A.F. which is based at Cleator in Cumbria, is run by Ben Finlinson and Amy Edwards, who are long-term supporters of … Continued
Jill Dempster, from Armadale, will be tackling her first ever marathon in Loch Rannoch, Scotland, in October and has chosen to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS). In January 2015, Jill’s dad John McNeil, aged 58 at the time, was involved in a serious road traffic incident on the A1 in … Continued
Civil Engineering specialists, HMH Civils, has held a series of fundraising events during the past 12 months, including a recent charity golf day at Ramside Hall, which proved to be a huge success, generating more than £12,000 for the charity in a single event. To be recognised as a corporate partner of GNAAS, businesses must … Continued
GNAAS provides life-saving care to the most critically ill or injured people throughout the North East, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man. They respond to more than 2,000 incidents a year and it costs approximately £9.3m a year for the charity to remain operational. To help fund their life-saving missions, the organisation previously … Continued
The helmets are a compulsory piece of kit that must be worn by GNAAS’ doctors, paramedics and pilots every time they respond to an incident on a helicopter. They provide vital protection in the air if they encounter an emergency such as a bird strike, with visors on their helmets helping to shield their face … Continued
Their most significant single donation came from their annual Winter Snowball event, where they organised raffles to raise money for GNAAS, and ICL Boulby match funded the amount, resulting in a total donation of £4,995. They also entered a team at our charity golf days in the North East and Cumbria and additionally sponsored one … Continued
Lucy Henderson, 18, from Hexham, has signed up to Miles4Missions, which is a virtual daily challenge where participants need to cover a distance in miles which reflects the number of missions responded to by the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) the previous day. The challenge starts in October and Lucy has signed up to … Continued
