Paramedic Lee Salmon has been working at GNAAS for nine years and is the charity’s head of operations for Cumbria and Isle of Man. We had a chat with Lee to find out more about his role and previous career… Lee, could you talk us through what your role at GNAAS is? Being the head … Continued
Colleagues at the mining company raised nearly £10,000 in 2023 alone with many choosing to make a donation directly from their wages, with the company match funding each contribution. The dedicated group have also carried out fundraising drives including a week-long coast-to-coast walk, clothing donation collections – and some of the team even stripped down … Continued
On 7 August 2004, the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) unveiled the first air ambulance to be based in Cumbria, which was affectionately called the ‘Pride of Cumbria’. At the time of the launch, this aircraft covered five days a week, and the charity’s other helicopters based in Blyth, Northumberland and Teesside, were on … Continued
Ryan Noble, 42, and Ed Jones, 47, travelled from Sunderland on Saturday 27 July and covered a distance of approximately 153km, reaching the top of Helvellyn in 11 hours and 35 minutes. The pair not only smashed their target time of completing it in under 14 hours but they smashed their fundraising target and have … Continued
Over the course of a year, the team at Genesis Homes and sister company Russell Armer Homes raised more than £12,000 for our charity. In recognition of the homebuilder’s incredible support, they were offered the opportunity to become a Corporate Partner for GNAAS. In order to qualify as a Corporate Partner, businesses need to raise … Continued
David Ferrier from Westnewton, Cumbria, and Garry Hoyle, from North Shields, set off from San Sebastian, in La Gomera, Canary Islands on 12 December 2023 and rowed approximately 3,000 miles to Antigua in a specially designed 7m rowing boat called Molly Moo. They completed the race unsupported, eating dehydrated rations and relying on solar panels … Continued
Ryan Noble, 42, and Ed Jones, 47, will be cycling, kayaking and hiking from Sunderland to the top of Helvellyn in under 16 hours. The friends are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) after Ryan’s nephew Isaac Hoey required their help when he was just six weeks … Continued
On Friday (19 July) paramedic Jamie Walsh and doctors Lyle Moncur and Antonia Hazlerigg are planning on running between the charity’s bases in Langwathby, Penrith and Eaglescliffe, Teesside, over a 24-hour period. Antonia has previous ultramarathon experience and has run similar long distances before, but this is the first time Lyle and Jamie will be … Continued
Lucy Ohlson, 41, from Hartlepool, had to learn to walk and ride again after the car she was in collided with a piece of farm machinery being towed by a tractor in September 2010. One of the blades of the plough sliced through Lucy’s car before impaling her side and she sustained brain injuries, a … Continued
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) responded to more than 2,100 incidents across the North East, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Scotland and the Isle of Man in 2023. The charity provides advanced life-saving treatment via helicopter mainly in hours of daylight, while on a night-time, a highly skilled paramedic and doctor operate on a rapid … Continued
