The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), in collaboration with the Red Sky Foundation, is spearheading a one-week campaign, “Every Vehicle Every Heartbeat,” aimed at saving lives. Organised through Big Give, and running from 3 December to 10 December, the campaign seeks to raise £25,000 from public donations, which will be matched by Big Give … Continued
The awards recognise truly inspiring females across the North East, who make a difference in their field, to their businesses and colleagues, to their community and to our region. Here’s just some of Hollie’s incredible accomplishments which highlight why she deserved to win. Hollie joined us at the start of 2022 at the age of … Continued
Julia Shaw, 59, a former full-time racing cyclist, who specialises in the individual time trial, had travelled from her home in Hampshire with her partner Andrew to a cottage in Ullswater, for a short break away. On 3 September they had embarked on a long walk and were approaching the summit of Place Fell when … Continued
Carl Griffiths, 29, who lives in Middlesbrough, had spent the day travelling to Sunderland with his partner Josh to pick up their Jack Russell, Luna, from Veterinary Vision, after they required an eye operation. The pair also did some shopping and arrived back home at around 3pm, before visiting Josh’s auntie at her home in … Continued
We recently welcomed Sarah to the team as one of our new paramedics. Sarah is originally from Leeds but spent a large portion of her career in London, where she trained to be a paramedic, before moving back up North, and currently resides in Teesside. She will be working across both of our bases, in … Continued
JJ Smith, from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was flying over Washington back towards the charity’s headquarters near Eaglescliffe on Monday evening when a laser beam was shone into the helicopter’s cabin. Two doctors and a paramedic were also on board the aircraft and witnessed the green light of a laser pen which … Continued
In October we welcomed Laura to the team as one of our new critical care paramedics working at our base in Langwathby, Penrith. The 28-year-old, who is originally from Carlisle, is no stranger to air ambulances after working at Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, before moving back to her home county. We had a chat with … Continued
The Filth Hounds Scooter Club, based in Cumbria, organised a charity weekend in July 2024, including a ride out past the Great North Air Ambulance Service’s (GNAAS) base in Langwathby. The significance of the ride out passing the base, is because on 28 May 2020, a critical care team from GNAAS came to the aid … Continued
Cameron Wood, from Embleton, near Cockermouth, was only 16 years old and working full time as a bike mechanic when he went out to train on some local dirt jumps with his friend Dave Armstrong. Cameron had previously travelled around Britain most weekends either training or competing in downhill mountain bike races and things we’re … Continued
Among these call-outs are people working on one of the thousands of farms based in the county, so we had a chat with Lee Salmon, our head of operations for Cumbria and the Isle of Man, about the role GNAAS plays in the farming sector. If a farmer has an incident in a rural area, … Continued
