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From Whitehaven to Sunderland, the team of eight Roads Policing Officers from West Yorkshire Police will cycle circa 130 miles in just 3 days, raising money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is a charity solely run by donations, relying on the generosity of the public to help keep both their air ambulances maintained and in the air, which costs £12,000 every day.

Richard Clarke, West Yorkshire Police, Roads Policing Officer said:

“We as a team, among other things attend, help and investigate all the serious and fatal road collisions in West Yorkshire. Our work often includes incidents where the Yorkshire Air Ambulance will be deployed to the scene. We can recall numerous incidents we have dealt with where the helicopter has attended, and lives have clearly been saved by air lifting patients to the hospitals in the golden hour of first aid.”

Compliance365 are sponsoring the West Yorkshire Police on their Coast2Coast cycle, raising money through dress down days in their office and purchasing limited addition Yorkshire Air Ambulance cycling jerseys for the team to wear during their cycle.

The Coast2Coast cycle will take place from the 2nd of October to the 4th of October, with the Road Policing Officers starting straight after their night shift!

Family and friends of a woman accidently knocked down by her Mum when 36 weeks pregnant are taking to the hills to thank the medics that saved her and her unborn child.

Vikki Lane suffered multiple injuries, including badly broken legs and pelvis, in the freak accident at Clifford’s Tower car park, York, two years ago.

Her Mum Alison pressed the accelerator instead of the brake after dropping off her heavily pregnant daughter.

Vikki was airlifted by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary where son Samuel was safely delivered before Vikki underwent the first of 13 major operations to try and repair her shattered bones.

The 36-year-old spent a month in hospital and was wheelchair-bound for six months but despite her injuries went on to have a second son, Joshua, who was born last May.

Despite repeated surgery and more than 1,000 hours of physio, Vikki’s right leg is currently in a frame in a bid to repair bone that has failed to heal and she is also due to have further surgery on her left knee in the Summer.

“It has been really difficult, and there have been setbacks, but I’ve had so much support from my husband, both our Mums, family and friends. And I have my two boys which is just amazing,” said Vikki from Riccall.

Since the accident Vikki’s husband Ray has led the Team Miracle campaign which has so far raised £15,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and further funds for the Day One trauma care charity, based at the LGI.

In 2016, he and 14 family and friends completed the 153-mile Coast to Coast cycle challenge from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth on the North East coast.

Last year they organized a charity cricket match and Ray is being joined by 29 Team Miracle trekkers on July 14 to tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge to raise more money for the rapid response emergency charity and Day One.

Grateful Vikki, 36, said: “We have people aged from 16 to 60 who have joined Team Miracle this year and, if my recovery goes well, I will be doing something with my Mum next year.

“The plan is to organize an event each year for 10 years to raise as much as we can for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. They do such an amazing job every day and we, as a family, are just so grateful they were there for us.”

If you would like to support Team Miracle’s Three Peak Challenge go their Virgin Money Giving page https://bit.ly/2IqroCn and you can follow their progress on Twitter @TeamMiracle2016 and through the Team Miracle Facebook page.

Abby Barmby from Yorkshire Air Ambulance added: “Vikki is such an inspiration to us all.  Not only has she had to endure hours of operations as a result of her injuries, she’s also been so focused on supporting the YAA and spreading the word about the fantastic work we do – a truly wonderful ambassador for us.  We’d like to thanks Vikki, Ray and all their friends and family for their fundraising efforts and wish them every luck for their upcoming challenge.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance serves 5million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,300 missions every year. The charity needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep its two, state-of-the-art helicopters flying.

Family and friends of a woman accidently knocked down by her Mum when 36 weeks pregnant are taking to the hills to thank the medics that saved her and her unborn child.

Vikki Lane suffered multiple injuries, including badly broken legs and pelvis, in the freak accident at Clifford’s Tower car park, York, two years ago.

Her Mum Alison pressed the accelerator instead of the brake after dropping off her heavily pregnant daughter.

Vikki was airlifted by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary where son Samuel was safely delivered before Vikki underwent the first of 13 major operations to try and repair her shattered bones.

The 36-year-old spent a month in hospital and was wheelchair-bound for six months but despite her injuries went on to have a second son, Joshua, who was born last May.

Despite repeated surgery and more than 1,000 hours of physio, Vikki’s right leg is currently in a frame in a bid to repair bone that has failed to heal and she is also due to have further surgery on her left knee in the Summer.

“It has been really difficult, and there have been setbacks, but I’ve had so much support from my husband, both our Mums, family and friends. And I have my two boys which is just amazing,” said Vikki from Riccall.

Since the accident Vikki’s husband Ray has led the Team Miracle campaign which has so far raised £15,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and further funds for the Day One trauma care charity, based at the LGI.

In 2016, he and 14 family and friends completed the 153-mile Coast to Coast cycle challenge from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth on the North East coast.

Last year they organized a charity cricket match and Ray is being joined by 29 Team Miracle trekkers on July 14 to tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge to raise more money for the rapid response emergency charity and Day One.

Grateful Vikki, 36, said: “We have people aged from 16 to 60 who have joined Team Miracle this year and, if my recovery goes well, I will be doing something with my Mum next year.

“The plan is to organize an event each year for 10 years to raise as much as we can for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. They do such an amazing job every day and we, as a family, are just so grateful they were there for us.”

If you would like to support Team Miracle’s Three Peak Challenge go their Virgin Money Giving page https://bit.ly/2IqroCn and you can follow their progress on Twitter @TeamMiracle2016 and through the Team Miracle Facebook page.

Abby Barmby from Yorkshire Air Ambulance added: “Vikki is such an inspiration to us all.  Not only has she had to endure hours of operations as a result of her injuries, she’s also been so focused on supporting the YAA and spreading the word about the fantastic work we do – a truly wonderful ambassador for us.  We’d like to thanks Vikki, Ray and all their friends and family for their fundraising efforts and wish them every luck for their upcoming challenge.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance serves 5million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,300 missions every year. The charity needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep its two, state-of-the-art helicopters flying.

Hull based safety company, Arco, joined forces with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) to supply its volunteers with distinctive and practical uniforms during last week’s Tour de Yorkshire. Having been inspired by the uniforms Arco designed for Hull City of Culture last year, YAA decided it was time to refresh its own volunteer uniforms, with branded, distinctive and functional outfits.

As the official charity partner of this year’s Tour de Yorkshire,  Air Ambulance wanted to ensure its 100 volunteer fundraisers were easily identifiable throughout the event in order for the independent charity to use the opportunity to raise awareness and collect donations to support its work.  Providing life-saving rapid response emergency service to 5 million people across Yorkshire, YAA relies solely on donations in order to keep its two helicopters in the air.

Working with YAA’s distinctive colour pallet featuring red, yellow and grey, Arco’s Product and Procurement Manager Dalvir Sarkaria and Designer Kirby Griffiths created a set of comfortable and distinctive uniforms that incorporated the YAA corporate identity.  The designs included a yellow polo shirt, grey gilet with yellow zips, a yellow waterproof shell jacket that is breathable and windproof, plus a zipped hoodie.

Abby Barmby of Yorkshire Air Ambulance said: “As this year’s official charity of the Tour de Yorkshire, we really felt it was time to rejuvenate the uniforms supplied to our fantastic volunteers and, having worked with the Arco team previously, we knew they were the right people for the job. We’ve had some fantastic feedback from our volunteers including how comfortable they are to wear, which is great to hear. I would like to thank Arco for its hard work as well as all the local support and donations we receive, the generosity from residents really is the life blood of the charity.”

Following the positive feedback and success of the uniforms at the Tour de Yorkshire, YAA is now planning to kit out a further 50 volunteers and the pilot and paramedic crew.

For more information about Arco, please visit www.arco.co.uk

Mike Bevington from Harrogate thought it was a mistake when he got the letter to say he was one of 1,200 members of the public to be invited to the grounds of Windsor Castle on May 19 for the Royal couple’s big day.

The 80-year-old’s name was put forward by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance after requests for deserving nominees were invited by the North Yorkshire Lord Lieutenant’s office.  His nomination recognises more than a decade’s dedicated work as a volunteer for the rapid response emergency Charity.

“I was in such a state of shock when I got the letter I really did think it was a hoax initially,” said Mike who will be taking his wife Cathy to the grounds of Windsor Castle, where they will be able to see the arrival and departure of the bride and groom.

This will be the second time Mike has attended a major Royal event. When he was just 15 years-old he was a member of the Yorkshire Combined Cadet Force contingent which was invited to London to watch the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

“About 15 of us went down by train and we stayed in some military barracks where the roof leaked,” said Mike. “We were taken at about 4am to a prime spot on the steps of the Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace.

“The atmosphere was incredible. It is something I will never forget, and I feel so honoured to get the chance to see another great Royal occasion. I am surprised and just so grateful, especially as so many other people are just as deserving.”

Mike, who had a long career in sales before his retirement, joined the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) as a volunteer when he fully retired ten years ago.

Barry Dodd, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire added: “Mike is a real unsung hero. An outstanding volunteer and an inspiration to any retired person who would like to give their time to a charity of their choice’.

Helen Callear, YAA Regional Fundraising Manager North, said: “Mike is just such a great ambassador for the charity. He is so active giving talks, attending events and collecting donation tins throughout the Harrogate, Nidderdale, Wharfedale and Knaresborough area.

“We did not hesitate to nominate Mike to the Lord Lieutenant’s Office and are delighted that he has been invited.”

Charity workers, schoolchildren, Royal household members and Windsor residents are among the 1,200 members of the public invited to the grounds of Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday, May 19.

The Little Wold Vineyard, in the Yorkshire Wolds near South Cave, has produced limited edition ‘Reet Brut Rose’ and ‘Reet Brut White’ sparkling wines to celebrate the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire which will see world-class cyclists competing across the county between May 3-6.

Just 100 bottles each of these special sparkling wines have been made, with £10 from the sale of every bottle going to the Tour’s official charity partner, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Little Wold was launched eight years ago as part of a diversification scheme on the Wilson family’s farm. The first crop was harvested in 2016, producing still and sparkling wine which secured bronze medals in the vineyard’s first wine competition.

An additional four acres of vines will be planted this year and the family intends to plant a further six acres in 2019, as well as adding a red to the Little Wold range. Plans have also been submitted for to add a small building to host tasting events.

Former primary school teacher and now Little Wold Director and Events Manager Alice Maltby said: “It has been a very steep learning curve for us as a family but the wines have proved to be so popular and we are delighted with, and really proud of, what we have achieved so far.

“We really wanted to support the Tour and Yorkshire Air Ambulance. We live in a very rural area and I also ride horses and know several friends who been helped by the charity.

“It’s a life-saving service that anyone could need at any time and it is very reassuring to know that they are there.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) serves five million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,300 missions every year. The charity needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep its two, state-of-the-art helicopters flying.

YAA Director of Marketing and Communications Abby Barmby said: “What the Little Wold Vineyard is doing to mark this year’s Tour de Yorkshire is absolutely wonderful and we are delighted to be the beneficiary of their generosity.

“To have such wonderful wine produced in Yorkshire is a testament to what a great place this county really is.  We cannot thank Little Wold enough for their support.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance is the official charity partner of the fourth Tour de Yorkshire which is now regarded as one of the best supported and most colourful races on the world cycling calendar.

Some of the world’s top male and female cyclists will be taking part in the race, which has been expanded from three to four stages and will reach all four corners of the county, taking in 169 villages, towns and cities along the way.

The YAA is appealing for businesses and organisations along the route to get involved by hosting a fundraising event over the Tour weekend in May, as well as for extra volunteers to help over the four days. If you can help or would like more information, contact the charity on 01422 237900 or email info@yaa.org.uk 

To buy your limited edition ‘Reet Brut Rose’ and ‘Reet Brut White’ sparkling wines go to the Little Wold Vineyard website : https://www.littlewoldvineyard.co.uk/shop

Photo caption: L to R: Yorkshire Air Ambulance Pilot Cpt Harry O’Neill, Paramedic Anthony Platt with Henry Wilson, his wife Heather, and children Tom Wilson and Alice Maltby from Little Wold Vineyard.

The showcase shopping complex, which brings together Victoria Quarter and the recently developed Victoria Gate, is holding a major event on Saturday, April 28, to mark Yellow Yorkshire Day.

Retailers throughout Victoria Leeds have donated raffle prizes and are doing their own in-store fundraising for the rapid response emergency charity. Shoppers of all ages will be able to take part in a range of events, including trying on special headsets to get a 360-degree virtual reality insight into the work of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Nicola Hanson, Deputy Centre Manager for Victoria Leeds, said: “We are really excited and proud to be supporting the brilliant work carried out by Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

“Yellow Yorkshire Day is a great way to engage our retailers and customers with this iconic charity. Victoria Leeds is a place for the whole community and a lot of people who work and shop here have experience of, or know people who have benefited from, the air ambulance service.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance is encouraging schools, businesses, community groups and individuals to get together to hold yellow-themed fundraising events for Yellow Yorkshire Day 2018.

The charity, which serves five million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,300 missions every year, needs to raise £12,000 every day to continue its life-saving work.

Regional Fundraising Manager Kerry Garner said: “We are so grateful to Victoria Leeds management and stores for getting behind Yellow Yorkshire in such an enthusiastic and committed way.

“Our supporters, including mascots Pilot Percy and Paramedic Polly, will be out in force on the day and we will have lots of fun activities for people to get involved with including a static bike and treasure hunt.”

Yellow Yorkshire Day is Friday, April 27, and if you would like to get involved please register your details at www.yaa.org.uk to get a fundraising pack. You can also donate by contacting Yorkshire Air Ambulance or going to https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/yaac/yellowyorkshire2018

Weatherman Jon Mitchell was in attendance at a fundraiser held at the Wetherby Whaler in Guiseley, which included musical entertainment from performer Luke Murgatroyd, as well as a quiz for guests.

Following the latest donation, the Fish & Chip Group has raised in excess of £28,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, since 2011.

Tracy Speight, Restaurant Manager at Wetherby Whaler Guiseley, has been instrumental in the Whaler’s support of the charity, organising a number of events, including bake sales, raffles and family fun days, which have contributed to the total raised over the last three years.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is an independent charity providing a life saving rapid response emergency service to 5 million people across the whole of Yorkshire. The service is operational seven days a week, 365 days a year.

To keep both of Yorkshire’s Air Ambulances maintained and in the air, the YAA needs to raise £12,000 every single day, which is the equivalent of £4.4m a year. The generosity that they receive really is the life blood of the Charity.

YAA Director of Fundraising, Garry Wilkinson said: “As an independent charity we are so grateful for the fantastic support we receive from businesses such as the Wetherby Whaler and the wonderful people of Yorkshire.  Wetherby Whaler have continued to support the Charity over the years and have raised a fantastic amount which will go directly towards helping to save lives across the region. We’d like to thank the staff and customers for their support and making their charity night such a huge success!”

Caroline Murphy, Director of Wetherby Whaler, said: “The Yorkshire Air Ambulance provides vital and lifesaving services throughout the region, and we are delighted to continue our backing of such a fantastic cause.

“Our staff and customers have done a fantastic job in organising and supporting fundraising events over the course of the last seven years and we have managed to raise a significant amount of money in that time. We are grateful to Jon and Luke for attending and providing the evening’s entertainment, and are looking forward to continuing our support of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.”

Wetherby Whaler operates five restaurants and takeaways in Yorkshire, in Guiseley, Pudsey, Wakefield, Wetherby and York.

The rapid response emergency charity was chosen by staff from the discount retailer’s 14 Bargains stores across West Yorkshire as their charity of the year for 2016/17.

B&M Area Manager, James McCluskey, said: “As part of our national Community Fund initiative colleagues in each area are asked to nominate local charities to support and in West Yorkshire we chose the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

“We look for local causes which will make a real difference to our customers, our environment and to the communities in which our stores are based. The YAA is based in our area and we all know just what a vital service it provides every single day of the year.

“Anyone of any age and at any time could benefit from their life-saving work, and it has been a pleasure to do what we can to support them.”

B&M was formed in 1978 and is now one of the leading variety retailers in the UK with over 570 stores nationwide and more than 28,000 staff.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance serves 5million people across Yorkshire, and carries out over 1,300 missions every year. The charity needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep its two, state-of-the-art helicopters flying.

Director of Fundraising, Garry Wilkinson said: “We are so grateful to B&M, to its staff and their customers for supporting us in this way.”

Photo caption: L to R: Yorkshire Air Ambulance Pilot Elaine Hunter, Paramedic Darren James with B&M Area Manager James McCluskey, staff from the B&M Wakefield store and YAA Doctor Tim Moll.

SICL, is an award-winning technology company specialising in IT services and solutions; on premise, in the cloud and hybrid.  They have been looking after the YAA’s IT systems for over ten years now and are one of our longest standing corporate supporters.

Shirley Firth, Managing Director at SICL commented; “We are happy to support YAA by providing the bike for Neale and look forward to following his progress. Adding to their fundraising efforts by auctioning the bike following the race should make those 282 miles worth it. Good luck Neale and the rest of the P4P9 cyclists, we’ll be supporting you at every stage.”

Neale is due to participate in the annual ‘Pedal for Pounds’ bike ride, run every year jointly by the YAA and Huddersfield Town Football Club, to raise money for the ‘Keep It Up’ campaign.  Now in its 9th year, the P4P9 bike ride will see 180 riders cycle ‘The Last Goal Post’ tour with cyclists being challenged to cycle back from France, via Belgium.  The journey also includes visiting the memorials of 6 HTAFC players who were killed during service in WW1 on its 100th year anniversary.

Neale added; “I’m really chuffed with my bike and would like to sincerely thank Ashley, Shirley and all at SICL for their generosity and support.  The bike is everything I need to help with my training and the long slog back from France in May.  It’s a daunting prospect thinking how far I’ve to ride over the four days, but I’m really looking forward to it!”

Following the ride, which takes place between the 9th and 12th May, SICL will then be auctioning off Neale’s bike to help raise even more money for the YAA!  Watch this space for further details!

Yorkshire Air Ambulance is flying high after staff in the Sheffield office of international law firm CMS chose the rapid response emergency service as its charity of the year.

The office, which has 15 partners, 128 lawyers and 111 business services and support staff, advises major businesses across many sectors including healthcare, financial services, infrastructure, real estate and advanced manufacturing.

Its charity committee chose Yorkshire Air Ambulance to support during 2018 and fundraising events planned include the annual charity ball in May which is hoped will generate around £10,000.

CMS Sheffield Employment Partner Tracey Marsden also heads the office’s charity committee. She said: “We know just what a vital service the Yorkshire Air Ambulance provide, a service that anyone of us could need at any time, but it was a real eye opener that the charity receives no Government funding.

“We are encouraging everyone to get involved with fundraising and also volunteering their time to support the life-saving work of the air ambulance here in South Yorkshire.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) serves five million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,250 missions every year. The charity operates two, state-of-the-art Airbus H145 helicopters and needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep saving lives.

During 2016/17, the YAA flew 208 missions in South Yorkshire treating 172 patients at the scene and airlifting 68 people with life-threatening injuries or medical conditions to a major trauma centre.

With a purpose-designed helipad at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital and the recent introduction of extended flying hours, the number of South Yorkshire patients benefiting from the service is expected to continue to rise.

YAA Regional Fundraising Manager Kerry Garner said: “We fly an average of three missions a week in South Yorkshire with currently around 14 per cent of all patients airlifted are flown to either the Northern General Hospital or Sheffield Children’s Hospital for specialist care.

“We know these figures will rise as we fly more missions and so the need for support from amazing organisations like CMS in South Yorkshire is even more important.

“It is why we are so grateful to all the staff in Sheffield for choosing us as their charity of the year and we very much look forward to working with them.”

CMS in Sheffield provides banking, clinical and professional risk, corporate, construction, employment, environment, health and safety, pensions, planning, disputes and real estate legal advice.

Photo: (L to R) CMS Partner Tracey Marsden, trainee solicitor Beckie Wrend with Yorkshire Air Ambulance Regional Fundraising Manager Kerry Garner.

The award-winning charity is believed to be one of the first air ambulance services in the country to use fully immersive, 360-degree virtual reality (VR) as a fundraising and awareness-raising tool.

Using special VR headsets, viewers can become a paramedic setting off on a mission, a patient being transferred from the helicopter to hospital, and see what it’s like to be sat in the aircraft cockpit as you approach the landing pad of one of the region’s Major Trauma Centres.

There will also be an immersive tour of Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s air support unit at Nostell, near Wakefield, and more sequences are planned.

Director of Marketing and Communications Abby Barmby said: “By embracing this innovative technology we can engage with existing and potential supporters in a very different way, to give them a better understanding of the life-saving work we do, and how their money is spent.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance have worked with innovative York-based Air Television, which makes the popular UKTV series Helicopter ER, that follows the life-saving work of the rapid response emergency charity.

Matt Richards, is Series Producer at Air Television which recently won two Royal Television Society awards for their work on the compelling series.

He said: “Descending into the heart of Leeds in VR is almost as dramatic as doing it for real. Viewers can turn their heads to see tower cranes and high-rise blocks sliding past, see pedestrians staring up, or watch and listen as the Pilot talks us through the touchdown on the Leeds General Infirmary’s rooftop helipad.

“This is really exciting technology and we are delighted to be breaking new ground with Yorkshire Air Ambulance in this innovative way.

“The charity is fabulous to work with and have been very keen to explore with us what can be achieved using this evolving immersive technology. The possibilities are really exciting.”

The 360-degree footage can be watched on a smart phone or tablet, but the special VR headsets – which have been donated by a charity supporter – take the experience to another level. Viewers are totally immersed with every turn of the head giving them a different perspective.

Abby added: “We hope initially that the headsets will be taken to events and presentations to give people a powerful and novel insight into the life-saving work we do.  Although we have some initial kit to get us started, we are looking for other companies who would be willing to support this project with either donations of VR equipment or sponsorship towards it, so we had more sets available for use.  If anyone is interested, please do get in touch with us for a chat.

“We are not currently aware of any other air ambulance charity that is doing this and, looking forward, we are exploring other potential uses, such as training and education, which is very exciting.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) serves 5million people across Yorkshire and carries out over 1,250 missions every year. The charity operates two, state-of-the-art Airbus H145 helicopters and needs to raise £12,000 every day to keep saving lives.

Organised and hosted by Lindsay and Will Hitchen at their St George’s Court B&B, based at Old Home Farm, High Grantley, Ripon, with support from friends and several members of Farm Stay UK, more than 200 breakfasts were served up across three days and six sittings.

The 2018 farmhouse feast attracted multiple sponsors, both financially and with product donations. Keynote supporters were Ripon accountants Eura Audit, Barclays Bank’s agricultural division and Craven Cattle Marts in Skipton.

The proceeds will be split between two main beneficiaries, national farming charity, Addington Fund, and Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Over the years, Yorkshire members of Farm Stay UK, the country’s largest network of on-farm accommodation providers, have raised close on £40,000 for the two charities.

Addington’s operations manager Sue English said: “No one seems to do breakfasts to the extent that Yorkshire can do them, with over £17,000 being raised for Addington since 2014. This is an incredible amount of money, which will make a real difference to the farming families we help. Thank you again to all the people and organisations involved who continue to donate their time and energy to making this happen.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance North Yorkshire fundraising manager Helen Callear said: “It may surprise people to know that we are an independent charity and rely on the generosity of individuals and organisations to help save lives across the region.

“Lindsey Hitchen and members of Farm Stay UK have been supporting the YAA for a number of years and have raised a magnificent amount of money. We’d like to thank everyone involved in making the Big Breakfast bonanza such a huge success and for their continued support.”