Archives: Community TYs

A big thank you and well done to Harry Tanfield and the event organisers who raised £400 for YAA and Yorkshire Cancer Research from the first ride of the ‘Tanfield Tour of Yorkshire’.

Donations were shared between ourselves and Yorkshire Cancer Research, with YAA receiving £240.

Our North and East Yorkshire Fundraising Manager Lin Stead, said “We would like to thank Harry and the team for organising the Tanfield Tour of Yorkshire. As an independent charity, we rely heavily on fundraisers such as these to keep both aircraft airborne and saving lives across the region. We are incredibly grateful for the support.”

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A big thank you to Mick Glover and his team for arranging a Northern Soul Day in aid of us at the Birdwell Venue in Barnsley, which raised an incredible £1,675. This takes their total to date to over £4,000.

Laura Lawton, South Yorkshire Community Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to thank Mick and his team for their continuous support and generosity. The money raised will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service.”

A big thank you to HGF Ltd employees who took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in September and raised an incredible £2,075. Members took the challenge very seriously with some joining gyms to help prepare for the day and one lady even lost a toenail following the challenge.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “Well done to the HGF Ltd employees for completing one of Yorkshire’s most challenging hikes. As an independent charity, we rely heavily on the generosity of businesses and individuals to keep our helicopters airborne and save lives across the region. We are incredibly grateful for all the support we receive.”

A big thank you to Biffa Waste Services, Leeds who have chosen to donate to Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) through their Health and Safety charity scheme.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser for YAA, said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to Biffa for their very generous donation of £1,256.11 through their health and safety charity scheme. The money raised will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service and enables us to keep our helicopters airborne and save lives across the region.”

Seven year old Jeffrey Higginson joined in with Hayley Anderson’s Fitness Month of May in Ripon and raised over £670 of Hayley’s £4,800 total.  Tessa Klemz, Regional Fundraiser, accepted the donation from Jeffrey, his mother Sonya and Ash who was going to carry Jeffrey the last few miles if he didn’t think he could manage it solo.  Well done Jeffrey you’re a superstar fundraiser.  Hayley is a fitness instructor and organised an enormous raffle, a group walk around Ripon plus a 3-hour exercise-a-thon session.  A huge thank you to everyone who took part and raised such an amazing amount.

A big thank you to the Skipton office of NFU Mutual who generously donated £6,379 to us from their national agency giving fund. Employees from their 295 offices across the country were able to nominate a local worthy cause and the Skipton branch kindly chose Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire regional fundraiser for YAA said: “We’re incredibly thankful to the Skipton agency of NFU Mutual for nominating our charity. Yorkshire Air Ambulance provides rapid life-saving emergency response to five million people across four million acres of Yorkshire, and we rely on the generosity of the public to keep us in the skies and save lives. Particularly in areas such as rural North Yorkshire where our service is vital to the farming communities that we serve.”

A big thank you to Tesco Express in Wombwell and all their customers for raising a further £300 from raffle tickets, bringing their total this year to date to an impressive £700.

Laura Lawton, YAA South Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser, said: “Businesses large and small play a critical part in helping us raise the £12,000 a day it costs to keep our helicopters airborne and saving lives across the region. We are always grateful for the support, not only in raising the funds, but also spreading the important message about our service in local communities.”

A huge thank you to the generous Rik Stoney who has donated a child’s trial motorbike to help us raise funds at an upcoming dinner.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser, said: “We would like to say a big thank you to Rik for his donation. Auction prizes are a great way for us to raise the £12,000 a day it costs to keep our helicopters airborne and saving lives across the region. We’re sure the bike will be highly sought after.”

If you’re able to donate an auction or raffle prize to us for upcoming events, please contact the fundraising team in your area or call the office on 01422 237900

A big thank you to the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloe (RAOB) who chose to support us at the start of 2020, but due to the pandemic continued their support for a further two years. Mark Arkley from the RAOB presented our West Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser Helen Berriman with a generous cheque for £3,328 raised from various collections and events.

There are future plans to hold further events this year including a BBQ, which we are looking forward to supporting to.

Helen said: “We would like to thank the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloe for their continued support and generosity. The £3,328 raised will help greatly towards our vital funding and jeeping both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the air.”

A big thank you to Chloe Lockwood (10) and her friends from Barnsley who set up a stall selling handmade bracelets on her drive this week. They raised an incredible £150!

Laura Lawton, South Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser said: “We would like to thank Chloe and her friends for their support and for raising such a fantastic amount of money. It’s great to see young people getting involved with fundraising as the support we receive truly is the lifeblood of our Charity.”

A big thank you to the Dearne Valley Walking Group and all their members who raised £300 for us through group funds.

Laura Lawton, South Yorkshire Community Fundraiser for YAA, said: “Thank you to Dearne Valley Walking Group for their very generous donation of £300. It costs £12,000 a day to keep both helicopters maintained and in the air and the money raised will help greatly towards keeping us airborne and saving lives across the region.”

A big thank you to Sally from Travelers Insurance Company and her fellow colleagues and corporate contacts who arranged a sponsored 14-mile walk in aid of YAA.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to thank Sally and everyone involved for taking part in the 14-mile walk in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance. It costs £12,000 a day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the air and supporters such as Sally and businesses like Travelers Insurance are the life-blood of our Charity, helping spread the word about the vital work we do in local communities.”