Archives: Community TYs

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.”

A big thank you to the four golfers from Bracken Ghyll who completed a 72-hole challenge to raise vital funds for us.

We are Bracken Ghyll’s Charity of the Year following us coming to the aid of one of their members earlier this year when he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Danny Thompson, Freddie Gape, William Stoker and Adam Cattell had a delayed start at 04:40 am owing to heavy rain and poor light conditions. It was a soggy start. Despite setting off in the rain, it eased an hour later and for the remainder of the day, conditions improved dramatically. Three rounds were completed before a late lunch break. The quickest round was played in two hours and forty minutes.

“Several club members spectated, and at times it felt like we were playing an exhibition match!” said Will Stoker. “The club gave us a terrific level of encouragement and support. Club captain, Andy Coates, donated the team’s yellow polo shirts which gelled the team and made us stand out on the course. The 72 holes flew by and before we knew it, we had finished, none of us feeling any worse for wear and ready to take on another 72! All in all, a fantastic team achievement”

The initial target of £2,000 has been well surpassed, with donations currently exceeding £3,600.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to say a big well done and congratulations to the players for completing their 72-hole challenge. The £3,600 will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service which costs £12,000 a day to keep our helicopters airborne. Thank you for supporting us.”

The Hawes-Close-Knit-Friends meet every Tuesday in the Board Inn in Hawes for an afternoon of knitting and nattering.  Last year they created a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party complete with Alice, a Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, the Mad March Hare, a sleepy dormouse, a caterpillar, and obviously plenty of tea and cakes and this year the theme is Shrek.

The installation will be featured outside the Board Inn, Market Place, Hawes from Monday 4th July for three months. Donations from the installation will be split between YAA and the Swaledale Mountain Rescue.

The group spent six months knitting Shrek and his woolly friends. The collection includes Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad, Puss in Boots, the Pink Dragon, the Gingerbread Man, 3 Blind Mice, the castle and lots of sunflowers, cabbages and eyeballs.

Tessa Klemz, Regional Fundraiser North said “Yorkshire Air Ambulance are so grateful to the Hawes Yarn Bombers for helping to raise funds for the life-saving charity, and also raise awareness in rural Wensleydale where the helicopter is very much valued and appreciated.  Thank you for your continued support.”

A big thank you to Cudworth Knit and Knatter who raised a brilliant £225 from items that they have knitted. Our South Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser Laura Lawton met them to collect the cheque.

Laura, said: “We would like to thank Cudworth Knit and Knatter for their continuous support and generosity. Community groups like these are the life-blood of YAA and help us greatly in reaching the £12,000 a day it costs to keep our helicopters flying across the region and saving lives.”

A big thank you to the Great Bear Distribution in Chesterfield who have raised an incredible £3,000 for YAA in the last year. The money was primarily raised from the sale of some of their factory seconds.

Laura Lawton, South Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to Great Bear Distribution for their generosity and support and the phenomenal £3,000 raised. The money will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service and enable our helicopters to keep flying over Yorkshire.”

A big thank you to Reed Boardall who raised £305 from a raffle and a silent auction for a signed football picture.  Their HR team Carol, Laura and Carolyn met our North Yorkshire Fundraising Manager Lin Stead to present her with a large cheque.

Lin Stead, Regional Fundraising Manager (East and North) for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to thank Reed Boardall for their continuous support and generosity. It costs £12,000 a day to keep both our helicopters airborne and the money raised will help greatly towards our daily running costs.”

Read more of our Community Thank you’s HERE.

Thank you to Brian, Hannah and all the team at BRM Ltd East Cowton for their fantastic fundraising at the recent Open Day raising £1,622. This takes their total to over £4,500. The day was a great success thanks to the hard work of Hannah and the team. Guests and YAA staff enjoyed good food in the sunshine and it was a great farming community event. Our YAA promotional looked relatively small compared to the size of some of the tractors.

Lin Stead, Regional Fundraising Manager (East and North) for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to all the team at BRM Ltd East Cowton for their continuous support and generosity. The £4,500 raised to date will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service, particularly within farming communities in rural North Yorkshire.”