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A big thank you to Knaresborough Golf Club members Julie and Carole who have raised an amazing £4,074.43 taking part in one of our YAA skydives.

Knaresborough Golf Club have chosen Yorkshire Air Ambulance as their charity of the year for the second year running and have been proud supporters of our charity.

Clare Deacon, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to say a huge well done and thank you to Julie and Carole for taking part in our recent skydive and for raising such an incredible amount of money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

It costs £12,000 a day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the air and the continued support from Knaresborough Golf Club and their members help tremendously towards keeping us flying above the region and saving lives.”

A huge thank you to the Staff of Biffa Waste Leeds who voted for the YAA to be the recipients of a generous donation after having over a year of no accidents on site. Each year if no accidents have been recorded, Biffa donates to a charity of the depots choosing. YAA are delighted to have been chosen by the staff of Biffa Waste Leeds, thank you so much for your support, the £1,256.11 donated will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service and enable us to continue saving lives across the region.

A huge thank you to the Bingley Belles who got on their bikes and raised an incredible £2.761 for YAA by cycling a mixture of 25,50 and 100 miles for the life-saving charity. When we met them earlier last month we were presented with a cheque for £2761, however, since then they have gone on to raise £2,811 – thank you so much!

Helen Berriman Yorkshire Air Ambulance West Yorkshire Community Fundraiser, said: ” A huge well done to the Bingley Belles for completing their cycling challenges and a big thank you for raising an impressive £2,761 for YAA. It costs £12,000 to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the air and the money raised will help greatly towards our vital funding.”

A huge thank you to Tim Gibson and his team for supporting Yorkshire Air Ambulance at their recent Charity Clay Day at the Agglethorpe Estate in beautiful Coverdale.  It was a very successful and sunny day.  Tim Gibson presented Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser with a generous cheque for £1498.31, providing a valuable boost to YAA’s funds and helping greatly towards the £12,000 a day it costs to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances flying across the region and saving lives.

Four Rangers and three Leaders from the First Usworth Guides ‘hung’ over the edge of Langley Castle and then abseiled down to raise funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  So far they have nearly quadrupled their initial fundraising target on their JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/1stusworthguidesandrangers.

One of the brave girls, Dizzy, was involved in a climbing accident in June 2019. She fell 20ft and broke her left femur and fractured her pelvis. Thanks to Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team, she was treated at the scene and then carried 300ft down the rocky path to the awaiting helicopter to transport her to the hospital. Dizzy was hoping to climb Mount Toubkal in Morocco but that has been postponed twice due to the pandemic. Dizzy said, “These teams do amazing jobs and I can’t thank them enough for the service that they provide.”

Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser commented: “A huge thank you to Dizzy and her fellow Guides for taking on such an amazing challenge in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  Their fundraising really is the lifeblood of the charity and contributes enormously to the £12,000 needed each day to keep the two yellow helicopters flying across Yorkshire saving lives”.

Esme and her dad Andy went on a big adventure on the May Bank Holiday and challenged themselves to walk 30 miles whilst camping in the Yorkshire Dales. Not only did they manage to walk the 30 miles they even managed another bonus of 3 miles and thankfully the sun was shining! Esme has been raising funds for the YAA with her school, The Froebelian School in Horsforth and on the third day Esme and Andy were joined by Esme’s teachers Miss Suggitt and Mrs Jackson and Andy’s wife Hannah. More than £900 has been raised so far and there’s still more to come. Well done Esme and thank you to everyone who took part.

Robin Hood Under 10s FC from Wakefield has raised £250 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance in memory of their coaches friend, Ian Stewart who was airlifted by us in October 2018 and sadly passed away.

The money was raised through an Easter raffle and the children were really interested to learn how it costs £12,000 a day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances airborne.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Community Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to thank Robin Hood Under 10s FC for their generosity and support and for raising £250 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The money raised will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service.”

Following being caught up in the Bali bombings, Tony looked to football to help with his mental health and created a sculpture of Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa.  This was raffled off and donations went to Mind, however, he received great interest in the sculpture from fans afterwards so decided to create and sell miniature versions of the sculpture with all donations going to Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Cieran Bingham and Martin House.

Helen Berriman, West Yorkshire Community Fundraiser, said: “We would like to thank Tony for his generosity and support and wish him well in his fundraising. It costs £12,000 a day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the air and the money raised will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service.”

To learn more about Tony and to pre-order a sculpture please visit: https://clarksculptures.com/pages/my-story

We’d like to say a very big thank you and well done to Sue at Street House Post Office and all the fabulous customers who have now raised over £1000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, as part of the contributions to the Priory Rose Vintage Tractor Group, who as a group have raised to date over £50, 000! We are so lucky to have such amazing supporters throughout Yorkshire and thank you so much for all the incredible support.

After having to cancel twice due to Covid restrictions, Ruth Dent organised a scaled-down Treasure Hunt as an assignment for part of her University Hospitality Degree course.  Ruth was hoping to publicise and advertise the event far and wide but to keep within Government guidelines, she decided to invite less than 10 people to avoid the risk of being fined for organising a big gathering.

Thanks to Ruth’s dedication and perseverance, her generous family and friends helped her raise over £100 on a very sunny April day in Wensleydale.   She is hoping that in non-Covid times, she can organise another event on a larger scale with a lot more people and maybe more donations.

Thank you Ruth from all at Yorkshire Air Ambulance for helping to keep the two yellow helicopters flying across Yorkshire saving lives.  Good luck with your degree!

A huge thank you to the enthusiastic mother and daughter team, Jen and Issy of Van Chaud who raised over £400 on the day they launched their enterprising business.  They bought their beautiful adapted 1969 Citroen van just before Lockdown last year so unfortunately missed out on attending festivals, parties and shows during the Summer.  Jen and Issy decided to set up in their driveway at the beginning of April and invited their local community of Topcliffe to sample coffees & crepes for donations and so that they could receive feedback.  The donations were then passed very generously onto Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  Topcliffe residents are used to seeing the yellow helicopter flying overhead as one of the Air Support Units is just down the road at RAF Topcliffe.

Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, collected the donation and said: “It has been a challenging year for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the support and generosity we receive really is the lifeblood of our charity.  Van Chaud’s generous donation provides a valuable boost to our funds and will help greatly towards the £12,000 a day it costs to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances flying across the region and saving lives.”

Spring is on its way, the buds on the trees are showing, the daffodils are slowly emerging, and the days are getting longer. We’d like to say a very big thank you to Dean Goodall at Lawnscience (North Leeds) for choosing to support the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Dean has pledged to donate £20 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance for any referral who signs up to a lawn care programme. Please mention Yorkshire Air Ambulance when you contact Lawnscience.

With spring on its way, what better time to get your lawn summer-ready whilst also helping to support the YAA!

For more information on Lawnscience, please see the below link;

https://lawnscience.co.uk/collingham/

Thank you Dean for your support and for helping to keep our helicopters flying in the sky!