Keen eyed air ambulance supporters might notice some strange goings on this October in Cornwall. The charity is tendering for a new generation air ambulance which it is hoped will go into service from December 2019.
In August 2016 Cornwall Air Ambulance undertook its 26,000th mission since it began as the UK’s first air ambulance service in 1987.
Cornwall Air Ambulance raised £35,000 at its annual summer ball on Saturday 16th August, this year called The Magnificent Flying Circus. The hangar was filled with 183 guests and many wore circus themed costume.
The annual plant sale and open day at Cornwall Air Ambulance raised the most yet from this type of event at the charity’s Newquay headquarters. More than £3000 was raised at Sunday’s event through plant sales, a pop-up charity shop.
Cornwall Air Ambulance has launched a two year programme in conjunction with South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust that see doctors flying on board the county’s emergency helicopter service for up to four days a week.
Cornwall Air Ambulance’s St Austell Superstore celebrated its third birthday on Saturday. The celebration saw aircrew paramedic Mick McLachlan in store to talk to the public about the lifesaving work that the air ambulance does.
On Friday 1st April Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall opened a new building for Cornwall Air Ambulance. The build was possible due to a grant of £241,000 of Libor bank fines from HM Treasury.
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