Pre-bidding opens for Cornwall Air Ambulance Summer Ball auction

Pre-bids are now being welcomed on selected auction items ahead of this year’s Cornwall Air Ambulance Summer Ball. The sold-out event is the highlight of the charity’s fundraising calendar and each year features an auction with a host of sort after and unique items for sale. Four of those auction items have now been made […]
Injured surfer and cliff fall patient among Cornwall Air Ambulance missions

The crew of Cornwall Air Ambulance was called into action 17 times last week to medical emergencies including an injured surfer and a woman who had fallen from a cliff. Between Monday 26 June and Sunday 2 July, the crew flew 15 missions on the air ambulance helicopter and responded twice in the critical care […]
Fly a Cornwall Air Ambulance mission at the Royal Cornwall Show

Visitors to the Royal Cornwall Show will for the first time will be able to fly an emergency mission as a member of the Cornwall Air Ambulance crew, thanks to the launch of a new 360 degree virtual reality film. The 360 film will be unveiled at stand 471 on the morning of Thursday 8 […]
Grand entrance for Cornwall Air Ambulance helicopter at Royal Cornwall Showground

(Download a higher quality version of the video here: https://we.tl/tAl5UmqBGx) The Cornwall Air Ambulance made a grand entrance as it touched down at the Royal Cornwall Showground with just days to go until this year’s event gets underway. The helicopter G-CIOS will form the centrepiece of the charity’s stand at the Royal Cornwall Show 2017. The […]
The view from Cornwall Air Ambulance

As the crew of Cornwall Air Ambulance carry out more than 700 lifesaving missions each year, they are able to glimpse jaw-dropping views of our beautiful county from the air. On occassions, when they are returning to base from a mission, the scenery is so stunning they capture a photo which we later share with the […]
Fundraiser pledges to hold event-a-month for Cornwall Air Ambulance

Dedicated fundraiser Marjorie Couch-Rose has pledged to hold an event every month throughout the rest of 2017 in aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance. Marjorie, from Wadebridge, has already held a Valentine’s Day party at her home with friends and neighbours which raised £100 for the charity. She also has plans for an April Fool’s Day event, a […]
Great-grandmother donates 90th birthday to charity

A generous great-grandmother donated her 90th birthday to charity, asking friends and family to give money to Cornwall Air Ambulance rather than receiving presents. When Eileen Roseveare was born in 1927, the first commercial transatlantic telephone call from New York City to London had only just been made and an experiment to try out Britain’s […]
Cornwall Air Ambulance called to reports of child in collision with car

Cornwall Air Ambulance was called into action following reports that a child had been involved in a collision with a car on Henver Road in Newquay. The crew on board the charity’s helicopter took to the skies following a 999 call for help at 3.07pm on Thursday 26 January. They arrived on scene within minutes where the youngster was being […]
Cornwall Air Ambulance flies to report of man sufferng burns

Cornwall Air Ambulance was called into action following reports that a man had suffered burns to his arms and head in the Camborne area. Following a 999 call for help at 10.53am on Monday 23 January, the pilot and paramedics aboard the charity’s helicopter made the short trip from their Newquay airbase to the Camborne area in just a few minutes. On […]
Air ambulance flies to woman with head injuries

Cornwall Air Ambulance flew to the aid of a women who had fallen and suffered head injuries in the Helston area. Following a 999 call for help at 10.39am, on Thursday 18 January, the air ambulance paramedics arrived to find the elderly women’s injuries were serious enough to require hospital treatment. She was taken aboard the helicopter and flown to Derriford […]
INFORMATION EVENING POSTPONED

We’re sorry to say that due to sickness we have had to postpone Thursday’s information evening about the charity challenge trek to Annapurna base camp in the Himalayas. The event has been rescheduled for Wednesday 25 January at 7pm. We’re sorry for any inconvenience and we hope to see you on the rescheduled date. Cornwall Air […]