On the 26th April, advanced trauma paramedic Dean Bateman will be getting up early and making his way to Greenwich where he will join 40,000 others nervously contemplating the 26.2 miles ahead of them. You’ll spot him easily. He’ll be the one crossing the line in his London’s Air Ambulance flight suit.
The London’s Air Ambulance helicopter is currently undergoing its annual maintenance service which is due to take approximately 18 days. During this time we will continue to provide 24/7 advanced trauma care for London, delivering the same medical team, expertise and equipment to scene via our rapid response cars. This was the case prior to 2014, as we do in darkness hours and at other times when our single helicopter is unavailable for either mechanical or weather-related reasons.
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas Raffle 2014, we raised over £75,000 to support our life-saving service. Congratulations to all of our winners.
Top prize winners
£50 M&S voucher
Spreading festive cheer across the City, London’s Air Ambulance has hosted an exclusive, star studded Christmas Carol Concert at St Stephen Walbrook Church (10th December).
The charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London, filled Sir Christopher Wren’s enchanting church with the sound of Christmas to raise funds for its life-saving service. Three seasoned choirs led the musical celebration while a host of well-known faces brought to life the story of Jesus’ birth.
Rounding off a year of anniversary celebrations, hundreds of glittering guests have descended upon the East Wintergardens in Canary Wharf for the London’s Air Ambulance Silver Gala — "The crowning event in the charity’s fundraising calendar" said Chief Executive Graham Hodgkin (right).
The event catered for 250 guests made up of business chiefs and high society keen to show their support to London’s Air Ambulance, the charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured patients in London.
BBC London presenter Victoria Hollins is supporting our Christmas Carol Concert alongside actress Donna Air and Lady Moss, wife of the legendary British racing driver. Each will deliver a biblical message that reveals the true meaning of Christmas.
Victoria tells us what she enjoys about this special time of the year...
Question: This Christmas I will be?
With my family. I'm hoping it will mean something to my daughter this year as she was only 5 months old last Christmas!
"I decided to volunteer for London’s Air Ambulance to develop new skills and to give something back to the community," says student Rabeya Choudhury who most weeks can be found manning our hospital shop.
“I wanted to do something that was outside of my studies and volunteering for London’s Air Ambulance has allowed me to do something different while contributing to a very worthy cause”.
“I definitely recommend looking into the volunteering opportunities at London’s Air Ambulance because you can get involved in a wide variety of different things. I enjoy my admin role because I get to work across all teams and develop my office skills at the same time”.
Alice joined us as a volunteer in November 2013 and can be regularly found busily working away at our Charity office on Philpot Lane (Monument).
London’s Air Ambulance has collected two key awards at the 2014 Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence. This year's recognition went to the PR campaign marking London’s Air Ambulance’s 25th anniversary and to 5 year-old JJ Butcher who swam 200 metres to raise over £2,000 after his uncle was treated by the service.
Every day, London’s Air Ambulance tends to the most critically injured people in London. The doctors, paramedics and pilots from the charity face distressing, life and death situations on a regular basis. You could argue this makes an opportunity to make a little girl’s dream come true even more heart-warming for them.
