News from 2021
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Inspiring triathlon raises vital NWAA funds
Michelle Wilkinson was an active fundraiser and mum of five, but in July 2013 her life changed after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. With a 70% chance of the aneurysm bursting, which could have been fatal or lead to a life changing disability, Michelle underwent a coiling procedure later …
18 Nov 2021
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Booths raise £1,750 from contactless donations
The North West Air Ambulance Charity are hugely grateful to Booths for raising £1,749 in contactless donations over the past year. After cash donations in collection tins were dramatically hit by the pandemic, seven Booths supermarkets generously hosted NWAA contactless donations devices. These devices spread across Garstang, Hale Barns, Kendal, …
18 Nov 2021
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NWAA launches Payroll Giving
The North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) has launched a campaign to promote payroll giving, helping companies and their employees make a lifesaving difference to people across the North West. Payroll giving is a brilliant way to make a regular donation to NWAA as your donations are taken directly out …
27 Oct 2021
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Paralympian champion thanks heroes who saved his life after cycle crash
This National Air Ambulance Week (6th – 12th September), the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) is raising awareness of the lifesaving impact its service has had on people across the North West. From 1st September 2020 – 31st August 2021, the charity completed 2,590 missions across the region, including …
06 Sep 2021
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Lifesaving charity partnership to help kit out crew
Manchester-based human resources company, BrightHR, has launched a partnership with the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) to help kit out its lifesaving crew. The company is aiming to raise nearly £5,000 for the charity before the end of the financial year in 2022. For over 22 years, the North …
05 Aug 2021
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EMT takes on gruelling 80-mile run to raise funds
An emergency medical technician (EMT) from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has raised over £1,000 for the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) in a sponsored run across Hadrian’s Wall. Working with NWAS, Glossop’s Will Griffin, 29, had seen first-hand the impact of the air ambulance, working alongside them …
29 Jul 2021
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Family raise funds in memory of Andy
9th April 2021 would have been Andy's 50th birthday Following a cardiac arrest in 2017, the North West Air Ambulance Charity transported Andy to Wythenshawe hospital, where he had previously had a heart transplant, for specialist care. This played a huge part in saving his life. One of Andy's greatest …
17 Jun 2021
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Chorlton boy involved in Clayton horror crash
A Chorlton family is thanking the air ambulance charity crew who saved their youngest son’s life Kai Clayton, now four, was left fighting for his life after the horror crash on July 13th last year, just months before he was due to start his reception class at St Kentigern’s R.C. …
27 May 2021
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Family thank North West Air Ambulance Charity after life-changing picnic
Staffordshire family thank North West Air Ambulance Charity after life-changing picnic Nearly four years after a traumatic car accident in Crewe, a family are giving back to the charity that saved their lives. In July 2017, while on a day trip to a farm in Crewe 35-year-old Emma Mountford and her 3-year-old daughter Lily were enjoying a …
12 May 2021