Leanne Simpson

I'm raising funds as I'm inspired by the work of my local air ambulance.

Over the past 20 years, The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) has attended over 50,000 missions.

We fly two local air ambulance services – Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA). Our critical care paramedics, doctors and pilots attend an average of ten rescue missions a day and can be on the ground within minutes, delivering lifesaving care to give patients the very best chance of survival and recovery.

We receive no government or National Lottery funding for our lifesaving missions and rely entirely on voluntary donations to raise the £2,300 needed for every mission.

Here's a few examples of how your donation can help:

- £10 could help pay for pressure dressings to control a patients breathing. 

- £25 could pay for a blizzard blanket to protect patients from cooling too much.

- If 100 people raised £23 each, a life-saving mission could be funded (it costs £2,300 every time the air ambulance is deployed)

- £76.50 could buy an LMA supreme single-use ventilation device to protect and support a patient's airways.