Air Ambulance NI lifts off with the help of Translink staff
Air Ambulance NI, which is based at the Maze in Lisburn, has received a very welcome boost from staff at Translink.
Following a year of payroll giving, Translink staff have donated £4,000 to the organisation’s nominated charity partner, Air Ambulance NI, through the Give as You Earn scheme.
These funds, along with money donated through a series of fundraising initiatives, challenges and events, have helped raise almost £18,000 for the charity which recently celebrated its fifth birthday.
This total equates to over three days of operating costs and six lives saved and marks a successful conclusion to the first year of three-year partnership between Translink and Air Ambulance NI, following the selection of the charity by staff in January 2022.
The charity’s operational helicopter carries a crew compiling pilot, doctor, and paramedic, 365 days of the year operating for twelve hours every day.
Each day costs in the region of £5,500 and £2m is needed each year to keep the air ambulance service operational.