‘Go Off to Lift Off’ for Air Ambulance

The Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Charity is calling on the public to support its ‘Go Off to Lift Off’ campaign this New Year in order to keep the medical helicopter flying for another day.

Over the month of January, the local charity is asking for people to ‘go off’ a habit for a month. Whether it is alcohol, fatty foods, ‘exercise excuses’, screen time or swear words - to name a few, the charity want people to publicly commit to going off something they choose and raise sponsorship. Funds will help the emergency helicopter service ‘lift off’ another day to someone who is critically ill or injured.

Damien Mc Anespie (Air Ambulance NI Fundraising Manager) said, “What better way to kick-start a new year off than to set yourself a challenge that will not only benefit your body and mind but also support your local air ambulance service and possibly save a life! Our small charity team are the first to sign up, with five of us taking part, each going off something different - my bad habit is chocolate so it has to be that for me and a few of the team are ditching exercise excuses with one opting for 3k a day and one 10,000 steps a day, We will support all those taking part with words of encouragement, digital badges to share online and let you know how your fundraising efforts are making a difference by sharing some of our real patient experiences of impact.”

If you would like to join Go Off to Lift Off’ visit www.airambulanceni.org/go-off-to-lift-off to register and receive your free digital fundraising pack