Longdon Stud Farm is opening its stable doors in support of Midlands Air Ambulance.
On Saturday 29th May, Tim and Lynda Hollinshead from Rugely are inviting Staffordshire locals to come and experience 97 acres of a modern thoroughbred stud farm in Upper Longdon.
Star of the show will be the Stud’s impressive stallion ‘Striking Ambition’ who [...]

Great Barr Golf Club, Birmingham, came to the end of an enjoyable year of fundraising for Midlands Air Ambulance this month.
The local golf club named Midlands Air Ambulance as its Charity of the Year for the golfing season of March 2009 to March 2010.
On the 12 May at Cosford Air Base last year’s Captain [...]

Pupils at Highclare School, St Paul’s in Sutton Coldfield, received a visit from the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity on Monday 17th May.   Fortunately, no one needed rescuing on this occasion.
Paramedic Rob Adams dropped in on the school, with his helipod (demonstration vehicle) to introduce the group of 4 to 11 year olds to the [...]

Two Staffordshire companies are holding a unique open day in support of Midlands Air Ambulance.
Marguerite Harrison Interior Designs and Lanes Cars are joining forces on Saturday 5th June to provide an insight into the hottest trends for 2010 and the secrets behind the ‘E’ Type Jaguar.
Between 9am and 4.30pm members of the public are [...]

Birmingham’s newest hospital carried out a successful test of its air ambulance helipad earlier this month.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) is due to receive its first patients on June 16, and on Saturday morning it passed another milestone as the Midlands Air Ambulance conducted two trial landings.
The QEHB’s helipad is on top of a multi-storey [...]

Kath and Rex Titley, long time Volunteers of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity present their cheque for £1500 to Alison Blakeway, Events and Volunteer Coordinator at their home.
Kath and Rex have ran a series of Coffee Mornings and stalls at Car Boots across Shropshire and Mid Wales.
Pictured last week in the Shropshire Star with Alison.
“Kath [...]

A Staffordshire couple are preparing to climb the highest freestanding mountain in the world for Midlands Air Ambulance.
This October, Chris and Chrissy Leak (aged 60 and 52) from Stafford will attempt to climb 5,896 metres to the summit of Kilimanjaro. On the way they will have to trek through dense jungle, high moorland and [...]

Midlands Air Ambulance has teamed up with a leading accountancy firm in the West Midlands.
Chantrey Vellacott DFK’s Birmingham office has chosen Midlands Air Ambulance as its charity of the year for 2010.
The top 25 accountancy practice is one of the top ten providers of professional services to charities in the UK, working with more [...]

Midlands Air Ambulance has teamed up with Passport Travel to form a unique Travel Club.
The Rugely based travel agent is offering members of the club the chance to travel the world and help raise funds for Midlands Air Ambulance.
With every holiday that is booked in store or via www.passport-travel.co.uk an average of £50 will be [...]

Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) has teamed up with Midlands Air Ambulance (MAA) to support the Charity’s life saving work.
The M6 Toll operator has become one of the first companies in the region to sign up to the Midlands Air Ambulance new Corporate Partnership programme.
Through its corporate programme local businesses are able to support Midlands [...]

In July, the CHAD Singers of Pattingham will be presenting a ‘Summer Serenade’, a brand new concert with the first half full of your favourite songs from popular artists and shows, followed by a ‘Last Night of the Proms’ finale with all the rousing sing-along music for the audience to join in and enjoy.
The concert, [...]

The Mayor and Mayoress of Uttoxeter presented Midlands Air Ambulance with over £400 last month.
Councilor Howard Grigg and his wife Susan raised a total of £402.52 at the Mayoress Coffee morning during Uttoxeter’s annual Christmas Light switch on last December.
This donation is in addition to the £1,500 that Uttoxeter Council raised for Midlands Air [...]

Pupils from Wolverhampton Grammar School have raised over £3,000 for Midlands Air Ambulance, by running 190 miles for Charity!
The ten Year 10 pupils completed the coast to coast run between St Bees in Cumbria and Robin Hood’s Bay in Yorkshire last year.
Each student ran a total of seven times, covering between 20 and 26 miles [...]

Midlands Air Ambulance very own magazine “Take Off” is back in circulation after a total revamp.
Our new look magazine will be at pick up points across Gloucestershire, Hereforshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire from next week or available to download from the website now!
Packed with heart-warming rescue stories, brilliant fund raising profiles and [...]

Midlands Air Ambulance said goodbye to a much loved and admired flight captain last week.
On Thursday 29th April 2010, Captain Mike Kent completed his last mission with Midlands Air Ambulance after a 41 year career piloting helicopters.
For the last three of those years, Mike has piloted helicopters for Midlands Air Ambulance out of Strensham [...]

Oliver Stott was the man of the match this month as he handed over £500 to Midlands Air Ambulance.
14 year old Oliver came up with a novel way of raising money at the Uttoxeter Peak Truck Show last July.
Charging £1.00 a go Oliver asked passers-by to guess the total number of footballs (221!) hanging in [...]

A critically ill newborn baby has survived against all odds after Midlands Air Ambulance performed a dramatic airlift to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for life-saving heart surgery.
When 10 days old Arthur Howells suffered increasing breathing problems and began to turn blue, last month (April 2010) his frantic mother Beth, took him to the nearby GP surgery [...]

Employees at Illuminas Global, London, will be met with silence next week if they try chatting to Isabel Hopkins.
The serial fundraiser is embarking on her toughest challenge yet as she prepares for a day of silence on Thursday 6th May in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance.
Chatterbox Isabel says “A sponsored silence is a real [...]