A Wales Air Ambulance consultant is among the riders gearing up for the Charity’s Cycle 100 challenge this autumn! Felicity ‘Fliss’ Clark is an Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Consultant at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthenshire. But three days a month, she works for the lifesaving service, operating out of the Dafen airbase. She sees Cycle 100 as […]
Twenty retailers have stepped from behind their tills to ‘move a mile a day’ and help raise vital funds for Wales Air Ambulance. The Castle Court Shopping Centre team in Caerphilly set themselves a mission in July to boost their fitness and support the lifesaving service. They covered 1,115 miles between them walking, running, hiking, […]
A kind-hearted Pembrokeshire Great-Grandmother chose to celebrate her special 90th birthday milestone by asking for donations in lieu of gifts for a lifesaving charity. Rather than receiving presents to celebrate her nine decades Doreen Harries, from Jefferyston, Tenby, wanted her birthday to make a difference and requested that friends and family donate to the Wales […]
One of Britain’s largest transport providers is making a lifesaving difference raising thousands of pounds for Wales Air Ambulance, during its 25th anniversary year. Edwards Coaches employs around five hundred people in Wales and the South West of England, with its main base in Llantrisant and depots in Swansea, Bristol and Plymouth. It is the […]
A group of friends who are taking on a 200-mile vintage tractor run in aid of Wales Air Ambulance are feeling ‘even more motivated’ after a base visit with crew. Martin Beynon, Iwan Hall, Arwel James and Brian Richards who have known each other for over forty years, recently attended the lifesaving service’s headquarters in […]
A team of Airbus engineers took on the ultimate powerlifting challenge of lifting the equivalent of more than two Airbus A350s in aid of the Wales Air Ambulance. The fundraiser, which originally started off as a daunting challenge for three engineers, snowballed into a massive team effort, culminating in a gruelling three-hour powerlifting marathon in […]
A Wales Air Ambulance dispatcher is teaming up with crew members for the Charity’s Cycle 100 challenge this autumn. Rhys Collier, 39, works for EMRTS Critical Care Hub which is based in the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Clinical Contact Centre, in Cwmbran. He has spent over 30 years playing rugby in a variety of divisions and will be switching his studs for cleats this September. As […]
A Pembrokeshire business owner has raised an incredible £2,000 for Wales Air Ambulance after it came to the aid of a friend’s daughter. Christine ‘Chrissie’ Bonner from Little Haven gave a whole new meaning to the twelve days of Christmas, back in December last year. She pulled on her bather and bobble cap completing twelve […]
A grateful farmer’s wife whose life was saved by the Wales Air Ambulance has pledged to leave a gift in her will as a final thank you for the life she’s had – a life that may have been cut short without the help of the service. Sue Davies, from Brecon, has always been a passionate supporter of the Charity. When Sue and […]