In 2025, Craigs Vintage and Classic Club held a corn cutting day in August and a tractor run in November, raising £8320 for Air Ambulance NI—enough to fund one day of the air ambulance.  

Members of the club visited the charity airbase in Lisburn on 31 January to present the cheque to the charity and see the helicopter that they are supporting.  

Club Founder Robert McCaughey said, “I would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed throughout the year and to those who helped plan and organise the events.  A special word of thanks goes out to Sam Coleman for the use of his premises to host the tractor run. We hope you will all continue to support Air Ambulance, thank you once again for your generosity.” 

The charity Air Ambulance NI works in partnership with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, to provide the HEMS for Northern Ireland.  The service brings urgent medical assistance to anywhere in the province, operating seven days a week for 12 hours per day. It can get to anywhere in Northern Ireland in approximately twenty-five minutes. From inception in July 2017 the medical crew have been tasked over 5,000 times.  

Kerry Anderson from the charity said, “The continued support from Craigs is fantastic; the events from 2025 will fully fund the service for one day, and it is likely that will help two critically ill or injured people in our community, anywhere in Northern Ireland.  As a charity we need to raise £3m each year to sustain and develop the service, so support like this is so appreciated.  We would like to acknowledge the continued support from Robert and Craigs each year; they value the importance of the air ambulance to the farming community, and it helps ensure we are there for everyone.” 

 Find out more about Air Ambulance NI by visiting www.airambulanceni.org alternatively you can contact the charity directly by emailing info@airambulanceni.org or calling 028 9262 2677.