Thirty members of staff from Cookstown based leading Design & Building Contracts McAleer & Rushe and  MRP the Property Development & Investment division, are preparing to take part in the Moy Park Belfast City Marathon in support of Air Ambulance NI Charity.

Six teams from McAleer & Rushe and MRP will undertake the team relay event on Sunday 4th May 2025.

Committed to making a meaningful impact to local communities, the family-owned business raised a total of £5000 for the charity in the 2024 Belfast Marathon, helping to support the essential, life-saving services they provide for the people of Northern Ireland, the region’s only helicopter emergency medical service.

Damien McAnespie, Air Ambulance NI fundraising manager, said,

“I want to thank the entire McAleer & Rushe and MRP team for their huge efforts in undertaking this year’s Moy Park Belfast City Marathon in support of the region’s only helicopter emergency medical service. This is the second year the company has supported the charity through this event, and we very much appreciate it. To havethirty of their staff dedicating their time and efforts to supporting the charity is fantastic. The company have been an incredible supporter of our charity since its inception in 2017 and we very much appreciate their continued support in helping to save lives, brains and limbs.”

Mark Diamond, Senior Director at McAleer & Rushe said,

“We’re very proud to continue our support for Air Ambulance NI as our staff gear up to take on the Belfast City Marathon once again.

As a company dedicated to supporting the local community, it is a pleasure to take this opportunity to raise funds for an incredibly worthwhile charity who provide the best possible pre-hospital critical care across Northern Ireland.

We extend our best wishes to our team in their marathon preparations and look forward to cheering them on in May. Thank you to those who kindly donate, your contributions make a real difference.”

The charity Air Ambulance Northern Ireland, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, provides the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service for Northern Ireland.  The service brings urgent medical assistance to anywhere in the province, operating seven days a week for 12 hours per day. The HEMS team attend patients who are seriously ill or injured, bringing emergency pre-hospital care direct to the casualty with the aim of saving lives, brains and limbs.  The aircraft can reach anywhere in Northern Ireland in approximately twenty-five minutes.

On average the medical team are called upon twice every day, whether that is as a result of a serious road traffic collision, farm or workplace accident, sport and leisure incident or a serious medical emergency. As a local charity, Air Ambulance NI aspires to raise £2.5million each year to maintain and sustain this service so public donations are crucial.

We hope that everyone can support the McAleer & Rushe’s efforts by making a donation to their https://eventmaster.ie/fundraising/pages/MX32405265