You can make a one-off donation or set up a regular gift to commemorate a special date. Setting up an in-memory page or requesting donations in-lieu of flowers is another way to celebrate someone’s life and organise donations to Air Ambulance Northern Ireland from loved ones.
Help to remember the life of someone important to you by making a one off donation, or a regular gift to Air Ambulance NI. Your donation will help their memory live on through our life-saving service.
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We wanted to support the air ambulance because, as a charity, they rely on public donations to keep them flying to patients and families like ours. Instead of having too many funeral flowers, we thought, why not raise funds in Mum’s memory to help a future patient or family going through a traumatic experience like we did.
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When Dad passed away after his accident, it felt only right to give something back to the charity in gratitude for everything they had done. In his memory, we asked for donations in lieu of flowers at his funeral, knowing that the contributions would go directly toward helping someone locally in urgent need of medical care.
Organising Funeral Donations
Speak to your funeral director and ask them to include the request to have donations in-lieu to ‘Air Ambulance Northern Ireland’ in the death notice. Ask your funeral director to have a collection box or donation envelopes at the wake or funeral. Some funeral directors may create an online tribute page for you whilst others may ask you to contact your chosen charity directly for advice.
Can I send in a cash donation?
We kindly ask that you don’t send cash donations through the post. If you’re given cash gifts by family and friends, please contact us on 028 9262 2677 (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm), or send us a message via here and we will advise you how to forward your donation by different means.
Can I add Gift Aid to an in-memory donation?
Gift Aid is a simple way to increase the value of an in-memory donation to charity. If you are a UK taxpayer, the charity can claim 25p on every £1 donated from the Government at no extra cost to you.]
Gift Aid can only be claimed on personal remembrance donations. So if you’re organising a collection or sponsored event in memory, individual donors will need to sign a Gift Aid declaration if they want us to reclaim the tax on their contribution.
Gift Aid cannot be claimed on:
– Donations on behalf of a group of people
– Collections (unless individual donors complete a Gift Aid donation).
To sign up for Gift Aid, please complete our online Gift Aid form
Do I need to tell you about my in-memory collection?
Letting us know of your plans means we can look out for donations and ensure they’re correctly attributed to the tribute in memory of your loved one. If we’re not aware of your collection, it may be difficult to identify all the contributions and give you an idea of how much has been raised.
How do I donate or pay my in-memory collection?
Whether you’re sending in a collection or making a personal or company donation, here are all the details you need.
Please be sure to let us know your gift is in memory of your loved one’s name, so we can record your tribute properly.
To donate by cheque: please send your donation to, Air Ambulance Northern Ireland, 94 Halftown Road, Lisburn BT27 5RF
Please enclose a covering letter letting us know who you are commemorating and, if possible, the name of the individual or funeral director who is organising the collection. This will help us make sure your gift is added to the right collection.
