Thank You

We want to say a HUGE Thank You to all of our wonderful supporters who have recently completed their very own fundraisers and raised vital funds for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland.

Thank you to Strangford Sailing Club who raised £400 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to everyone who organised and attended the NI Scramble Event which raised £10,000 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you Alex McKinley who is doing the virtual London Marathon in memory of her sister Kyra.

Thank you to Eurospar NI who raised £3596.86 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Strangford Sailing Club who raised £400 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to the Ulster Karting Club Limited who raised £1075 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to everyone who organised and took part in the NHS Ride of Thanks which raised £10,141 for Air Ambulance NI.

We were delighted to meet young Ben McShane from Lurgan who set up his own tuck shop making slushies from his home to raise funds for Air Ambulance NI in memory of his late best friend, Callum Morrow. Ben raised a fantastic £700 for Air Ambulance NI, well done Ben!

Thank you to Lockbrickland MX Track and MCCNI who raised £5,614 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Karen Moorhead from Banbridge who raised £6874.97 by making and selling a recipe book full of recipes donated by local people and businesses.

The family of young Harry Magee, who tragically passed away on May 2021 visited the Air Ambulance NI base recently to donate the sum of £3765 in memory of their beloved young family member.  We are extremely grateful for their support.

Thank you to the 12 participants who took part in the Air Ambulance NI abseil at the Tower Museum in L’Derry.

A very big thank you to our ongoing supporters, the Annaclone Parish Church, who raised £3000 in aid of Air Ambulance NI after organising a teddy bear walk in August.

It was wonderful to welcome 3 members of the Kingspan Water and Energy Team, Catriona, Richard, and Barbara who visited the AANI base prior to taking part in the Belfast City Marathon. A total of 30 staff from Kingspan will run on Sunday for the charity.

Thank you to the Fermanagh Gardening Society who donated £600 to Air Ambulance NI and presented their cheque to Community ambassador Jenny Beattie.

Thank you to James and Esdille Lappin from Lappin’s Vegetable Farm in Enniskillen. They have raised £5,500 from their sunflower field this summer for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you Millie Lynch from Donagh, Co Fermanagh who held a motorcycle run in memory of her late brother and uncle Gary and Brendy Lynch raising £3013 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you Donaghadee Lawn Tennis Club who held a dawn to dust tennis tournament to raise vital funds for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to the Grand Master Most Wor. Bro. Edward Stevenson and Deputy Grand Master Wor. Bro. Harold Henning from The Grand Lodge of Ireland who recently presented a cheque for £15,000 to Air Ambulance NI.  

Thank you to Geraldine and Richard who presented Air Ambulance NI with £600 raised from their poetry and photography book focusing on the north coast: ‘Velvet Moss For My Pillow’.

Thank you to Causeway Coast and Glens Recreation Club PSNI, Coleraine presented a cheque £450 to Air Ambulance NI volunteer Tracy Strachan.

We were delighted to receive a donation of £2750 from Lady Captain, Ita Hanna, from Lurgan Golf Club who chose to support AANI through this year. Well done Ita and thank you so much for your support.

Sincere thanks to Lady Captain, Heather Henning from Kilkeel Golf Club who chose to support Air Ambulance NI as one of her charities this year and donated a fantastic £600 to the charity. Thank you so much Heather.

Poyntzpass Charity Tractor Run is taking place on Saturday 11th September. All proceeds will be kindly donated to Air Ambulance NI and Poyntzpass P.S. PTA.

Thank you to SPAR stores in the North Down area who supported Air Ambulance NI in May 2021, raising an amazing £2550.

Thank you to Liam O’Neill from Dromore, Co Tyrone who raised £3200 for his birthday cycle fundraiser alongside members of the Big Ridge Cycle Club.

Thank you to Ciaran Corrigan from Co Fermanagh who raised £8071 following his Mourne challenge in support of Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to NIVBL who raised £100 for Air Ambulance NI.

Comber Park Run members recently raised funds in loving memory of John McKeag. John, who was an amazing supporter of AANI,  recently passed away. Last summer, at the ripe age of 98, John completed a spin-a-thon for AANI in his local SPAR. Johns’s family purchased a lovely bench in his memory and the rest of the donations went to AANI and Cancer Fund for Children, two charities he supported.

Thank you to K9 Scarlett who held their first ever dog show and raised £750 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Magheragall Presbyterian Church who are hosting a drive-in country and Gospel Concert in aid of Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Annaclone Parish Church who are hosting an event – Teddies 10 mile step out,  in aid of Annaclone Parish Church and Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to the Agri Barn in Dungannon who hosted their first-ever tractor run and raised an amazing £8,273 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Hillhall Young Farmers Club who are hosting a 70 mile walk for their 70 year anniversary in aid of Cash for Kids, Aware and Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Derry City Young Farmers who are hosting a fun day and 24 hour ploughing event in aid of Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Harrisons Greyabbey who raised an amazing £1,200 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to SSP who donated £2,000 in loving memory of their colleagues.

Thank you to UTSC who donated a fantastic £750 to Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Khaleesi Craig who raised a wonderful £702.32p for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Ivor and Heather Stevenson who are hosting an Open Garden in aid of Air Ambulance NI this August.

Thank you to Lauren Quinn from Rostrevor who donated £408 to Air Ambulance NI. Lauren recently graduated in Medicine and a raffle in support of the charity was held at her graduation ball.

Thank you to Ballygowan Presbyterian Church who is hosting a tractor and truck run in aid of Air Ambulance NI and Project Moldova.

Thank you to Patrick Walsh, employee of Royal Victoria Hospital raised £8,486.50 from his Slieve Donard Mountain Challenge along with 52 of his colleagues!

Thank you to Steven Evans who produced a 2021 Calendar that raised a phenomenal £11400!

Leah Kerr raised £1760 for Air Ambulance NI throughout June! Leah decided to cut her beautiful long hair, donate it to The Princess Trust and raise some vital funds for AANI!

Thank you to County Tyrone Grand Orange Lodge who presented Air Ambulance Northern Ireland with a cheque for £3000.00. This was part of the proceeds of a 5-mile charity walk by lodge members, families, and friends from right across Co Tyrone.

A huge thank you to former patient Mark McKinley for his generous donation of £999. We wish you well Mark with your continued recovery and want to sincerely thank you for your donation.

Thank you to Ardnacashel Equestrian Centre who supported Joanne Clough’s Horse Powered Take off Campaign by donating part of the registration fee for their show to Air Ambulance NI!

Jean Morrow from Lurgan celebrated her 100th birthday on the 3rd May this year by asking for donations to Air Ambulance NI. Jean raised an incredible £2,859 by taking donations online through JustGiving. Jean said: “At this stage in life I have everything I need so I asked if any family who wished to mark the occasion would make a small donation to Air Ambulance NI in lieu of presents.  It is a charity close to my heart and I had hoped to raise £1 for every year of my life but was completely overwhelmed by the amount received.”

Presenting a cheque for £556.20p to Colleen Milligan from Air Ambulance NI is Ciara Quinn and the children from Rathore School, Newry who chose AANI as their charity for 2020/2021. The school took part in various fundraising activities including sensory days and non uniform days to raise vital funds for the local charity. Sincere thanks to all the staff, pupils and parents for all their support and donations.

Dungannon agricultural supplies business Agri Barn are holding their first annual tractor run on Sunday 4th July in aid of Air Ambulance NI. Organiser Adrian McCann, owner of Agri Barn, chose Air Ambulance NI as the charity for the event after he saw first-hand the helicopter emergency medical service land beside his premises in July 2019 following a motorcycle accident. “It was a very bad accident and to see the team land right beside where it happened in such a short space of time was a huge eye-opener to me. Coming from a farming background too, I am very aware of the dangers that farmers face daily either working with animals or machinery with little or no help in remote locations. I hope I will never need the Air Ambulance but it’s a great service to have.”  

Mark Spence from Maghaberry was delighted to visit the Air Ambulance NI base on Saturday 12th June after he decked out his garden with Christmas lights and asked for donations to Air Ambulance NI raising a fantastic £1008.47p for the charity. Mark wants to say a huge thank you to every person who donated and visited his garden in December.

Thank you to the family of the late Mervyn Wilson from Portadown. Mr Wilson worked for the NI Ambulance Service for over 45 years and was a big supporter of Air Ambulance NI. Mr Wilson sadly passed away on 10th October 2020 and his family kindly asked for donations to the charity in lieu of flowers. Pictured from left to right are Mr Wilson’s sister Lorraine, son Keith, daughter Carole, wife Beth, son Colin and sister Valerie who were delighted to donate £1700 to the charity in his memory. The family would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support and donations.

Thank you to Kerrie and Joy Walker who raised a terrific £2062.80p for Air Ambulance NI. The mother and daughter from Poyntzpass in Co. Down raised this generous donation by completing a skydive!

Thank you to Portaferry Hotel who raised an incredible £1,792 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Maguire’s Pharmacy who raised a terrific £225.49p for Air Ambulance NI.

7-year-old Freyia Doherty from Kilkeel raised a phenomenal £4805.08p for Air Ambulance NI after her father needed the service in November 2020. Following the incident, Freyia and her family decided to organise a fundraising day on Friday 4^th December where they asked the local community to support the charity by wearing their favourite jersey all day and donating to the charity. The primary 3 pupil from St Columban’s Primary School, Kilkeel would like to say a big thank you to all the people who donated on the day and helped her donate vital funds to the service that helped her daddy who is thankfully making a great recovery!

On Friday evening 9th July 2021, the Co.Down 5km will take place in Downpatrick Town Centre in aid of Air Ambulance NI. You can enter the race here: https://bit.ly/34KyjTE

We were delighted to meet with John Patton from Markethill who held a fundraiser in aid of AANI for his birthday in October 2019. John decided to support the charity after both his friends pictured, Brian Toner and Denver Ross required help from the HEMS service following accidents on their farms. John donated the funds back in 2019 but was delighted to get a photo with his two close friends to thank the local community for their support.

Thank you to John O’Neil from Santandar who raised an amazing £2,520 by completing an Ironman challenge.

McCauley Trailers raised a phenomenal £5,500 which will fund our life-saving service for 1 full day through their 10k challenge on May Day. A huge thank you to all the staff who took part and helped raise these vital funds.

On Friday 9th July 2021 there will be a Drive-in Gospel Praise Evening held in Harrison’s off Greyabbey in aid of Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to Threeways Community Association in Newry who are hosting a Drive-In Bingo Fundraiser in aid of Air Ambulance NI and Road Safe NI on Sunday 11th July 2021.

Thank you to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service who raised an amazing £1,742 for Air Ambulance NI in their annual charity car wash.

Thank you to Kilwaughter Spar who raised an incredible £1,321 for Air Ambulance NI.

This June, Knockmanny Running Club are hosting the Paul Murray 5k Grand Prix Series in aid of Air Ambulance NI. Find out more by clicking here. 

Thank you to St. Mary’s Primary School in Cabragh Co. Tyrone who raised £300 for Air Ambulance NI.

Thank you to the Captain and Lady Captain of Crossgar Golf Club are hosting a golf event in aid of Air Ambulance NI on Saturday 12th June 2021.

Thank you to MyLife Bathrooms who are completing a Mourne Challenge in July, we wish them all the best on their challenge.

Thank you to Magilligan Motorcross for their continued support during covid-19 through rider donations.

Thank you to Bernard and Patricia Mullan who held a Moira Horse Fair fundraiser and raised £403.

Thank you to Matt’s Bar, Castlederg and the whole community who raised £2980 for Air Ambulance NI following their 5k Red Run and other events in 2020.

Thank you to Spar who recently donated £523.73 to help Air Ambulance NI save lives, brains and limbs.

Helen McAlister, from Cookstown raised an amazing £1,320.51 after she made and sold 50 Easter wreaths for Air Ambulance NI. The idea was instigated by Rev Diane.

Taranto Ltd. donated a fantastic £1,000 following the completion of their internal survey.

Omagh Wheelers Club hosted a fundraiser for Air Ambulance NI over Valentine’s week and raised an amazing £1,090.

St Joseph’s GAC raised a terrific £500 for Air Ambulance NI.

Birchwood Fisheries, Drumquin Co Tyrone who donated a brilliant £1600 to Air Ambulance NI following proceeds of their tea and coffee sales.

On Sunday the 23rd of May a Classic and Vintage Car Run will take place in aid of Air Ambulance NI from a secret location in Co. Tyrone. All Pre 95’s Vehicles are welcome for a relaxed and enjoyable day. Tickets cost £25. Find out more by clicking here.

£925 raised in loving memory of Noel Collins.

CAFRE Year 2 Equine class, Enniskillen who raised £1,412 for us following their online dressage event and a Christmas raffle.

Fermanagh Motorcycle Club Ltd raised a terrific £200 for Air Ambulance NI, thank you!

The Spar Omagh Half Marathon committee have made a second donation to the Air Ambulance NI Charity following the cancellation of their 2021 event. 313 very generous people from a mix of the Half Marathon, Half Marathon Walk and the 5K donated their entry fee from the virtual 2020 event to Air Ambulance NI. This year’s donation of £5,860 and 2020’s donation of £8,081 is just shy of an incredible overall total of £14,000!

A big thank you to AMD Cars who raised £1,000 for Air Ambulance NI.

Steven Evans designed and created a 2021 calendar for Air Ambulance NI, raising a phenomenal £11,400, thank you!

An incredible donation from the staff and management of Bassett’s! We were over the moon to receive over £21k from local plumbing merchant, Bassett’s following our two year charity partnership with the company. We want to send a very sincere thank you to their charity committee and all the staff who supported the charity for this very vital donation.

A big thank you to the Galbally Runners, Co Tyrone who completed the David Goggins 4x4x48 challenge last weekend for Air Ambulance NI.

Many thanks to Helen McAlister from Cookstown, Co Tyrone who is making and selling Easter wreaths for us.

A big thank you to Enda, Barry and Dwayne from Omagh, Co Tyrone who are doing a 10k a day for 35 days for AANI.

Naomi Fearnon who was delighted to donate a wonderful £1000 donation to AANI on behalf of Lurgan Credit Union. Thank you to all the staff.

Thank you to all the members of Drumcree Women’s Institute for their donation of £2220. The donation came from tickets sales for a fashion show due to take place this year for the charity, and even though the event couldn’t go ahead, all those who bought tickets wanted their money donated to AANI!

A big thank you once again to The Chalet Spar, Portadown for another incredible donation! Our wonderful volunteer Peter Branker picked up a further donation from the Spar of £2400 as they continue to collect in-store using the AANI collection cans. Thank you Chalet Spar staff and customers!

Heartfelt thanks to the McKinley Family and all their community of supporters for donating a fantastic £4000 to AANI. The family held a charity fireworks display on Camlough Mountain on New Years Eve in memory of their daughter, Ciara. We are extremely grateful for their support and all the donations in Ciara’s memory.

CAFRE Enniskillen Campus hosted an online dressage event in aid of Air Ambulance NI. Pictured is ‘Best turned our pony & rider’ Tori Lilly and her horse Highbent Chardonnay.

HEMS paramedic Mike Patton’s sons, Charlie and Tom, formed a street band with their friends Justin and Thomas over the recent lockdown. Last week, for the very first time, ‘Lowrys Lane Band’ performed for the local residents and raised and amazing £108.04 for AANI. Thank you boys for your very unique fundraising, we think you’re awesome!

Sainbury’s kindly donated these products to the HEMS Crew, helping them stay well-fed while on duty.

Sharon Millar from Coleraine organised a snow globe outside her home raising £1142 and brought some festive happiness to 155 children.

Sandra Getty made and sold face masks for AANI throughout 2020 and has raised a huge £1800.

Staff at Kilwaughter made a Christmas donation to AANI of £2,000.

Michael Tedford from Tandragee, Co Armagh, who hasn’t had a hair cut for 6 years, shaved his beautiful long locks on New Years Day and has raised £585 so far.

Kilkeel runners, Sarah McCulla and Aileen Colgan ran the Virtual Dublin Marathon on the 25th October 2020 to raise vital funds for local charities including Air Ambulance NI.

Kingspan, Portadown raised vital funds by taking part in a Santa Abseil at Belfast Castle.

Iris Coulter raised vital funds by making and selling face masks.

Firmus Energy raised vital funds by taking part in a Santa Abseil at Belfast Castle.

Hutchinson Engineering nominated AANI as their 2020 Charity partner and donated an amazing £10,000.

Casey’s Eurospar, Crossmaglen raised vital funds by taking part in a Santa Abseil at Belfast Castle.

Omagh Academy are doing a virtual Christmas Joy service launching on Tuesday 15th Dec and shown on their school website/FB until Christmas Eve.

Bluegrass Horse Feeds, Dungannon £1000 donation to us in lieu of Christmas cards.

Good luck to the team from Kingspan, Portadown who will be doing the ‘Santa Abseil’ on Saturday 12th Dec in aid of AANI.

Thank You to the Vogel Family from Limavady who have raised an amazing £30k in memory of Willis Vogel who sadly passed away in May 2020.

Virtual Christmas Quiz night in aid of AANI on Monday 28th December at 8pm.

Thank you to AMD Cars who are donating £100 to AANI for every car sale in December, January, and February.

Fantastic donation of £400 from our Club AANI member, David Rushe and his partner Claire who supported AANI during lockdown by hosting their own ‘Bluebell Festival’.

Thank you to Old Market Vans in Ballymoney who are donating vital funds to AANI for every sale or rental.

Well done to Stephen Perry, who ran an Ultra Marathon in Tollymore Forest Park on the 11th November and has so far raised £1170 for AANI to thank them for attending his good friend recently.

Lisburn Golf club Captain & Lady supported AANI through their captains day 2020.

Matthew (11) and Alyssa (8) Curry from Waringstown are supporting AANI this year as they race their Supermoto pitbikes in the Irish Minibike Championship (IMC). They’ve got their own big supporter too- one-year-old little sister Hannah!

Comber & Portaferry Leisure Centre’s raised £405 for our charity.

Lecturer Jenny Richardson and students of CAFRE Enniskillen Campus are supporting AANI this winter by having a raffle and a dressage event.

Jonathan Tuft is selling Christmas trees from his family farm, at 63 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn BT28 2NW with a donation from each sale to AANI.

AANI’s first patient, Conor Mc Mullan donated £5126 after he completed 3 peaks of the Mourne Mountains in aid of the charity along with family and friends. Photo Credit: Mourne Observer

Glenn Gilmore raised £1,565 by completing his own 3 peak challenge.

Mark Spence from Maghaberry is raising vital funds by inviting the local community to view his festive lights display.

Wendy Marshall, Lady Captain of Omagh Golf Club organised an event for Air Ambulance NI in September and raised £1020.

 Amateur photographer Stevan Evans is supporting Air Ambulance NI by selling his agricultural themed calendar. You can find out more about it here.

Mark & Darren McKinstry made a donation of £2,000 after two staff members’ families recently benefited from the outstanding services that the air ambulance provides.

Acheson & Glover hosted a Red Day at their sites to raise vital funds for our charity.

Moran Family from Downpatrick  raised £3724.94 following their walk in memory of their late son, Deaglan.

Dr Nauman Iftikhar from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NI have helped to raise £2681 for AANI over the past 12 months.

Georgina Doherty and Martin McClay who raised £214 through collection buckets in the Fed and Watered café at City of Derry Airport.

Family of the late Loughlin Maginn raised £9,215 doing ‘The Brandy Pad Dander’ through the Mournes.

The family of the late Martin Poland from Ballymartin, Co Down raised £20,000 in memory of Martin.

Mulligans Tractor and Truck Run raised £16k from this year’s event – the biggest total ever.

Maxwell’s Pumpkin Patch, Castlederg are allowing donations to AANI in their pumpkin patch field throughout the month of October. Find out more here.

Ballyhalbert Harriers raised £480.

St Peter’s P.S. Collegelands held a Red Day on Friday 2nd October and raised £1825!

ICSS Ltd raised £1846 through their independent 3 Peaks Challenge to climb Slieve Donard on Saturday 26th September. 19 members of staff participated in the challenge.

Grab your running gear and support Air Ambulance NI at the Lisburn Festival of Running on the 24th October at the Maze Prison Heritage Site. Find out more here.

Staff & prisoners at Maghaberry Prison raised £5,000 through various fundraising activities including recycling. Minister Long & Govener at Maghaberry Prison, David Kennedy recently visited our base to see how this vital donation will be used. Find out more here.

Craigantlet Riding Club raised £637.

McCrums Motorcycles are raffling a 2020 RSV4 1100 FACTORY DEMO BIKE. Tickets are £20 and all profits above the cost of the raffle will go to Air Ambulance Northern Ireland. Find out more here.

Ivor and Heather Stevenson opened up their beautiful garden in Armagh to visitors and raised a fantastic £2471.52p

Staff from Wood Lodge Nursing Home, Castlewellan ran 11 laps of Castlewellan lake and raised a  £1000.

HillCroft School, Newtownabbey raised £1127.50 in 2019/2020

Edengrove Bowling Club raised £1200

Annie, along with her mum Helen Mc Alistair, from Cookstown raised £808 after her friend Anna Neville (centre) was lifted by our team following a motocross accident last year.

Translink Training Academy completed the Causeway Coast Way Charity Challenge walk on Friday 25 Sep raising £300

Mr McKeag and his daughter Anne Magill presented AANI with £2500 from Mr McKeags static cycle at Spar Dundonald.

Allison Smyth raised £2755.58p by hiking up Slieve Donard

The Fegan family & friends from Mayobridge organised a walk in memory of their daughter, Nicole donating an outstanding £3091

Leo Cochrane raised £4300 by running a half marathon distance

Lady President, Moira McClements raised £1225 from her Lady Presidents’ Day at Clandeboye Golf Club Bangor

Omagh Academy Class of 2020 raised £550

County Armagh Moped Club donated a further £820

Binky and Sid Paxton took on the mighty Slieve Donard and raised £3550

Braid Valley Vintage Enthusiasts raised £10,250 at their tremendous 20^th anniversary event

Brian and Sharron Keegan from Dromore delighted to hand over a cheque for £544.91p from proceeds of their Pigeon Benevolent Fund

Rathfriland High School was delighted to present a cheque to AANI for £1092.10

Autumn Leaves Group based at the All Saints Church, Tullylish were delighted to hand over £160