Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR

24/10/2026

The clocks go back tonight, which means darker evenings and a higher risk on the roads 🕰️

Please drive carefully, check your lights and take extra care around pedestrians and cyclists 💛

23/10/2026

Even Father Christmas sometimes needs a helping hand 🎅

Play our Christmas Raffle today. Roger, known locally as Father Christmas, collapsed suddenly and needed urgent help. Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR crews landed within minutes and delivered advanced care that helped save his life.

Enter our Christmas raffle and help us be there for more people like Roger: ylaa.uk/Raffle

Draw date 18/12. T&Cs apply, you need to be 18 or over to play. Play responsibly.
https://www.gambleaware.org

22/10/2026

67 missions in just seven days.

Last week (12–18 October), Your Local Air Ambulance crews responded to 67 emergencies, bringing specialist critical care to people when they needed it most.

🚁 38 missions by helicopter
🚑 29 missions by Critical Care Car
💛 43 patients treated
🏥 23 patients taken to hospital, including four by air

Medical emergencies, including cardiac arrests, accounted for 53% of our missions, while road traffic collisions made up a further 20%.

Sunday was our busiest day, with crews responding to 15 emergencies.

And as the clocks go back this weekend, while many of us enjoy an extra hour in bed, our night crews will be working an extra hour, continuing to provide critical care when it's needed.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the emergencies we attended, and thank you to everyone who supports our lifesaving work. 💛

20/10/2026

Send a little festive cheer while supporting your local lifesaving crews 🎄💛

Our 2026 Christmas cards are available now, with everything from traditional festive designs to air ambulance-themed cards — perfect for the aviation enthusiast on your Christmas list!

Every purchase helps support Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR, so your Christmas greetings can make a difference beyond the doormat.

Browse the range on our website or pop into one of our charity shops to pick up your favourites.

19/10/2026

A heartfelt thank you to Zoey and her family, whose recent Sip and Paint fundraiser raised more than £2,000 for Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR 🎨💛

Zoey fundraises in memory of her sister, Emma, who sadly died following an accident. She feels our crews gave Emma the best possible chance, and supporting our charity is deeply personal to her.

Alongside organising this wonderful event with her family, Zoey is also taking on the TCS London Marathon for us.

Thank you to Zoey, her family and everyone who attended or contributed. Your kindness and generosity will help our crews be there for other patients and families when they need us most.

18/10/2026

Are you a Gift Aider? It really does make a difference

16/10/2026

Today is Restart a Heart Day, and CPR could help save a life ❤️

In the UK, fewer than 1 in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. But when bystanders step in, that can change.

This October, Resuscitation Council UK's Restart a Heart campaign is helping more people learn CPR and become . Find out how to get trained and learn the steps: https://airamb.uk/RaH26

Please watch our video, then share it. You never know who might need it 💙

15/10/2026

What an incredible achievement! 🥾💛

Martyn Culley, from Willington in Derbyshire, has raised an amazing £12,786.47 for air ambulance charities by walking all 214 Wainwright summits in the Lake District.

The challenge took Martyn across some of the Lake District’s most demanding terrain, testing him physically and mentally — but every step had a purpose: helping support the lifesaving work of air ambulance charities across the UK.

Last week, we were delighted to welcome Martyn and representatives from Air Ambulances UK to our Nottingham heliport, where he presented the funds and had the opportunity to see one of our helicopters up close.

Thank you, Martyn, for taking on such an extraordinary challenge and helping make lifesaving missions possible 💛

A link to read the full article is below.

14/10/2026

70 missions in seven days, an average of 10 every day 🚁💛

From 5–11 October, our crews responded to a range of emergencies, bringing specialist critical care directly to patients.

Medical incidents were the most common reason for call-out, accounting for 39% of missions. Assaults and road traffic collisions each represented 16%, followed by falls at 9%.

Patients were taken to 12 different hospitals across the regions for further care — a reminder that every mission is part of a wider journey, from the first call for help to ongoing hospital treatment.

Learn more about our charity and the work of our crews via the link below.

Video Credit: mattfoster_photos

13/10/2026

Quiz time! Which of our counties do you think has the most missions so far in 2026?

Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire or Rutland? Make your guess below 👇

(We will reveal the answer later on today)

12/10/2026

We’re getting ready to Go Together!

From 19–25 October, we’re joining communities across the country for Go Together Week in support of ourBig Bases Appeal.

And we’d love our local community to get involved too.

Get your workplace, school, club, friends or family together and choose a day to Go Yellow for Your Local Air Ambulance.

You could dress up, hold a bake sale, organise a quiz or tombola, or come up with your own colourful fundraising idea.

It doesn’t have to be complicated, just bring people together, have some fun and help raise vital funds.

Find out more and get involved:
💛 Go Yellow: bigbases.uk/GoYellow

If you’re taking part locally, let us know. We’d love to see what you’re planning!

12/10/2026

September by the numbers 💛

September was our quietest month of the year so far, but our crews still completed 247 missions, bringing specialist emergency care to patients when it mattered most.

🚁 114 missions by aircraft
⏱️ 46 hours flown
🚑 133 missions by Critical Care Car
🛣️ 3,500 miles driven

Medical emergencies were the most common reason for call-out, with 115 missions (46%), followed by 42 road traffic collisions (17%) and 22 falls (9%).

Leicestershire was our most visited county, with 65 missions, followed by Northamptonshire with 36. Derbyshire and Warwickshire each had 35 call-outs.

Every number represents someone who needed urgent help, and a crew ready to respond.

A link to learn more about our charity is below.

11/10/2026

Meeting New People.
Sense of Community.
Companionship.
Learning New Skills.
Gaining Work Experience.
Some of the reasons people support our Charity by Volunteering with Us.
It also helps keep the 🚁 flying

04/10/2026

Meeting New People.
Sense of Community.
Companionship.
Learning New Skills.
Gaining Work Experience.

Some of the reasons people support our Charity by Volunteering with Us.

It also helps keep the 🚁 flying

27/09/2026

25/09/2026

Our Store Teams do what they do to keep these flying with your support

🚁

14/09/2026

You Buy We Fly

07/09/2026

Want to Learn a New Skill? Meet New People? Make a Difference to the Local Community?

Why not come and see if Volunteering is something for you