National Children's Air Ambulance

14/10/2026

A new shop with a lifesaving soundtrack! 🎶🚁

Say hello to Second Spin Records, our new independent music boutique in Archway, supporting the National Children's Air Ambulance.

With an eclectic selection of vinyl, CDs, instruments and memorabilia, there’s plenty to explore — whether you’re hunting for a favourite album or discovering something new.

Since opening on Monday, the team has received a fantastic welcome, with customers finding hidden gems and local music lovers generously donating items from their own collections. Thank you for making our first week so special 💚

Every purchase helps support specialist transfers for critically ill babies and children.

📍 Find us at 31 Junction Road, Archway, London, N19 5QT.

13/10/2026

September was a busy month for the National Children's Air Ambulance 🚁

Across the month, our amazing crews and Airdesk team completed 17 specialist transfers for critically ill babies and children, working alongside our dedicated Clinical Partner Teams.

September at a glance:

- 17 transfers completed
- 9 transfers with a parent travelling alongside their child
- 6 incubator transfers
- 1 specialist ECMO transfer
- 22 unique hospitals visited
- An estimated 33 hours saved compared with road journeys

Every mission represents a patient, a family and teams working together to help children access specialist care.

A big thank you to everyone who supports our charity. A link to learn more will be below.

09/10/2026

We hope you’ll never need us. But if you do, we’ll be ready.

The National Children's Air Ambulance flies critically ill babies and children between hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales, so they reach the specialist care they need, fast.

Together, we save more lives 💚

08/10/2026

Throwback Thursday 🚁📸

We’re taking a look back at these fantastic photos of our G-NICU aircraft, captured by one of our supporters in 2023.

Have you ever spotted one of our helicopters and taken a photo? Share your aircraft pictures in the comments, we’d love to see them!

07/10/2026

Ahead of tomorrow evening, here’s a sneak peek of our top picks that will be ready for sale at our launch party 👀

We are really looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night and finally welcoming you to our store for the grand opening on Monday 12th at 11am!

07/10/2026

Two incubator transfers in one day 🚁

Recently, our G-NICU crew and Airdesk team worked with Clinical Partner Team SONeT to transfer a patient to University Hospitals Dorset in just 45 minutes, compared with 2 hours 2 minutes by road.

On the same day, our G-CPTZ crew and Airdesk team worked with Clinical Partner Team Embrace to transfer a patient and their parent to Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in 52 minutes, instead of 2 hours 47 minutes by road.

Together, these journeys saved over 3 hours compared with travelling by road.

A link to donate and help keep us flying is in the comments.

06/10/2026

We’re proud to be featured in an article from Lincolnshire Live, offering a behind-the-scenes look inside our Gamston Airport base 🚁

The article explores how our purpose-built helicopters operate as flying intensive care units, helping critically ill babies and children reach specialist care across the UK.

It also highlights the people behind every mission, from our pilots and crew members to the specialist clinical teams we work with. We’re grateful to Lincolnshire Live for visiting the base and helping share more about our work.

A link to the full article will be in the comments.

05/10/2026

Last week, our G-CPTZ crew and Airdesk team worked with Clinical Partner Team SoNAR to complete an incubator transfer to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 🚁

The patient and their parent travelled by air in 1 hour 33 minutes, compared with an estimated 4 hours 16 minutes by road, saving around 2 hours 43 minutes.

We receive no government or National Lottery funding. A link to donate is in the comments 💚

02/10/2026

Two missions. One day 🚁

Recently, our teams completed two important transfers with Clinical Partner Teams SoNAR and Embrace:

An incubator transfer to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, completed in 1 hour 53 minutes instead of 4 hours 16 minutes by road.

A transfer to Birmingham Children's Hospital and Charity, completed in 47 minutes instead of 2 hours 8 minutes by road.

Together, these journeys saved an estimated 3 hours 44 minutes compared with travelling by road, helping patients reach specialist care sooner.

A link to learn more about our charity will be below.

01/10/2026

Spotlighting the amazing people behind our missions: Tom Finney 💚🚁

Tom has been part of the National Children's Air Ambulance crew since July 2025, bringing nearly a decade of experience as an IHCD Technician with East Midlands Ambulance Service. Before joining us full-time, he also worked with Great Ormond Street Hospital and Charity's paediatric critical care transport team.

Tom feels privileged to play a part in helping critically ill babies and children reach the specialist care they need across the country.

Away from missions, family time comes first, although you may also find Tom playing the euphonium with his local concert and marching band! 🎺🎶

30/09/2026

It’s beginning to look like a shop!

30/09/2026

A family holiday took an unexpected turn when 19-month-old Penny became seriously unwell.

While visiting Whitby, Penny was admitted to York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a suspected bowel blockage. Having previously undergone a lifesaving liver transplant, she needed to return to Birmingham Children's Hospital and Charity, where her specialist team could provide the urgent care she needed.

The National Children's Air Ambulance worked with Embrace to transfer Penny and her mum safely to Birmingham in just one hour. By road, the journey would have taken around three hours, without accounting for possible traffic delays 🚁

Penny was met by her specialist medical team and went on to receive the surgery she urgently needed. Thankfully, she has since been recovering well and has celebrated her birthday surrounded by her family.

Read Penny’s full story via the link in the comments.

17/09/2026

We have a name, and a logo, now we need stuff to sell, and help to keep it going!
We need the help of our fantastic local community.  if you or anyone you know have a passion for music (in all of its forms) we would like to invite to you to volunteer with our amazing team! We are looking for people who can help grade and price used vinyl, tune and string guitars, PAT test donated electricals and of course engage with our customers!
Any time you can spare would be greatly appreciated, and we will make sure there are coffee, tea and biscuits! If you are interested in Volunteering in this or any of our shops, please contact [email protected].

Whether you are a volunteer or a customer, we look forward to welcoming you to our new Record Store in Archway on the 12th of October!

We will be updating regularly our progress over the next couple of weeks, so please make sure you like follow and share!

14/09/2026

01/09/2026

And so the work begins!

25/08/2026

Shop Update: Contractors are due to start work on the 2nd of September, Archway’s brand-new charity record store is looking to open early October!
We will be posting progress updates as we go, so please follow us to be kept in the loop!
If you or or anyone you know are interested in Volunteering in the shop, please contact [email protected]
We welcome anyone with a passion for music be that vinyl, CDs, instruments or electricals.
As ever your donations will be needed to ensure the success of the shop, andwe will let you know as soon as we are able to accept them – but please feel free to donate to any of our stores and we will ensure it reaches us.

27/07/2026

And so the breakdown of a charity shop begins, getting ready for the contractors to come in next week and set up Archway‘s brand-new music Store!
This will be the first time we have ever tried launching a new brand and offer – exciting times ahead!
Applications for the new manager for the Store closed today, visit the national children’s their ambulance website to apply!

13/07/2026

As you may already be aware, there are some changes coming to the Archway store. It will still be a charity shop, it will still raise money to transport critically ill babies and children to the best hospital for their needs, but it will look & feel a lot different.
This idea is so new, we don’t have a name for it yet, we don’t know what the logo will look like, but we do know it will be a one stop shop for all things music!
Donated and new vinyl, CD’s, books, equipment and accessories.

We need a specialist team of staff and volunteers to make this successful, if you are interested in a paid role and know what links Fleetwood Mac to Camper Van Beethoven, apply using the link below!

Looking for a retail role that’s more than just a job? Fancy being part of something that truly saves lives every day? Well, this is your sign… We’re on the lookout for a creative, motivated, customer-focused Shop Manager with a flair for music to lead our National Children’s Air Ambulance C...

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

Something is coming to Archway…….
And it’s not Winter