Your North West Air Ambulance Charity takes advanced healthcare to scene; reaching, treating and transferring patients to definitive care as quickly as possible and working collaboratively with our partners to ensure they are transferred to the best treatment centre thus improving chances of survival and reducing the risk of long term injury.

Just as many critically injured patients would not survive without the service, your North West Air Ambulance Charity would not be here without you. The service is funded by the generosity of the public through donations, fundraising activity, lottery membership and through our network of retail outlets, who provide vital charitable funding to keep our service flying.

Helimed 08 (Blackpool) two paramedics

Helimed 72 (Barton) one paramedic and one doctor

Helimed 75 (Barton) two paramedics

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  1999

  The North West Air Ambulance Charity was founded, operating just five days per week

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  2002

  The generosity of our supporters enabled us to begin flying seven days a week

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  2004

  We were able to upgrade our helicopter, thanks to a generous legacy of £500,000

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  2005

  We opened the doors of our first charity shop in Southport

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  2008

  Thanks to continuous donations, we introduced a second helicopter to our fleet

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  2012

  Doctors were introduced onto one aircraft, administering specialist care at the scene

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  2013

  We welcomed a third helicopter to our fleet

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  2016

  Our red helicopter became yellow and with that came an exciting new look for the entire fleet to help raise awareness for our lifesaving service, whether in the skies or on the ground