HELP Appeal provides vital support to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

In 2018, the Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad (HELP) Appeal, operated by the County Air Ambulance Trust, agreed to fund £2.5 million for two helipads and an enclosed hangar, the construction of which was completed in the summer of 2023. Since Midlands Air Ambulance Charity moved its operations from RAF Cosford to the new facility in August 2023, the helipads have enabled the service’s helicopter to take off on more than 180 crucial air ambulance missions.

Chief Executive of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Hanna Sebright said: “Planning for our new air base and charity headquarters started in 2017, and the construction of the site has come to fruition thanks to funding from grant-giving organizations and corporate partners.”

Robert Bertram, Chief Executive for the HELP Appeal, met with the team to see how the helipads had been making a difference and commented: “Helipads can be often forgotten about in emergency care, but if air ambulances can’t land and take off safely or quickly from their air base at any time of the day, patients’ lives could be put at serious risk.”

The HELP Appeal’s funding of this critical function at the new air base and headquarters has significantly supported the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity in attending those who are critically unwell or injured in the region.