CHARITY
Lian Locke of Lovat Parks visits Cornwall Air Ambulance
Your charity needs YOU! Cornwall Air Ambulance appeals for support from the tourism industry. As a local lifesaving charity, Cornwall Air Ambulance carries out over 1,000 missions every year, bringing critical care to locals and visitors alike in their hour of need. With the mass influx of seasonal visitors Cornwall receives and the delays this causes on crucial trunk roads, the air ambulance can quite literally be the difference between life and death.
On just one day in August, the crew flew to 11 different incidents
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2021 has been no different with exceptionally high tourism numbers that caused a sudden increase in the need for Cornwall Air Ambulance. On just one day in August, the crew flew to 11 different incidents, 11 people who needed urgent lifesaving care and 11 families impacted. While around 15-20% of calls are to incidents involving visitors to Cornwall, less than 5% of donations come from the tourism sector.
With the demand for its service set to increase year on year, the charity is calling on tourism businesses across Cornwall to get on board and generate more donations through their visitors, ensuring the crew can continue to save more lives and more time in the years to come. Cornwall Air Ambulance chief executive, Tim Bunting, says: “Illness and injury don’t discriminate, they can affect anyone at any time, visitor or local. Each year we are seeing a rising trend in missions during peak holiday seasons and the pressure on Cornwall Air Ambulance as a small local charity is mounting. Meeting this additional cost is very hard, so that’s why your support is needed now more than ever.” The charity is proud to work with several tourism businesses already who support in a number of different ways and is calling for more to follow their lead.
WINTER 2021/22
