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May 15 2024
'The pain in my leg was horrendous': Teen rescued after motocross crash
Keeping up with faster riders proved a costly decision for 13-year-old Harris as he powered his motocross bike into the air over a jump on the remote Pennan track in North East Scotland. For, as he took the jump something went wrong - he shot up the embankment and was sent flying 10 metres through the...Read More -
May 10 2024
A surge in stroke and cardiac emergencies in 2023
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) took to the air a record number of times in 2023 as demand on the life-saving service continues to grow. The charity’s two helicopter air ambulances – based at Perth and Aberdeen – took to the air 718 times in response to serious illness...Read More -
May 8 2024
What's inside our new spring 2024 newsletter
Our new spring 2024 newsletter has been released. You can read the newsletter HERE. Inside this season’s edition of SCAA News, we delve into some of the new challenges facing the charity. We speak to a number of former patients including husband and wife, Bill and Martha, who reflect on the day...Read More -
Apr 30 2024
Postcode Lottery cash will help SCAA fly into the future
The head of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance has hailed a £300,000 boost for our life-saving service from players of People’s Postcode Lottery, declaring: “This will help us fly into the future.” David Craig, chief executive of SCAA, was presented with the bumper cheque...Read More -
Apr 24 2024
Scottish couple attempt world-record rowing challenge to raise funds for SCAA
A determined Scottish couple are set to take on an ambitious world-record rowing challenge while raising funds for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross (known as Stormy and Steth) will be taking to the seas in May in an attempt to become the first mixed pairs team...Read More -
Apr 18 2024
SCAA first to land on new emergency helipad on Isle of Mull
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) was the first to land at the newly commissioned helipad at the Mull and Iona Community Hospital. The helipad was completed last month (March 2024) after charity Helicopter Emergency Landing Pads (HELP) gifted £418,000 to cover the cost of the project. The...Read More -
Apr 12 2024
Stagecoach gift £25,000 to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance as part of ‘Giving for Good’ fund
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) has received a donation of £25,000 from Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus and coach operator. Stagecoach pledged to donate 0.5% of profits each year to charitable causes across the UK as part of its ‘Giving for Good’ community fund. Charlotte...Read More -
Apr 3 2024
What to do if you see one of our air ambulances landing nearby
On an average day, our air ambulance crews respond to two or three call outs, but this number can double or even triple on any given day. Until that emergency call comes in, our crews don’t know which part of Scotland’s 30,000 square miles they’ll be tasked to. After serving the people...Read More -
Mar 27 2024
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance celebrated at 10th Anniversary Holyrood Reception
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance’s first decade of life-saving service was marked at a special Scottish Parliamentary Reception at Holyrood this week. Hosted by John Swinney MSP, the reception brought together major funders, supporters, trustees, charity staff, helicopter crew, volunteers...Read More -
Mar 22 2024
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance welcomes new head of APPG
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) played host to MP Pete Wishart on his first visit to an operational base in his new role as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Working Group (APPG) for Air Ambulances UK. SCAA’s home base and headquarters at Perth Airport are familiar territory for...Read More