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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 -
Mar 20 2024
Support for SCAA as The Farmers’ Choir raises £46,000 through special concert
A remarkable performance by The Farmers’ Choir in Perth last month has raised a total of £46,000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA), and, Scottish agriculture charity, RSABI. Compered by well-known farmer and comedian, Jim Smith, and kindly sponsored by leading livestock auctioneers,...Read More -
Mar 18 2024
‘Cold sweats were coming and going – I knew it was serious.’ SCAA patient recalls being airlifted from remote location in Tay Forest Park
A heart attack can occur at anytime, anywhere, and unfortunately for Martin Drummond, this was to strike while he was staying in an “off-grid caravan deep in the Tay Forest Park” last October (2023). “I was awoken at 6am with a searing pain in my chest,” Martin recalls. “It...Read More -
Mar 13 2024
Meet the Islander cycling from London to Paris to raise thousands for SCAA
From his spare room on Islay, David Brodie is hard at work training for a 520km cycle from London to Paris in aid of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). At the time of writing (three months prior to the challenge), David has raised over £2,600 for SCAA – just over half of his £5,000...Read More -
Mar 5 2024
Find out what happens in the five minutes between tasking and take off
Since our inception in 2013, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) has responded to thousands of time-critical emergencies. Every year, our crews are tasked to hundreds of call outs. SCAA’s tagline is ‘Saving Time, Saving Lives’, as when dealing with a medical emergency, every...Read More