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In this special festive episode Father Christmas steps in as guest host to find out what Christmas looks like for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew and the patients whose lives they’ve saved.
We hear from Dr Neil Sambridge about working over the festive season, before meeting three families who share their Yorkshire Air Ambulance patient stories and how Christmas has changed for them.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Dr Stu Reid is the Medical Director at Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
He shares how doctors bring hospital-level care directly to the roadside, from advanced procedures like pre-hospital anaesthesia to critical teamwork with paramedics and pilots.
You also hear what it takes to provide rapid emergency care across Yorkshire, the split-second decisions that can save lives, and how Stu’s career led him from volunteering to shaping the charity’s medical direction.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
When you think of raising money for charity you probably think of people taking on physical challenges or putting on special events.
But Claire is using her special talent as a psychic medium to help raise tens of thousands of pounds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance in memory of her friend Ian's dad.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Yorkshire Air Ambulance paramedics Gemma Richmond and Sam Berridge reveal what it’s really like to work on the frontline of helicopter emergency medicine.
They share what it takes to be on the frontline of pre-hospital emergency care – from making rapid decisions about helicopter dispatch, to carrying hospital-level kit across Yorkshire’s toughest terrain, to staying fit enough to treat the sickest patients when every second counts.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Yorkshire Air Ambulance volunteers Joan and Richard met whilst volunteering on a community fundraising stall.
What began with keyrings, conversations, and cups of tea turned into a partnership that has seen them not only supporting the charity but also building a life together.
The pair share what it was like meeting each other, going on their first date in Scarborough before getting married.
Their story highlights how volunteering for Yorkshire Air Ambulance can make a difference in more ways than one!
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly a Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter?
We go behind the scenes with pilots Owen McTeggart and Paul Smith.
They share what it takes to prepare a helicopter each morning, the training needed to stay mission-ready, and how they work alongside medics to deliver critical care across Yorkshire.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
We're off to Barnsley Live, a music festival in South Yorkshire where Yorkshire Air Ambulance was chosen as the charity partner.
We follow the fundraising team, volunteers, and local supporters to see how community spirit helps keep the helicopters flying.
From bucket collections and merchandise stalls to conversations with festival-goers and even the Mayor of Barnsley you'll hear some of the ways the charity works to keep the helicopters flying.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
For more than 20 years, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has worked with TV crews to share the stories of real rescues across the region.
In this episode we chat to Matt Richards, Managing Director of AirTV, and producer George Kiedrowski about the making of Yorkshire Air 999.
Matt and George reveal what it takes to film alongside paramedics, pilots, and doctors during emergencies – and how the programme has helped raise awareness and support for the charity.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
When Olympic rower Georgie Brayshaw was just 15, a horse riding accident left her badly injured and in a coma.
She was rescued by Yorkshire Air Ambulance which she believes was crucial to her survival.
Georgie shares how that rescue shaped her drive to succeed, leading her from recovery in Leeds to winning Great Britain’s first ever women’s quadruple sculls gold medal in Paris 2024, and now preparing for motherhood and future Olympic dreams.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Technical Crew Member (TCM) Will Newton explains what it’s like to balance flying, navigation, safety, and patient care with Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Will shares his path into aviation, the challenges of finding a place to in some of the tighter spaces across Yorkshire, as well as the special teamwork that goes into every mission.
Enjoy this rare look behind the scenes at the role that keeps helicopters flying safely and patients supported from the very first moment of a call-out.
Each month, our crew is called to deliver urgent, lifesaving care, and regular donations help us stay ready for every mission.
To set up a regular gift, text YAA5 to 70460 to give £5 a month.
Thank you
If you want to find out more about Yorkshire Air Ambulance you can visit our website Yorkshire Air Ambulance
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