Air Ambulance NI lifts off with the help of Translink staff
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Following a year of payroll giving, Translink staff have donated £4,000 to the organisation’s nominated charity partner, Air Ambulance NI, through the Give as You Earn scheme.
These funds, along with money donated through a series of fundraising initiatives, challenges and events, have helped raise almost £18,000 for the charity which recently celebrated its fifth birthday.
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Hide AdThis total equates to over three days of operating costs and six lives saved and marks a successful conclusion to the first year of three-year partnership between Translink and Air Ambulance NI, following the selection of the charity by staff in January 2022.
![Pictured L-R are Air Ambulance’s Colleen Milligan with Translink Staff Charity Fund Representative Lynsey Fee with colleagues Ronnie Martin and Colin Burns. Photo by Aaron McCracken](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjg0NjhlYWYyLWJlZGUtNGEyOC05MzcyLTYxNGFlM2E0ZjZlYTo3ZDEyZGU3ZS05YWQ0LTRjYmEtYTRiYi0xZmU2NmZiOTg1ZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Pictured L-R are Air Ambulance’s Colleen Milligan with Translink Staff Charity Fund Representative Lynsey Fee with colleagues Ronnie Martin and Colin Burns. Photo by Aaron McCracken](/img/placeholder.png)
The charity’s operational helicopter carries a crew compiling pilot, doctor, and paramedic, 365 days of the year operating for twelve hours every day.
Each day costs in the region of £5,500 and £2m is needed each year to keep the air ambulance service operational.