Thanks – now help us get a 2nd chopper

THIS month, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) based at Perth Airport marks its fifth anniversary – a significant milestone made possible by the generosity and support of the people of Scotland, many of them Tele readers.

This outstanding support has enabled Scotland’s only charityfunded helicopter air ambulance to respond to nearly 1,800 emergency call-outs in every corner of the country since it launched in 2013.

You may have heard of SCAA’s new fundraising drive to launch a second helicopter to expand our life-saving work – providing additional prehospital cover for your community.

So, as we mark five years of saving and improving lives, we’re asking everyone to get behind our Give Us Five campaign and help us fly into the future.

Could you support us by: climbing five Munros? Swimming, running, cycling, riding or walking 5k for SCAA? Volunteering five hours to help? Donating £5? Giving up your favourite thing for five hours, five days or five weeks? SCAA has given you five years service – now we’re asking you to Give Us Five in return. Please create your own five-themed fundraiser and join us in our bid to provide a second charity-funded helicopter air ambulance to serve the people of Scotland.

We need £6 million to launch Helimed 79 and with your support we will see a second People’s Helicopter take to the air.

You might need our help tomorrow, but we need your help today. To find out more, visit scaa.org.uk/support-us/GiveUsFive

David Craig, chief executive.