Since 2009 the HELP Appeal charity has identified and helped to fund helipads or upgrade existing infrastructure at 14 Major Trauma Centres and Accident & Emergency (A&E) hospitals across the UK.
17-Apr-24 - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust officially opened its new upgraded landing site for helicopter air ambulances at Salisbury District Hospital which was funded by a £321,000 donation from the HELP Appeal #Salisbury
10-Apr-24 - The Campbeltown Hospital helipad, located on the Kintyre peninsula in the west of Scotland, has received over 330 landings since opening in April 2021 thanks a donation from the HELP Appeal #Kintyre
28-Mar-24 - The Southmead Hospital helipad in Bristol has witnessed 2,255 air ambulance helicopter landings since its opening 10 years ago, made possible by a donation from the HELP Appeal #Bristol
19-Mar-24 - The Mull and Iona Community Hospital on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, now has a new helipad for air ambulance helicopters, thanks to a donation of £418,000 by the HELP Appeal, the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding hospital helipads #Mull
07-Mar-24 - Sheffield Children’s lifesaving helipad will open in the summer and will reduce delays for patients who need urgent critical care from across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire #Sheffield
05-Mar-24 - The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital helipad opened in 2020 thanks to a £1million donation from the HELP Appeal has already seen 387 landings #Exeter
28-Aug-23 - The HELP Appeal has announced that the brand new 25 NHS hospital helipads across the country it has funded, have seen over 25,000 landings. #NHS
08-Feb-23 - HELP Appeal, the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding lifesaving helipads, made donation to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, for new runway lights, helipad lighting and a new windsock at its Henstridge base #lighting
14-Oct-22 - Salford Royal hospital in Greater Manchester now has a new rooftop helipad for air ambulance helicopters thanks a £2 million dontaion by the HELP Appeal charity #Helipad
11-Jun-22 - Air ambulance helicopters reached 20,000 landings on 45 hospital helipads in the UK funded by donations from the HELP Appeal charity #helipad
15-Apr-22 - With a £2 million pledge by HELP Appeal the Salford Royal hospital in Greater Manchester will have a new rooftop helipad for air ambulance helicopters