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.
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
14-Apr-22 - Magpas Air Ambulance, a Cambridgeshire, UK based lifesaving charity received donation from the HELP Appeal for new medical equipment #AirAmbulance
21-Feb-22 - The Peterborough City Hospital serving England’s north Cambridgeshire, east Northamptonshire and Rutland inaugurated new 24/7 air ambulance heliport #Cambridgeshire
16-Dec-21 - Scottish Raigmore Hospital in Inverness received over 1000 air ambulance helicopter landings since reopened the helipad in 2019 through a donation of the HELP Appeal charity and the Highland Health Board Endowment Fund #inverness
20-Nov-21 - Southampton General Hospital helipad had over 3,000 landings since 2011 when the HELP Appeal charity donated £1million for its construction #Southampton
19-May-21 - HM Coast Guard AW189 helicopter from Inverness base in Scotland completed the first emergency landing at the new helipad at Applecross in the West Highlands #Applecross
10-May-21 - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) Hospital inaugurated elevated helipad thanks a £1.36 million donation of HELP Appeal funding #Manchester
