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Here you’ll gain a wonderful insight into the vital work they do to keep their three air ambulances operational across the Midlands.
Their vision is to provide first class life saving care to patients across the six counties they cover, by ensuring they reach the most appropriate Trauma Centre for their needs within the Golden Hour!
As Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC for short) remains one of the region’s most treasured charities, they are extremely fortunate to have a great number of volunteers, fundraisers and supporters to assist them. Their passion and commitment enables them to raise the £6.5 million needed each year to remain operational and MAAC would not be the great success it is today without their hard work and dedication.
In addition to the terrific fundraising support, they have excellent working partnerships with the NHS, their suppliers, including Bond Air Services, and industry organisations such as the Association of Air Ambulances (AAA).
The Midlands Air Ambulance is the only charity responsible for funding and operating three air ambulances serving the communities of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. This constitutes the largest air ambulance operating region in the UK.

Since 1991, the charity has responded to more than 40,000 missions averaging 3,000 per year or nearly ten each day, making it one of the longest established and busiest air ambulance organisations in the UK.
The charity’s three aircraft each carry a crew comprising pilot, two paramedics or flight doctors plus full life-support medical equipment. Operating from strategically located regional air bases, the maximum flying time to hospital from anywhere in the region is less than 15 minutes.

What is not widely known is that Midlands Air Ambulance receives no Government or National Lottery funding. In excess of £6.5 million is needed each year to keep its three Air Ambulances operational which is donated entirely by the public and local businesses, with four in ten of those we help funded by gifts in wills.

If a patient reaches hospital within 60 minutes of injury (referred to as the ‘Golden Hour’) their chances of survival are dramatically increased. That is why the rapid response of the Midlands Air Ambulance is so vital in an emergency situation.
By Kian Mundy and Heather Meldrum