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May 31 2019
Pipe tune composed to honour air ambulance "angels"
It's a rallying toe-tapping march, designed to stir the soul and muster support. And the cause behind the newly composed pipe tune by leading Perthshire piper Ross McNaughton is Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Ross, Piping Instructor at the Robert Gordon College in Aberdeen, penned "Angels Of...Read More -
Apr 18 2019
People's Postcode Lottery Heroes Trust Award flies in six-figure support for air ambulance charity
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance’s (SCAA) expansion of its life-saving service has been given a £300,000 boost, thanks to a Heroes Trust Award from People's Postcode Lottery. The award is to be split equally to support both the charity's existing air ambulance service based at Perth Airport...Read More -
Mar 4 2019
New hangar for life-saving helicopter
SCAA's helicopter Helimed 76 has a new billet at Perth Airport. A recently erected hangar has been leased by the charity to accommodate both its helicopter and land-based Rapid Response Vehicle. The 25m x 19m hangar - erected next to SCAA's headquarters and operational base at the Control Tower - will...Read More -
Feb 13 2019
Milestone 2,000th emergency call out for SCAA
A man with a life-threatening condition prompted the landmark 2,000th rapid response from Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) this week. The country's only charity-funded helicopter air ambulance was scrambled from its central base at Perth Airport when the crew of Helimed 76 received a call to attend...Read More -
Feb 5 2019
NEW CHARITY PARTNERSHIP OFF TO A FLYING START
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance is Standard Life Assurance’s 2019 charity partner. Today, Standard Life Assurance, part of Phoenix Group, announces Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) is to be its corporate charity partner for 2019. This is part of the company’s commitment...Read More -
Jan 31 2019
BBC recordings of the late Donald M MacLeod released for charity
A CD has just been released of the BBC recordings of the late Donald M MacLeod, of Islay - with all the proceeds from sales being shared between Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance and RNLI Islay Lifeboat Station. In 2007 Donald M MacLeod released a CD entitled ‘An t-Eilean Mòr’...Read More -
Nov 2 2018
Aberdeen earmarked for Scotland's next helicopter air ambulance
Aberdeen has been unveiled as the location for a promised new helicopter air ambulance for Scotland. Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) today announced plans to station its second charity-funded aircraft in the north east - with hopes of launching the service by late 2019. SCAA 's new Aberdeen-based...Read More -
Sep 20 2018
Scottish motorists drive fundraising for country’s air ambulance charity
A UK support partnership between MRH - the country's largest independent petrol station owner and operator - and the Association of Air Ambulances, has seen collecting cans placed in service stations throughout the UK in support of 21 air ambulance charities. MRH has also introduced an opt-in donation...Read More -
Aug 24 2018
Farmer's fleecy fundraiser for Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
He's set for a fine life as a flock sire on a sheep farm. But this young ram is also going to do his bit for charity when he comes up for auction on September 6. The 18-month-old Texel will be one of over 100 rams for sale by the McGowan family of Incheoch Farms, Alyth, at their 11th annual ram...Read More -
Jul 19 2018
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance - a farmer's lifeline
Many farm accidents prove so severe or so remote that an air ambulance is often the most appropriate resource to get expert paramedic attention quickly to the patient and the injured or ill person to advanced hospital care - fast. Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA), the country's only charity-funded...Read More