Archives: Community TYs

We would like to say a huge thank you to David, Damon, Ryan, James & Chris who ran the Manchester Marathon this year and two years ago to raise funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  Unfortunately, the YAA was needed after two of their friends were involved in a road traffic collision in Doncaster.  Sadly one of their friends Aidy did not survive.  Through their fundraising, they have raised £1438 and counting!

Fifteen-year-old waiters Joe and Harry took over the kitchen at The Greyhound Inn in Hackforth near Bedale in North Yorkshire and wowed the diners with their set 3-course meal.  Everyone was very impressed with their cooking skills and they helped to raise over £250 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  The fundraisers of the future!

The Greyhound Inn also organised a Harvest Auction in the pub which raised £1355.60 selling local produce.  Yorkshire Air Ambulance are so grateful to Steve and the small Hackforth community for their continued and very valuable fundraising that over the years that is now a phenomenal £5811.57.

Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser said “A huge thank you to Steve, Joe and Harry for their brilliant and inspirational fundraising.  Not only are they raising amazing funds but they are also raising awareness of the life-saving charity in our rural area.”

A big thank you to Peter and Liz Smith who ran the Tea Cosy Memory Café in Rothwell for their donation of £500. Peter and Liz have been running the Tea Cosy Memory café for 10 years and when they decided to step down unfortunately no one came forward to carry on the café. Peter and Liz have been donating the money from the Tea Cosy account to local charities, and we are delighted that they chose to donate £500 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

A huge thank you to Geoff for taking on such a mammoth challenge running the Great North Run in support of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  Through sponsorship and a raffle at his village quiz, Geoff has raised a phenomenal £1550 which will help save lives across Yorkshire.  He has come into close contact with the life-saving charity when his wife went into anaphylactic shock after a bee sting last summer and the team also saved the life of a friend after an accident in the Dales.

Tessa Klemz, North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser said “We’re so grateful to Geoff for putting himself through such a challenge in support of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  His training and running in the Great North Run has not only raised an amazing amount but also raised awareness of the life-saving charity.  Thank you, Geoff!”

The Yorkshire Centre of the Morgan Sports Car Club held a drive out for us in August and raised a fantastic £103 for YAA. The route covered an 80-mile anti-clockwise circuit around North Yorkshire and the Cumbrian border.

A big thank you to organisers Ken and Helen and all the participating cars and members.

A big thank you to 22 The Square, the Italian restaurant in Northowram who have raised an amazing £2,000 from their annual golf day split equally between Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Calderdale Lighthouse. YAA volunteer Robin Owen Morley, along with the founders of the Calderdale Lighthouse charity collected the cheque from owner Raj Panesar and participants in the golf day.

Thank you to the Makin family for raising an incredible £1,970 by allowing birdwatchers to access their land to see a rare Green Warbler bird that was discovered on farmland at Buckton near Bridlington in return for a donation to Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Birdwatchers flocked to see the rare sight and take photos and the money was raised by a GoFundMe campaign.

Rob Scott, East Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser, said:” We would like to thank the landowner for organising this fundraiser and for raising an incredible £1,970 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The money raised will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service.”

To read more about the rare bird and to donate, please visit:

Fundraiser by Mark Thomas : Buckton Green Warbler (landowner charity donation) (gofundme.com)

Thank you very much to Golcar Guides who have donated £90 from fundraising for ourselves in their virtual camp weekend over the school holidays. We are very grateful for your support and were extremely impressed with the creativity of the work created!

We would like to say a thank you to all the family, staff and supporters at Roundhegians Rugby Club.  Recently, we were informed that life-long member and volunteer of the club Ian Roberts, 64 had sadly passed away.  We attended Ian’s incident and his widow Gill asked if the club could raise some money for ourselves.  Sadly in the same week Club President Pete Maila also passed away and the club decided to host a memorial match in their memory.  Amazingly the club raised £1053.13 on the day and we met Gill Roberts (Ian’s Widow)and Jim Malia (Pete’s eldest son) recently to gratefully receive their donation. At Ian’s funeral we also received a donation of £702.00 which we are very grateful for.

Primark Leeds have generously donated £2,250 to kickstart their fundraising and to honour Percy the Pilot popping by to collect the cheque the staff dressed up in Yellow! We look forward to working with Primark Leeds for the rest of the year.

Clare Deacon was delighted to meet Mr Jackson at Jacksons Farm Shop in Cracoe. Mr Jackson and his son have raised funds through their store for many years and have also organised &  promoted the Cracoe Fell Race. The event this year raised £440.  They have now raised over £3000 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

A huge thank you to Killinghall Nomads JFC for their generous donation of £1.000 raised from car park ticket sales from one of their recent tournaments in July.

North Yorkshire Community Fundraiser Clare Deacon organised a cheque presentation at Leeds United Sports Camp with the club chair, Darren Casey.

Clare, said: “We would like to say a big thank you to Killinghall Nomads JFC for raising an incredible £1,000 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. It costs £12,000 a day to keep both of our helicopters airborne and the money raised will help greatly towards our vital funding, particularly in rural North Yorkshire where journey times to hospitals are often longer and our service can really make a difference.”