Listen Live

Air Ambulance Shortlisted for Two Awards

Tuesday, 16 July 2024 09:05

By Nigel Peacock X @westkentradio

Picture: Shona Aakss

The ambulance attended over 20 incidents in Kent last week.

The Kent & Sussex Air Ambulance charity has been shortlisted for two awards.

The first is a national shortlisting in the Third Sector Awards, in the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ category, for work to create an army of potential lifesavers on Restart a Heart Day 2023. The Third Sector Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations.

The second is the Kent Charity Awards in the Large Charity category. The Kent Charity Awards aim to showcase the exceptional work of charities and individuals in the county.

Last week, the KSSAA responded to 58 emergency calls.
40% in Kent
28% in Surrey
29% in Sussex
3% in neighbouring areas

Source: Air Ambulance Charity

Picture by: Shone Aakss under Creative Commons

Share

More from WEST KENT NEWS

  • Social Care Costs Soar

    Kent County Council is putting up council tax by 5 per cent from April.

  • £ 3 million Fine Windfall

    Seventy motorists are still being fined every day for straying into the prohibited traffic zone in the centre of Tunbridge Wells.

  • Petition "Hits target"

    Audio

    Tonbridge is to get its own Town Council if most voters in the Tonbridge town area want one.

  • Southborough church clock repairs

    Southborough's church clock that looks down over the town's picturesque cricket pitch is striking the hour once again.

  • "Bitterly Disappointing" Decision

    The Labour government has announced that Kent will not be "fast-tracked" for a mayor and devolution.

  • Spa Valley Rail Appeal

    Audio

    The Tunbridge Wells heritage railway has begun running events to raise £300,000 to replace a corroded bridge.

  • Airport Plans "Madness"

    Audio

    The Green Party Councillor, Mark Hood, has attacked what he called Labour's "bonfire of regulations" after news of plans for a new Heathrow runway.

  • Marking History

    The suffragettes are among those to be honoured in a new set of heritage plaques for Tunbridge Wells.

On Air Now The Wind Down Midnight - 8:00am

COMING UP

  • Mona Channet

    8:00am - 10:00am

    Weekend Breakfast sponsored by Beulah Lodge Rest Home

  • Liz Batham

    10:00am - Noon

    Mid Mornings

SOCIAL MEDIA