Appleby Supports the Great North Air Ambulance service with £1,500 annual Donation
21 January 2026
Appleby is proud to announce its ongoing support for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) by making a rolling annual donation of £1,500.
GNAAS provide life-saving, critical care services by air and road across the North East, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and the Isle of Man, often in remote or hard-to-reach areas.
Since March 2022, GNAAS has partnered with Manx Care to deliver life-saving pre-hospital emergency care and they are the official emergency air ambulance service on the Isle of Man. The team have attended more than 70 incidents since they first started responding to the Island. Their highly skilled critical care teams treat the most seriously ill and injured patients, performing advanced procedures such as pre-hospital anaesthesia and blood transfusions at the scene. They also facilitate direct helicopter transfers to specialist trauma centres in the UK, ensuring patients receive urgent treatment in the shortest possible time.
The Appleby team had the pleasure of recently welcoming the GNAAS team to their office to find out more about the charity as well as how they could be supported. It is estimated that the charity needs to raise at least £124,000 per year to cover additional costs, specific to operating in the Isle of Man. Appleby’s rolling donation will help fund essential equipment, training, and operational costs, ensuring the charity can maintain its exceptional standards of care across to the Island.
Tom Brook, Partner at Appleby Isle of Man, said: “Living on an island, the value of the life-saving service provided by GNAAS to the Isle of Man community cannot be overstated. Recently, one of our Appleby team members directly benefitted from their services and so this charity is one we are very fond of. We are delighted to provide an ongoing contribution to help fund this essential emergency service, it’s also amazing to see that a number of other businesses on the Island have made a similar ongoing commitment. GNAAS, we hope we never need your services, but we are very grateful for everything you have done for the Island so far.”
Mandy Karsa, Isle of Man fundraiser from GNAAS, said: “We are very grateful for the generous annual donation from Appleby in support of our service. This contribution will enable our team to continue helping critically ill and injured patients within the community.”
For more information about the Great North Air Ambulance and how you can support their mission, visit www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk