Save Time | Save Lives
This year our Charity of the Year is Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, as voted for by Red Funnel customers, the wider Island community and our colleagues.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance brings the hospital to the patient. It's highly skilled teams of doctors, dispatchers, pilots and paramedics respond to an average of five patients every day - be it a cardiac arrest, a road traffic collision or a serious medical episode.
The charity has responded to almost 2,500 emergency callouts in 2024 alone - more than 20,000 in its 17-year history. Each mission is funded entirely by the kindness and generosity from people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
HIOWAA Assets
The Helicopter
The air ambulance can be airborne within four minutes of the call - ready to bring the hospital to your side.
The Vehicles
As well as the helicopter, you may see the crews driving in one of the emergency response vehicles.
Operation Airbase Appeal
This year, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are taking on their biggest fundraising mission to date with their Operation Airbase Appeal.
The Charity is fundraising for 3.6 million to rebuild and equip the new site in George Curl Way, after plans were approved to centralise the operating base in Southampton, bringing their life-saving service to the centre of the community.
How to help
If you can, donate…
You can add a donation to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance when making an online booking with us. Just simply select an amount at check-out.
Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation or set up a monthly donations via the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance website.