Stephen Usher, Managing Director House of Usher and past Chair of the HBAA, handed over a cheque today for £2,425 to Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA).
Stephen nominated Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance as the ‘Chairman’s Charity’ for the duration of his tenure as HBAA Chairman in 2010. Donations were raised through Stephen’s tireless work in promoting the charity throughout the association’s calendar of events from the annual dinner to the HBAA golf day.
Since launching in 2003, WNAA has become the UK’s busiest air ambulance and has attended over 8500 calls. At an operating cost of £1.5 million a year, the service is reliant on voluntary donations with no government or Lottery Funding available. People can be treated immediately at the scene and transferred to the appropriate hospital. The service covers the UK’s key arterial routes; M1, M6, M40, M42 and A14.
The HBAA is an association of the UK’s leading venue finding agencies whose buying power exceeds £2.3billion per annum. The premise of the association is to drive best practice in the procurement of accommodation and venues for conferences, training, meetings and events.
Stephen Usher said: “I am honoured to be able to hand over a cheque to WNAA – their work without doubt saves lives. I’d like to thank everyone within the association for their generous donations during my time as the chairman of the HBAA in 2010 and most importantly thank the WNAA for their work and tireless commitment”.
Tracy Grunwell, Fundraising Manager for the WNAA said, “It’s fantastic to see the HBAA getting involved and helping to raise such a lot of money for this incredibly worthy cause. The air ambulance is a vital service in this area and the HBAA are doing a fantastic job to help us keep the air ambulance flying. The support that we receive makes a huge difference, not just to us but to the lives of the people we save.”
Picture from left to right: Captain Dan Martin, Stephen Usher and Dr Fiona Lowe
