For both of us, and probably many of you, it's hard to imagine the Air Ambulance Service not being there. However, the only reason they are able to keep saving lives is purely from voluntary donations.

The charity is prominent in both of our lives. Katie has recently started working for the Air Ambulance Service and since starting, has become completely in awe of the work they do. Andrew, whilst working with the West Midlands Ambulance Service has seen first hand the impact the charity has on people's lives.

A little bit about the challenge:

The challenge will see us travel to the prestine wilderness 150km outside of Sweden's Arctic Circle for 3 days and 3 nights of survival. The survival will challenge our ability to adapt and live in the heart of this harsh environment, and will test our survival instinct. We will be living off rations, gathering resources from the environment around us, lighting fires and more. The first night we will be sleeping in a traditional Scandinavian tent, then for the other two days we will be making our shelter for the night. The second day we will construct a 'A frame' shelter from the surrounding trees and collect branches to make a roof. The third day we will build a snow hole with 3 entrances and ventilation that will fit 6 of us in. For this one we will each take it in turns to be on 'candle watch', this is important because if the candle blows out it can indicate there's no oxygen. 

A little bit about the charities:

Every day of the year, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance is helping save more lives. Our critical care paramedics, doctors and pilots attend an average of ten rescue missions a day. Within minutes they can be on the ground delivering lifesaving care. The air ambulance gives people the very best chance of survival and recovery.

The Childrens Air Ambulance is an inter-hospital transfer service flying babies and children from one hospital to another for specialist care. We work with 10 NHS paediatric and neonatal retrieval teams across the UK, enabling them to bring their specialist equipment on board to safely transfer their patients from one hospital to another. If a child is too sick to fly then the Childrens Air Ambulance can fly a specialist team directly to them. With our ability to fly approximately four times faster than a land ambulance, we can minimise travel times and the risk for little patients.