For anyone who’s new to our spaces, The Wishing Tree is a campaign we run annually to support our chosen charity partners. Rather than buying specific gifts which aren’t always sustainable for all, we aim to raise money to ensure the charities are getting the most value from donations.

Our Wishing Tree Charity in Cambridge for 2024 is the East Anglian Air Ambulance. EAAA is a 365-day-a-year helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk. They exist to save lives by delivering highly skilled doctors and critical care paramedics by air to seriously ill or injured people in the region. They do not receive regular direct government funding and the £17 million they need to raise this year comes directly from charitable donations. They are only kept airborne thanks to the generosity of supporters.

What can you donation contribute to?

By donating £5 you can pay for an EAAA fleece patient hat to keep them warm

By donating £10 you can pay for a disposable oxygen ear probe which helps monitor a patient’s heart rate and oxygen levels

By donating £20 you can pay for a Ready heat blanket which provides up to 8 hours of heat to aid in the prevention of shock and hypothermia

By donating £20 you can pay for an arm or leg benecast, which provides stability to a fracture limb

By donating £15 you can support our 24/7 services by air

By donating £10 you can pay for a paediatric breathing tube which is part of the vital kit to help ventilate a child

By donating £50 you can support our 24/7 life-saving service