Richard Bennell

Richard's fundraiser for The Air Ambulance Service

Fundraising for The Air Ambulance Service
£4,106
raised of £3,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
We operate emergency helicopter services to make bereavement through trauma rare.

Story

LIFE SAVERS

On 5th Sept. 2023 I was at Silverstone circuit riding my Ducati. Unfortunately, I was thrown from my bike at around 100 mph, suffering numerous fractures and internal injuries. I remember nothing about the entire day. In total I received 7 packs of red blood and 5 of plasma. The Doctors were concerned for my life. I spent just over 2 weeks in Coventry Hospital Intensive Care followed by a further week in Critical Care before coming home to my family to (hopefully) fully recuperate. The Doctor at Silverstone (who actually works in Coventry Hospital) called the Air Ambulance who were on the scene in 20 minutes for the flight to Coventry. So many people have been amazing delivering my treatment but only one is not funded - The Air Ambulance Service. Please help as best you can - you never know when you or yours will need their service (hopefully never of course).

The Air Ambulance Service operates the local air ambulance services for Warwickshire & Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland as well as the national paediatric and neonatal transfer service, the Children’s Air Ambulance, covering the whole of the UK.

The Air Ambulance Service does not receive funding from the government for its daily missions. It relies entirely on voluntary donations and support from our communities and business

Your support will help keep us flying.

Share this story

Help Richard Bennell

Sharing this page with your friends could help raise up to 3x more in donations

You can also help by sharing this link on

About the charity

We operate the local air ambulances for Warwickshire & Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, as well as the Children's Air Ambulance across the UK.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,105.09
+ £723.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£4,105.09
Offline donations
£0.00

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.