The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA) flagship charity superstore The Hanger, and Landing Pad Cafe in Doncaster, is celebrating funding greater than 800 lifesaving missions for critically ailing infants and kids throughout the UK, because the charity celebrates 10 years of important service.
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The charity retailer opened its doorways on 22 October 2019 and is located in Thorne Road Retail Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Over the previous 4 years the superstore has generated an unbelievable £2,354,318.30 value of gross sales for the charity and £487,285.65 value of gross sales within the café – collectively funding greater than 800 important missions to save lots of extra young lives throughout the UK.
The Hanger has additionally acquired 198,024 baggage of donated items however continues to require help from the local people with additional donations of recent and preloved objects, as these present important revenue for the charity.
The Children’s Air Ambulance is altering the face of paediatric and neonatal care via the high-speed switch of critically ailing infants and kids – flying them from one hospital to a different for specialist care by way of the clinically designed helicopters, which offer a flying intensive care unit for infants and kids.
The charity works alongside 11 NHS Clinical Partner Teams throughout the UK, together with Embrace Yorkshire & Humber Infant & Children’s Transport Service, a part of Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundations Trust.
Assistant Store Manager Paula Copeland stated: “We would like to thank everyone in the local community for their amazing support over the last four years. Together we are making even more lifesaving missions possible for critically ill babies and children across the UK.”
“We would like to encourage as many people as possible to continue giving their bric-a-brac, preloved items and unwanted clothing as these really do provide vital income for the children’s charity,” she added.
The superstore has a full vary of second-hand clothes and furnishings in addition to new items, from pet provides to homeware, electricals, and white items at a fraction of the worth of different retailers. Customers and households also can go to the Landing Pad Café on web site to take a break from searching and securing bargains to get pleasure from a sizzling drink and a slice of cake, with a small play space for youngsters shut by.”
She added: “Thank you to everyone in the local community for visiting our Landing Pad Café, the charity receives no government funding so the donations to our superstore and funds spent while visiting our café help to save the lives critically ill babies and children across the UK,” added Emma Hey, Landing Pad Café Manager.
The charity is celebrating its tenth anniversary of offering lifesaving high-speed transfers for critically ailing infants and kids in 2023 and is encouraging individuals to go to a charity retailer and seize a cut price, donate undesirable clothes to one among many clothes banks, get entangled in a problem occasion, fundraise, and even signal as much as volunteer.
