Western Region pensioners association raise vital funds to support children’s charity

The Western Region of the Royal Sun Alliance Pensioners Association across the Bristol, Bath and North Somerset area have raised vital funds to support the lifesaving missions of the Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA).  

Graham Briscoe, Chair of the Western Region of the Royal Sun Alliance Pensioners Association helped to arrange a Christmas lunch in December 2023, where they chose the Children’s Air Ambulance as the charity to benefit from their ‘Heads & Tails’ fundraising event.

The lunch was well attended with over one hundred and fifty-eight people coming together from all over the Bristol region to enjoy a meal at the Royal Marriot hotel in the heart of Bristol. Together they raised £600 to support more little lives across the UK.

The Children’s Air Ambulance is a charity changing the face of paediatric and neonatal care through the high-speed transfer of critically ill babies and children – flying them from one hospital to another for specialist care via the two clinically designed helicopters, which provide a flying intensive care unit for babies and children.

“We chose TCAA as the charity of choice as they receive no government or National Lottery funding and without our support the service wouldn’t be available for critically ill babies and children across the UK,” said Graham Briscoe, Chair of the Western Region of the Royal Sun Alliance Pensioners Association.

“The charity provides high-speed transfers of critically ill babies and children where time is completely critical to their survival and recovery and we should continue to support them in any way that we can,” he added.

Fiona Franklin, Community Fundraising Executive for the children’s charity said: “We would like to say thank you to Graham and everyone involved in the Royal Sun Alliance Pensioners Association Western Region. Every penny they have raised will go towards supporting further lifesaving missions.”

“We rely on generous donations from the local community and businesses to keep our helicopters flying and to keep saving the lives of critically ill babies and children across the UK,” she added.