Clothing collections raise £50,000 for air ambulance service
CLOTHING collections held in Whitehaven have raised £50,000 for the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
Jordan Mattinson started organising collections in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic and the first events were held at Whitehaven RUFC.
He has continued hosting collections at Hensingham ARLFC, with members helping out on the days.
Tens of thousands of pounds have been raised since the collections started. The event offers people the chance to recycle while supporting the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
Following the latest event which was held on Saturday, the total raised for the charity now stands at £50,000.
Jordan, of Whitehaven, said: 'We really appreciate everyone who's donated over the last few years and anyone who's shared the social media and news posts so people see when the collections are.
'The GNAAS is a service that we hope we will never need, but if you do, you'd like to know it's there. With it not being government funded, it's crucial that donations like this carry on to make sure they can keep running this life saving service.
'We'll keep doing the drop off days and hopefully we can turn that £50,000 into £100,000 and more over the next few years.'
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