Maidenhead & Windsor

Generous guests at the second annual Mayor's Charity Dinner in the Maidenhead Royal Borough earlier this year dug deep in their pockets to help keep the vital air ambulance service in the sky.

The dinner, held in February in Maidenhead Town Hall's Desborough Suite, raised almost £3,000 for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust (TVAC) and Mayor Cllr Eric Wiles will hand over the proceeds to Stevie Horton, director of fund-raising, at 11am on Wednesday May 17.

Maidenhead Cllr Wiles said he was deeply touched by the generosity of the guests and businesses who supported the charity dinner in aid of such a worthwhile cause.

He said: "The air ambulance depends on our support to keep it in the air and I am delighted that everyone who attended or supported the charity dinner has helped us raise such a handsome amount."

The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust was launched in June 1999 and now flies over 1,000 emergency missions every year. The trust is a charity which relies on sponsorship and donations to meet its annual running costs. The yellow Bolkow 105 helicopter operates in daylight hours seven-days-a-week, carrying a full range of life-saving and medical equipment and two fully-qualified paramedics.

Further information on the air ambulance service is available at www.airambulancetvac.org.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead