Yorkshire Air Ambulance fundraising takes to the road with new promotional vehicles

The two Fiat Ducato vehicles have been specially designed and built to allow the YAA fundraising teams to get out on the road and into communities.

Equipped with interactive technology, the vehicles feature a replica cockpit from their H145 helicopters, with screens showing aerial footage of the views the crews experience whilst flying in the air ambulance helicopters.

Also featuring in the vehicles are screens for presentations and interviews with the crew, interactive iPads for an immersive user experience and a seating area where supporters can chat with YAA staff and volunteers.

The outside of the vehicles has been wrapped with YAA branding to make them instantly recognisable.

The promotional vehicles will also play an active role in a new schools educational project, which aims to teach children about the service and inspire the next generation of supporters.

Having taken over a year to design and build by Derby-based Neat Vehicles, the purchase of the two Fiats has only been made possible through generous funding and sponsorship by long-standing YAA supporters B.Braun Medical Ltd and the Yorkshire Freemasons. Each have pledged to support one of the vehicles.

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Both organisations are long-standing supporters of the charity. Sheffield-based B.Braun Medical has worked with YAA for more than 17 years with both financial and professional support.

Peter Sunderland, chairman of the YAA, said: “These two new promotional vehicles mark a significant advancement in our educational and fundraising experiences, but have only been made possible due to the generous support from both B.Braun Medical and the Yorkshire Freemasons.

"We genuinely cannot express our thanks enough to them to make all this possible. The new vehicles will be key to our future community fundraising and educational activities.

They will help us pave the way for a new immersive style of interacting with the public and our supporters, which we hope will engage both new and established supporters alike and will showcase our life-saving work across the Yorkshire region.”

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