Air Ambulance Week runs between 8–14 September

Ahead of Air Ambulance Week 2025 (8–14 September), the air ambulance featured in an ITV report to broadcast on Friday.

Organised by Air Ambulances UK (AAUK), Air Ambulance Week is a key opportunity to raise awareness and vital funds for the lifesaving pre-hospital care air ambulances deliver every day. This year’s campaign message – ‘Every Mission Starts With You’ – puts the spotlight on the public. Every donation, fundraiser, or act of support plays a crucial role in making each mission possible. 

 KSS is one of 21 air ambulance charities across the UK. Collectively, air ambulance charities across the UK respond to over 49,000 lifesaving missions every year – an average of 135 a day – treating patients at the scene of the most serious incidents. 

It costs KSS, which responds to an average of nine incidents each day, £20.8M a year or £57K per day to operate our world-leading lifesaving service with 91% of its total income coming from local communities.

Source: Kent, Sussex & Surrey Air Ambulance
Picture credit: Shona