Tower Lotteries Head of Operations Richard Wild will officiate at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday 31st March 2019. Richard, who has been a Football League match official since 2014, will act as an Assistant Referee at the final of The Checkatrade Trophy between Portsmouth and Sunderland. The two competing teams have huge followings and…
Wales AA fundraiser Luke Murphy is the winner of The Canvasser of the Month Award. Luke was been a fundraiser for Air Ambulance Charities since July 2018. He previously worked full-time for an agency selling St John’s Ambulance, however as a proud Welshman, he wanted to fundraise for his local Air Ambulance and has taken…
Tower Lotteries have acted as External Lottery Managers for Wiltshire Air Ambulance since their weekly draw was launched in 2009. As part of our agreement with the charity, we recruit all new members and process the payments of those people that wish to support their local Air Ambulance. As we approach the 10-year anniversary of…
98 year-old D-Day Veteran Donald Mason has agreed to become a member of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance Lottery. Donald was a glider pilot in The Second World War and landed at The Battle of Arnhem Bridge in September 1944. As a former pilot, he appreciates the work that SCAA does throughout Scotland and was only…
SALISBURY resident Derrick Petty was delighted to start 2018 with an unexpected win on Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Superdraw lottery. Mr Petty, of Stratford sub Castle, scooped the top prize of £25,000 on the charity’s Superdraw last month (January). Mr Petty, 79, who has lived in Salisbury all his life and is originally from Wilton, remarked…
The Air Ambulance Service, which operates the helicopters that cover Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, have this week announced that they have carried out over 37,500 missions since they launched in 2003. The charity, which has changed beyond all recognition since it started out, operate 2 helicopters and a series of rapid response vehicles…
Wiltshire AA will resume flying on Friday 11th January 2019 after being grounded for five days following the company that owned the Air Operator Certificate going into administration. The new helicopter (MD 902) is different to the Bell 429 that was previously used, however with the help of Specialist Aviation Services, the county of Wiltshire…
December brought to an end a fantastic year for Tower Lotteries and the fundraisers working on our behalf. It also brought the final winner of The Canvasser of the Month Award, who for December was Devon Air Ambulance’s Marcia Choules. Marcia has represented Devon Air Ambulance since October 2015 and she has been the best-performing…
Tower Lotteries were honoured to attend The Association of Air Ambulance 2018 Annual Conference at Chelsea Harbour Hotel in November and sponsor the award for Charity Volunteer of the Year. The short-listed candidates all came from Air Ambulances that Tower work alongside, before the judges decided Colin Smith of Wiltshire Air Ambulance was the worthy…
Fundraisers representing Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance attended the 5th Anniversary Charity Ball at The Hub in Edinburgh recently. The gala dinner and fundraiser saw 250 people attend the event to celebrate the charity’s 5th birthday. During this period, SCAA have attended approaching 2000 time-critical emergencies all over the country and several of those people who…