For 2020, Fudge Kitchen is delighted to be supporting the wonderful work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA). Each year we select a chosen charity from a list of nominations put forward by our staff from all over the UK and dedicate a year’s fundraising to their cause. This year’s cause is like all of them, close to our hearts, but has special significance to the Assistant Manager of our Bath shop, Tia Hancy, whose Dad was rescued by emergency services, including the Yorkshire Air Ambulance after a farming accident in 2013.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is a lifeline for rural and less connected communities, being able to reach the scene of an emergency more quickly than traditional services. Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) is an independent rapid response charity, which has carried more than 8,000 people in its nearly 20-year history. It needs to raise £12,000 each day to keep its two helicopters in the air and maintained - equivalent to £4.4 million each year.

Without any direct government funding, the only help the charity receives is through the secondment of its paramedics from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. So, it is with great pleasure that Fudge Kitchen can support the work of this amazing charity throughout 2020.