Each year the new Year 12 cohort at Whickham School select a charity to benefit from our annual Charity Week activities. This year, students voted to support the The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS)

GNAAS rescues hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year throughout the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. Their doctor-led critical care teams deliver life-saving treatments at the scene of the incident whether that is on a fell top, a roadside or in a city centre.

The charity responded to 2,083 call outs in 2024 alone, via their helicopter and emergency response vehicles, where they performed treatments and procedures which can mean the difference between life or death.