SPOG (STUDENT PARAMEDICS OF GREENWICH)

London's Air Ambulance Helipad Abseil June 2023

We are abseiling to save lives in London

London’s Air Ambulance is the charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to London’s most seriously injured patients. Your donation will help save more lives by keeping the helicopter in the air and the rapid response cars on the road, ready for when they are needed most. By providing intervention as quickly as possible after injury, London’s Air Ambulance Charity aims to give patients the best chance of survival, and best quality of life, after trauma.

We will be abseiling from the home of London's Air Ambulance Charity one the 17th Floor of The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. Please give what you can to help save lives in London.

We are a group of student paramedics studying at the University of Greenwich. Our names are Zack, Ricky, Poppy, Alex and Blaise. Pre-Hospital medicine is a passion that the group share and we all look forward to joining the London Air Ambulance at some point in our careers.

It’s commonly misunderstood that the Air Ambulance is NHS funded, however, this is incorrect and so the Air Ambulance charity relies on donations from the public to keep the service running and continue to provide advanced pre-hospital care for the people of London. 

It costs around £11m per year to operate the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) every year. The funding goes towards advanced lifesaving equipment that a normal ambulance doesn't carry; for example, heart stents, blood transfusion kits and advanced medication that only a doctor can administer legally.

We love the work that the Air Ambulance provides for the trauma network in London and we think that it’s a paramount resource for the people of London. Without the helicopter and trauma car, some of the most critically injured patients we come across wouldn't have a chance of survival. Please support us in helping provide lifesaving resources for the people of London.

We thank everyone for taking their time to read this and thank you for your generosity in helping our fundraiser. 

Team SPOG :) 

Thank you to our Sponsors

£10

Dillon Stavri

Best of luck Did not realise there was a sponsor page

£10

Dillon Stavri

Do us proud Alex; the very best of luck

£31

Rachel Tapner

Fabulous Blaise well done you xxx Lots of love Auntie Rach & Steve

£100

Zack Jordan

Self Donation

£10

Pinky

Go girl 🤘🏼🤘🏼

£21

Sue & Jim Morford

Best of luck Alex !

£21

Phil Savage

Good Luck!!

£10

Samantha Ash

Very brave and for a wonderful cause!

£31

Asa

You got this!(:

£10

Charlotte Howser

£10

Steve & Kay

£10

Andrea Crickmore

Ricky and team mates, you are all crazy, but amazing. Don’t look 👀 down!!

£50

Aaron Swartz

Good Luck Ricky and the team!!!!!

£10

Judith Marsh

Good Luck Alex - hold on tight!

£21

Samy Sadek

GO ULYSSES! mega proud of you man! and mega grateful. i’ll hi five you from the top ✋🏽 👊🏽 ✌🏽

£21

Tristan Channing

£52

Justin Stavri

We’re going to need a longer rope.

£31

Em Ruranski

Nice one Al, hope you smash your target!

£36

John Horne

Don’t look down.

£52

Christian Stavri

Get to the chopper!

£52

Jenny Lambert

So proud of you. X

£52

Linda Horne

Good Luck!!

£21

Theo Stavri

Good Luck!

£52

Jackie Horne

Go for it!!

£20

Honor Reilly

proud of u all x

£20

Neve Fillary

Good Luck!

£10

Colin Parker

£10

Gwen Payne

£10

Billy Payne

Good Luck x

£10

Hannah Smethurst

Good luck guys :)

£10

Tori Wilkinson

Good luck guys xoxo

£21

Rosa Kluiby

Hope it goes well <3 Have fun doing it xx

£10

Jamie Scamp

Big up to the A of stavri

£21

Gemma Boden

Good luck lads! Representing University of Greenwich Student Paramedics - hope you enjoy

£5

Izzie Mcgee

Such a great cause, Good luck hun x

£10

Kate Pearce

£10

Anonymous

Good Luck/Well done to UoG Paramedic team

£21

Prof Karen Cleaver

So proud to see you all doing this funding raising, fantastic. Hope you all have a head for heights, I couldn’t do this in a million years! . Good Luck!! Prof Karen Cleaver (HoS Health Sciences)

£104

Wayne Tapner

Good luck darling, love dad 😘

£31

Tegan Tapner

£30

Anonymous

Fantastic cause and great experience.

£260

Brian Torrance

Well done on raising £250 and i am happy to match your hard work fundraising by matching that with £250 donation. now you can push on towards your £1000 target

£100

State Street Bank Canary Wharf

Great cause, good luck, thanks for all the pints 🍻

£52

Maria Vasiliou

Good like guys, what a great cause you’re doing this for.

£50

Rebekah Dorey

For beautiful Andrea… have an amazing time with this event Ricky. Sounds incredible xx

£20

Anonymous

Great Cause, Good Luck!!

£10

Katie Duncan

Good luck! Don't look down!!

£10

Jonny Todd

Great cause, enjoy your day everyone!

£21

Amelia Middleton