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Airbourne has supported local charities with more than £100,000 in donations over the last decade, thanks to our kind airshow visitors.
In 2023, for every £1 collected in the Airbourne bucket collection and through online donations, 70p supported flying displays at the show, and 30p was given to three chosen local charities - all of whom support us with volunteer bucket collectors at the show.
Each year Airbourne selects local charities to take part - some chosen by our Bucket Collection partners - Hailsham Rotary Club (and in 2023 the Rotary Club of Sovereign Harbour), but the final charity - The People's Charity - is chosen by a public vote.
Applications are now open to all local charities and good causes to apply to be considered for The People's Charity. Please complete the application form using the link below. Shortlisting will take place early March followed by a public vote to choose The People's Charity 2024.
Applications close 26 February 2024.
As an independent charity at the forefront of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is reliant on the support of communities to ensure it can operate the life-saving service.
It costs £16.6million a year or £45,000 per day to be there for those most in need of the intervention of expert medical crews, with 87% of the charity’s total income raised through the incredible generosity of supporters.
Over the past three decades KSS has been tasked to more than 40,000 incidents, saving lives and improving patient outcomes from the skies above Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.
Chalk Farm Hotel & Learning Disabilities Centre in Willingdon trains and supports adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in a realistic work environment. Students attend weekly between one and five days and learn everything there is to know about horticulture, hospitality, or both.
Based at the fully functioning Chalk Farm Hotel in Willingdon, the hospitality students train in housekeeping, serving, customer service, cleaning, kitchen work, wedding preparation and more.
The horticulture students work in the hotel gardens and student-made allotment maintaining the gardens, growing their own produce, learning about wildlife, looking after the wildlife pond, creating the brand-new secret garden and so much more.
You Raise Me Up was established more than 10 years ago to support families that have suffered the death of an adult child between the age of 16 and 25 in the local area.
Through its support centre and community coffee shop in Polegate, the charity offers practical, emotional, and financial support to families, providing a 24-hour mental health crisis helpline, one-to-one specialist counselling and peer support groups – all provided by people with the shared lived experience of the loss of a young adult.
Every donation helps!
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