SIX TIMES BAFTA and Golden Globe award winning actress Julie Walters has become an ambassador for the Midlands Air Ambulance charity.
Walters joins a host of celebrities and stars from the worlds of sport and entertainment who have agreed to become ambassadors and celebrity supporters.
Julie will help raise awareness and draw attention to the lifesaving work of the charity which receives No Government or National Lottery funding and relies solely on the generosity of the general public
Julie has a particular affinity to the lifesaving work of the charity and the Midlands, not only was she born locally in Edgbaston, Birmingham but prior to her glittering career as an actress she was a nurse at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth hospital.
The “QE” as its now known, is one of the major hospitals which the Midlands Air Ambulance helicopters fly into regularly on life saving missions.
Julie Walters said; “I am absolutely delighted to support and help raise awareness of the lifesaving work of the Midlands Air Ambulance charity in its 25th anniversary year as part of #AIR25.
“I was astonished to learn that the charity has to raise £7 million pounds each and every year and receives no funding from either the Government or the National Lottery and relies solely on the generosity of the local people across the Midlands.
“It’s incredible to think that the charity has also saved the lives of over 46,000 people since the first helicopter was launched in 1991.
“The pilots, flying doctors and paramedics all do an incredible and amazing job literally saving lives every day.
“I fully support the lifesaving work of this brilliant charity across the entire Midlands area and would encourage the public to help make a difference by helping the charity or making a donation so that they can continue with their brilliant work saving lives for another 25 years!”
