Wind farm’s £8k donation

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The team from Bears Down Windfarm visit Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust HQ. From left to right Kevin Dodd and Dan Humphreys of RWE with head of fundraising at Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust, Susie Croft
The team from Bears Down Windfarm visit Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust HQ. From left to right Kevin Dodd and Dan Humphreys of RWE with head of fundraising at Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust, Susie Croft

The company behind a north Cornish wind farm has pledged a decade of support to Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust.

RWE Innogy UK, which runs Bears Down Wind Farm near St Eval, donates a sum of money each year up until 2025.

For 2014/15, it has presented £8097.45 to Cornwall Air Ambulance – which will go towards funding up to 43 hours of flying.

Overall, the charity anticipates that pledges from Bears Down Wind Farm could be worth around £100k over the coming years.

Head of fundraising, Susie Croft, said: “It’s not often that we have the promise of donations for such a long period of time, so we are extremely grateful to have been chosen to be supported by Bears Down Wind Farm up until 2025.

“The donation this year is a significant one to help us cover the costs of our mission – we can be called out up to five times a day during busy summer months, so it comes at a critically busy time for our aircrew.

“We are always grateful for donations towards general running costs to keep the aircraft flying.”

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