A GROUP of trainees at Sellafield have been raising money for their chosen charity. 

The team, which was made up of graduates and apprentices, has spent the past 12 months fundraising for the Great North Air Ambulance. 

Together they have collected over £10,000 which includes funding from the company’s Peer to Peer scheme, match funding, and a company donation.

Alice Nash, a business trainee, said: “We’ve had a brilliant year of fundraising on the Graduate Council, with some of our favourites being our Crazy Bingo, the monthly pub quizzes, gaming tournaments, and sporting events.

"We’ve also had great support from other teams who organised a charity Winter Ball and World Kindness Day bake sale.”

Fellow employee Ellie Haggart organised a Santa collection across multiple Cumbrian offices and raised nearly £6,500. 

In the last 10 years, he has raised £25,000 for GNAAS. 

Natasha Banks of GNAAS said: “It’s been great to work with Sellafield Ltd and their enthusiastic young people who have helped raise the profile of the service we offer in the community.

"We need to raise £8.5 million a year to remain operational and our critical care teams responded to more than 2,100 incidents in 2023, which was a record high for our charity.”

The Great North Air Ambulance provides air ambulance services across the North-East, Cumbria, and North Yorkshire and is entirely funded by charity.

The service brings 'pioneering' pre-hospital care to emergency scenes. The team rescues hundreds of severely ill and injured patients every year. 

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison joined the trainees for the presentation, she added: “This once again shines a light on the excellent young people at Sellafield, who do great work in the community for such important organisations as GNAAS, and of course are the future pioneers of the nuclear industry. Congratulations on another impressive fundraising effort.”