Air Ambulance charity gets boost thanks to supporters of Harbury Beer and Cider Festival

In August, the Heart of Warwickshire CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) branch hosted the annual Harbury Beer and Cider Festival.

As part of the festival, the organisation helped raise £1,270 for the The Air Ambulance Service, which serves Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The money was raised through a tombola, a raffle and by festival-goers donating unused beer tokens.

A cheque was presented to Sally Newman, community fundraising executive for The Air Ambulance Service, at the charity’s shop in Warwick on October 12.

Julie Griffiths, chair at CAMRA Heart of Warwickshire branch said: “We were thrilled to present a cheque for £1,270 to the Air Ambulance charity.

"We would like to thank everyone who bought tombola and raffle tickets and donated any unused beer tokens at the festival.

"Next year we are going to try to raise even more and we are collecting prizes already.”