Volunteer first responder to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for London Ambulance Charity

Adam Reed, a newly recruited volunteer Community First Responder for the London Ambulance Service, is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this September to raise funds for the London Ambulance Charity and the MS Society. Read more

Generous Gift from Newline Group

Neepa Vadgama nominated the London Ambulance Charity for a £3,000 Odessy Group Foundation donation in honour of her late father‑in‑law because the compassionate care he received from London Ambulance Service deeply moved her family. The gift will help fund lifesaving equipment, community CPR training, and wellbeing support for frontline crews. Read more

Touching reunion at London Life Hike 2025 between cardiac arrest survivor and 999 call handler who helped save his life

Rob Hutt, a dad of three and cardiac arrest survivor due to early bystander intervention, was the first to sign up to our London Life Hike 2025. The walk to save lives provided him with the special opportunity to have a touching reunion with James, the 999 call handler who took the call that helped to save his life. Read more

Walking our London Life Hike? Here are some tips to help you walk a half marathon

On Saturday 26 September 2026, London Ambulance Charity is hosting its annual London Life Hike, where Londoners will walk either 6km or 21km around the beating heart of the capital to raise money for life-saving defibrillators and CPR training in their local community. If you are planning on taking on the longer route, here are our top tips for how to prepare to walk a half marathon. Read more

Success at the Uniformed Services Day Truck Pull

On Saturday 13 July 2025, in support of the London Ambulance Charity, #TeamLAS threw their weight behind a recent fundraising event: the Bexleyheath Uniformed Services Day Truck Pull. This saw supporters pulling a 13-tonne truck for a staggering two miles Read more

London Lifesaver saves stranger's life just months after completing CPR and defibrillator training

Adam Day, whose life was saved as a child, helped to save a stranger’s life with skills he learned during a London Lifesavers training session just a few months before. Find out how you too, can become a London Lifesaver today. Read more

The Big Stadium Abseil - an absolute success!

On Friday 14th March, our brave abseilers took on a daring challenge: our Big Stadium Abseil at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It was an absolute success and generous donations have amassed over £24,000 for the great cause! Read all about it! Read more

Groundbreaking London Heart Starters campaign unveils its first defibrillators

The first 3 defibrillators funded by London Ambulance Charity’s groundbreaking London Heart Starters campaign have been placed and unveiled in neighbourhoods in Hackney and Barking! Read more

London Lifesavers continue to make great impact

London Lifesavers are here to train you! Find out more about their upcoming events and how they're working hard to make London a city of lifesavers, through organising life-saving CPR and defibrillator training for communities, organisations and schools. Read more

The Gym Group support LAS with Outrun an Ambulance challenge

Several branches of The Gym Group are supporting London Ambulance Charity by challenging staff and members to Outrun an Ambulance. Read more

Starbucks deliver holiday cheer

On Thursday, 5th December, LAS staff were appreciated by Starbucks with an incredibly kind donation of coffee, snacks and sandwiches to our four Wellbeing Cafés. Read more

PPL donates an astonishing £8,000 to London Heart Starters

PPL made a generous contribution to the London Heart Starters Campaign, donating enough funds to provide 5 life-saving defibrillators in priority areas across the capital. Read more

London Life Hikers paint the capital yellow

Over 200 walkers participated in our first-ever London Life Hike on Sunday, 8th September. Read more

Your Chance to Win - Summer Raffle

Enter the London Ambulance Charity’s Summer Raffle 2024. Read more

London Ambulance Service team completes iconic race to raise more than £10,000

A team of ten runners completed the historic London Marathon on Sunday, 21 April and raised £10,075 for the London Ambulance Service charity. Read more

Charity runner races in full ambulance uniform and response bag

An emergency responder at London Ambulance Service ran a half marathon wearing his full uniform and heavy response bag to raise money for charity. Read more

Ambulance technician embarks on Arctic adventure

An intrepid medical technician at London Ambulance Service has set off on an Arctic expedition braving sub-zero temperatures, for the first in a series of endurance events to raise money for charity. Read more

Fearless fundraisers conquer the O2 to raise £20,000 for London Ambulance Charity.

Supporters of the London Ambulance Charity conquered the O2 dome and also smashed their fundraising target by an impressive £8,000 to raise £20,000. Read more

A cousin and LAS colleague remembered

Zoe Hancock, the cousin of London Ambulance Service motorcycle paramedic, Mark Pell, who sadly died in 2022, successfully completed three racing challenges – honouring the memory of her beloved cousin. Read more

We've joined Make a Smile Lottery

Make a smile lottery is our weekly lottery draw, a fun and exciting way to support London Ambulance Charity while giving you the opportunity to win cash prizes! Each week you could be in with a chance of winning one of 142 prizes that are up for grabs! Read more

Scaling new heights for charity

Conquering fears and raising funds for a great cause, participants bravely abseiled off the ArcelorMittal Orbit (AMO) for London Ambulance Charity. Missed the official event? Take on this challenge in your own time. Contact [email protected] to start your fundraising and get an abseil voucher. Read more

26.2 miles through the Capital

Nine dedicated runners set off Sunday the 23rd April to conquer the London Marathon for London Ambulance Charity. Runners were staff of LAS who entered a lottery draw for a place. Read more