Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance’s (LNAA) Mansfield Woodhouse store has been shortlisted for the UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Awards for the East Midlands. The winner will now be decided by a public vote, which opened on Thursday 4th September. LNAA needs your help to secure the title this year – cast your vote at Vote in The UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Awards 2025. Vote now at survey.alchemer.com/s3/8448060/Vote-in-The-UK-s-Favourite-Charity-Shop-Awards-2025. Voting closes at midnight on Thursday 2nd October.
The Awards, run by the Charity Retail Association, are now in their second year and are a celebration of the impact that charity shops have within their local communities. As part of the nomination process, people were asked to share why they were nominating their favourite shop. When asked what makes the Mansfield Woodhouse shop so special, LNAA supporters said: “The feeling of excitement you feel just walking through the door. Knowing the welcome you will get and that you will always find something you want at a great price.”
“The staff are always smiling, friendly and welcoming. They do their absolute best to help with any enquiries. Myself and my family have had some great bargains. It’s such a friendly shop.”
Mansfield Woodhouse Store Manager Jennie Cooper said: “It’s amazing! We are really proud of what we do, it’s hard work but it makes it all worthwhile knowing we help to save lives. “We just make the shop as friendly a place as possible. People just come in for a chat and I know we make a difference to people if they are lonely or feeling a bit down. Every day people tell us how friendly it is and how nice the shop looks.” You can visit the Mansfield Woodhouse shop at 41 Station Road, NG19 8AD, where the friendly team is always ready to welcome you with a smile and help you discover some fantastic bargains. The Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance takes an emergency department to patients involved in life-threatening incidents across Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
The doctor and paramedic crew can be by the side of patients in Nottinghamshire within 20 minutes, 365 days of the year.
The charity is not part of the NHS and is not government funded – it is entirely funded by donations from generous supporters across both counties.So far this year, the LNAA crew has responded to 404 missions in Nottinghamshire, including cardiac arrests, road traffic collisions, assaults, accidents and other medical emergencies.
The crew attend, on average, four missions a day, and each mission costs around £4,000.
Find out more and donate at http://ambucopter.org.uk.