Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex launch urgent appeal
The service are hoping to raise £1 million by the end of May
The air ambulance service for Kent, Surrey and Sussex has launched an appeal to raise £1 million to buy a second rescue helicopter.
The air ambulance service, which is the only one in the south-east of England, say it will enable the charity to save even more lives.
They want to use the money to buy the air ambulance helicopter outright, which it currently leases.
KSS said owning the vehicle outright would save it £500,000 every year enabling it to fly for six more hours every day.
The charity says it is a "race against time" as the option to buy the aircraft is a "rare and time-limited opportunity".
The Buy it for Life fundraising appeal will give donors the chance to have their name on the charity's air ambulance.
But the charity said it only had until May to buy the ambulance outright.
Within the first few hours of the appeal, the charity has already raised more than £3,000.