ASDA shoppers and staff have helped raised more than £53,000 in three months for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

During the three months between June and August, the supermarket’s 17 stores across Yorkshire – including Asda Huddersfield – raised a staggering £53,634 for the life saving charity.

Money was collected through a wide range of activities and events including sponsored bag packing, tins on the tills, in-store Yorkshire Day celebrations, sponsored walks, raffles and the sale of YAA merchandise.

Ann Hodkin, Community Life Champion at Asda Huddersfield, said: “We have wonderful staff who have responded fantastically to this fund raising campaign.

“Yorkshire Air Ambulance is such a fantastic, life-saving charity and a service that is close to our hearts. The helicopter came to the aid of an Asda Home Delivery driver who had an accident and helped him receive the urgent treatment he needed.

“So Asda stores in Yorkshire are delighted to be providing them with a substantial donation.”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) is an independent rapid response charity, which has carried more than 5,000 people in its 13-year history, needs to raise £9,900 each day to keep its two helicopters in the air and maintained. That’s equivalent to £3.6 million a year.