Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) is calling for support from its local communities to vote for nine-year-old Jasmine's film in the Smiley Charity Film Awards.

Voting will help GWAAC raise awareness of the lifesaving work it does in the region and how its service, which is not government-funded, relies on the generosity of donors.

Your vote could open the doors to more donations for GWAAC; donations that are vitally important.

GWAAC needs to raise £4 million each year to remain operational and 2022 has been a particularly tough year with the aftermath of the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.

Voting closes on 10 January 2023 and it's so easy to vote. All you need to do is register with an email and password. Voting is completely free:

https://smileycharityfilmawards.com/videos/stay-with-us

Jasmine's film tells what happened to Jasmine when she stopped breathing on Halloween in 2019, and how the GWAAC crew helped save her life. It's both moving and humbling and will leave a tear in your eye.

Mum, Niky says: "For us, life could have been over on Halloween. In the most awful, devastating situation you (GWAAC) got to us, and you took control. You saved Jasmine and gave her the opportunity to have a life and to enjoy it."

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The Charity Film Awards have been created to celebrate the success of film in fundraising, to increase exposure of charity films, and to encourage donations for good causes.

The Smiley Movement is a platform for change with a vision: to inspire positive change in society by highlighting the people – and organisations – doing good in our world. They're a non-profit community interest company, sponsored by the original SmileyⓇ brand. Through their four main content pillars – equality, planet, wellbeing and culture – they aim to work with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

GWAAC provide the critical care and air ambulance service for 2.1 million people across the counties of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, and parts of Wiltshire.

2. The GWAAC Critical Care Team consists of highly trained and experienced Critical Care Doctors, Advanced Practitioners, and Specialist Paramedics in Critical Care, who bring the skill and expertise of a hospital emergency department to the patient.

3. 2021 was the charity's second-busiest year to date, with 1,964 call-outs. The Critical Care Team attends an average of over five incidents a day, either by helicopter or in one of three critical care cars. On average each mission costs around £2,000 to attend.

4. The charity needs to raise over £4 million a year in order to remain operational, yet receives no day-to-day funding from the Government or National Lottery.