HOLIDAY letting company Cornish Horizons has raised £6,500 in the first year of its new initiative for the county’s Air Ambulance.

Cornish Horizons, which has more than 500 cottages throughout Cornwall and offices in Padstow, St Ives, Fowey and Looe, is asking everyone who books a holiday through them to donate £2 towards its nominated charity, the Cornwall Air Ambulance.

General manager Gemma Brown, said: ‘We can’t believe how quickly we’ve raised such a large sum of money. It just goes to show how important our guests feel the Air Ambulance is. You never know when you will need their services - and being such a large county, which in the height of summer becomes extremely busy, having the Air Ambulance is vital.’

Steph Preston-Evans, fund-raising officer at Cornwall Air Ambulance, said: ‘We are hugely grateful to Cornish Horizons for their support. It’s a fantastic achievement.’