OLD clothing has helped raise £13,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and boosted the Salvation Army after people put unwanted textiles into banks in Wadworth pub car parks.

A spokesman for the Devizes brewery said: “The money has been raised with the help of Wadworth’s pub customers who have donated clothing and textiles to the Salvation Army clothing banks.

“Following the donations, the Salvation Army gave a proportion back to Wadworth for allowing the banks to be located in their pub car parks. Wadworth then gives this back to the community in the form of charity donations.

CEO for Wadworth Chris Welham said: “We are really pleased to be able to support the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and we couldn’t have done it without the customers who use our pubs and the clothing banks.

“The Air Ambulance team do an amazing job for the area and we wanted to recognise the massive contribution they make to the county.”

Des Regan, fundraising manager of Wiltshire Air Ambulance said: “Annually it costs £3.75 million to operate our lifesaving service.

“We complete over 1000 missions per year, which is on average three a day. Our paramedics are trained in critical care skills enabling them to deliver gold standard medical care to patients. We rely on donations like this and are so grateful to Wadworth and their wonderful pub customers who have made this possible.”