Bristol ambulance call handler walking 35 miles for work charity

An ambulance call handler is walking 35 miles in a day to raise money for a NHS staff charity after some of his colleagues took their own lives.

Nico Attwell, 23, from Street in Somerset, will be walking from his house to the Bristol Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Bradley Stoke to raise money for The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC) after losing three colleagues to suicide in recent months.

He set off at 03:00 GMT on Wednesday and is hoping to reach his destination by about 18:30. He has already raised more than £1,500 for the charity on his just-giving page.

Mr Attwell told BBC Radio Bristol’s Andy Bennett he wants more ambulance service staff to know there is support available.