Introduction

There is an uncommon belied opinion that the journey from donation to full service provision simply occurs by a process of goodwill and enthusiasm and whereas there is undoubtedly an abundance of both in reality without professional management, aviation and clinical knowledge the service could not function. Consequently as an interested party perhaps you would like to know more than just the obvious, therefore we hope that this information will put a little more flesh on the bones and provide a greater understanding of the service.

Charities are not immune to myriad laws that increase costs - health and safety regulations, employment law, company law and taxes etc. and in our particular case regulations relating to aviation and complex clinical situations that we must be compliant with when dealing with the safety and care of extremely vulnerable patients. As a consequence of these legislative demands we cannot avoid incurring administrative and professional charges if we are to be accountable to both you and the authorities for the work we do.

Read on and discover what it takes fulfil our charitable objects.