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FreshAL
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 24 Feb 2009    Post subject: Thames Valley Air Ambulance short of cash Reply with quote

The Air Ambulance is £100,000 short.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7907106.stm

If you live in the Berks, Bucks, Oxon area and can spare a tenner please pop over here

https://www.tvacaa.org/Donations/One-off_donations.php

and part with some hard earned. If you fill in the gift aid bit, the government gives another 28% of your donation.

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PostPosted: 17:12 - 24 Feb 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

They play such a vital part in remote/mountain rescue it's a fucking wonder the goverment doesn't fund them in the first place.
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PostPosted: 17:14 - 24 Feb 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Duh how else would the government manage to make so many people die convieniently...


But you could always organise a charity run or something ? , we used to have them every couple of months in the SW and it went to the Air Ambulance more often than not.
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 24 Feb 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

A very worthy cause, donation will be sent as soon as I get paid, will see if I can spread the word at work also.
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Robby
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PostPosted: 21:10 - 24 Feb 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dischord wrote:
They play such a vital part in remote/mountain rescue it's a fucking wonder the goverment doesn't fund them in the first place.


They could be funded by govt, they would be if they weren't done by charities, however they choose to continue as a charity.
Simply put, if you are govt funded then you need to continually justify the budget, attempt to reduce it with efficiency savings, and generally have a constant uphill struggle to keep the service going, and not horrendously reduced.

Charity funding isn't all people chipping in a tenner - a lot of it is large, organised corporate contributions. This means that charities can plan their money quite well. If there is a shortfall, they can do a large campaign like this, and the worthy ones will get money.
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