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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£62.8K
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Spending
£43.9K
Public benefits
The provision of a trained community first responder group, enabling volunteers to respond promptly delivering early intervention when emergency life-threatening events arise in Mid Down and Lisburn District, as directed by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. The benefit can be identified by the number of residents receiving potentially
lifesaving care from volunteers, within the Mid Down and Lisburn District, prior to the arrival of Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. No harm will arise from any of the purposes. The beneficiaries of the charity will be anyone living within the Mid Down and Lisburn District in need of lifesaving care, as directed by Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. There is no private benefit arising from any purposes. Volunteers will benefit from regular training to enable best practice while responding. These benefits are incidental and necessary to keep skills / knowledge current and refreshed to ensure the benefit is provided to the beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Working as part of a Community First Responder (CFR) Scheme, CFRs are volunteers who live or work within their community and have been trained to attend specific 999 calls, providing a complementary service in partnership with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). The role of a CFR is varied and unlike any other voluntary role; offers the
volunteer the opportunity to serve the local community, as well as join a regional Community of Lifesavers, making a difference by strengthening the Chain of Survival across Northern Ireland. When NIAS receives a 999 call, it is prioritised and allocated a code. CFRs are pre-alerted to a specific number of agreed medical emergencies. They are under no obligation to attend, as an ambulance will always be dispatched at the same time to the call. However, they will often be the first person on scene of a medical emergency and because of this can make a real difference. CFRs respond within a defined geographical radius but each CFR is part of a volunteer network of CFRs across a number of schemes in Northern Ireland. They respond to calls within the community they live in. They usually only travel short distances to reach patients. CFRs will respond alongside NIAS personnel, healthcare professionals and other emergency services. CFRs will be responsible for providing basic emergency medical care to patients in the form of initial assessment and treatment until an ambulance arrives. They will also provide support and reassurance to patients and their relatives.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Medical/health/sickness
- Volunteer development
