Skip to content

Kildress Community First Responders

  • Status

    Received: 56 days late

  • Income

    £45.8K

  • Spending

    £18.0K

  • Charity no. 109813
  • Date registered. 29/01/2024

Public benefits

[What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] The advancement of health and saving lives. Creating a community organisation which will not only aid the community who will directly benefit from our services, but also alleviate some of the pressure off the ambulance service which is under immense pressure. As Kildress is

a remote countryside area, it can take some time for ambulance to arrive when called. It is our hope that having a local response service will save lives. [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] We aim to develop a team of skilled volunteers who will provide the service. The benefits of the service will be demonstrated by the number of successful emergency responses within the area and the promotion and provision of the service to the wider community and promote out of hospital care. [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] No [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] Kildress Community [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] There is no private benefit. Everyone involved is a volunteer.

What your organisation does

The Charity will be managed by a committee who will raise funds& receive grants & donations in order to help the charity carry out its work in the Kildress & surrounding areas. It is also the intention to co-operate and support other charities with similar purposes in a lawful manner. The main area of work carried out within the charity will be to

attend those in need of first aid in partnership and through the direction of the ambulance service. Basic first aid will be administered to patients and support give to the family members until the ambulance service arrives on the scene. Full training will be provided by the ambulance service and we will be working under the wing of Dalriada Urgent Care who will be assisting us with training and providing batteries etc for our defribrilators.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives

Who the charity helps

  • General public

How the charity works

  • Community development

Charitable purposes

The purpose is to establish Kildress First Responders and to maintain a group of first responders to cover the parish of Kildress and surrounding areas and endeavour to enhance and protect the life of those in need of first aid until the ambulance arrives.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 13 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Miss Shona Power
  • Mr Gary Keenan
  • Miss Orla Keenan

Contact details

Public Address

Orla, Braeside, 302 Drum Road Killucan, Cookstown, BT80 9PT

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

Save