Registered
- Charity no. 110712
- Date registered. 02/09/2025
Public benefits
The direct benefits include improved health outcomes and quality of life for those who rely on the high-quality emergency, urgent and primary care provided by NIAS in all communities across Northern Ireland. Our beneficiaries benefit directly from the high-quality service provided by NIAS, often in times of medical emergency where preservation of
life, prevention of deterioration and promotion of recovery are key. The provision of specialist medical equipment, education and training leads to effective diagnoses and treatments, resulting in improved health outcomes. Improved health & quality of care can be demonstrated by various training and wellness initiatives provided by NIAS, for example; • Critical Incident Stress Management training for volunteers has led to an increase in the number of volunteers able to provide 1-2-1 support & traumatic incident group debriefing to NIAS staff. • The Frequent Caller Project sees NIAS work closely with the British Red Cross to provide support for service users who call 999 with unmet health & social care needs. • Funds were spent on improving staff comforts at the 46 stations and deployment points. Improved health and quality care are also demonstrated through the provision of specialist equipment. For example, during 2022-23, NIAS partnered with the Children’s Heartbeat Trust and Northern Ireland Specialist Transport and Retrieval Service to deliver an ambulance vehicle for children. The ambulance has specialist equipment and comforts to ensure comfortable transport of children for treatment. There is no harm arising from the charity’s purposes. The charity is not involved in the direct provision of care, education or research but exists to provide additional funding for new and existing services. The beneficiaries of the charity are the people of Northern Ireland. NIAS is a regional service operating across Northern Ireland with 46 stations and deployment points. There is some private benefit to NIAS staff who receive additional training and education however, this is incidental and necessary for the furtherance of the charity’s purposes and this education and training is subsequently shared for the benefit of other colleagues.
What your organisation does
The charity provides support to NIAS by complementing and supplementing the provision of high-quality emergency, urgent and primary care services throughout the whole of Northern Ireland. The charity provides additional funding for patient and staff welfare, new equipment and services. The charity also supports the education and development of
NIAS staff by providing funding for training, education and research in those specialities relevant to NIAS.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- General public
- General public
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Medical/health/sickness
- Medical/health/sickness
- Medical/health/sickness
- Research/evaluation