All riders are acutely aware of the dangers inherent in the sport they love, and most know someone who has been treated and helped by the Air Ambulance. This is why the Country Tour Sponsored Ride is delighted to support the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance and £5 per rider will be donated to the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance. In previous years many of you have been very generous and have donated far more than this sum, and we would encourage you to make a more generous donation to them if you are happy to by visiting their website (click here).
If you make a further donation and you are a tax payer then please fill in a Gift Aid form. This is available to download here and it enables the Air Ambulance to claim back from the government the basic rate tax which has been paid on that donation by you, increasing the value of your donation to the Air Ambulance.
Here is a statement from the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance about what they do:
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, unlike NHS emergency services, is a Charity providing a free life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the critically ill and injured of Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. Each HEMS Team consists of a Pilot and Co-pilot, a Pre-hospital Care Doctor and a Critical Care Paramedic who can be rushed to the scene of an incident with life-saving support equipment to deliver advanced clinical care that is normally only found in the hospital emergency department. Once stabilised, the patient will be conveyed by air or land to the most appropriate hospital for their needs. It costs £6.5 million every year to cover all charitable costs and aircraft operations. Without access to National Lottery funding and with only limited support from Government, we rely upon the generosity and goodwill of the people and businesses of Essex and Hertfordshire to remain operational and keep saving lives…working together funded by you!
We hope this inspires you to raise as much sponsorship as possible, and we look forward to seeing you at the Ride.
If you make a further donation and you are a tax payer then please fill in a Gift Aid form. This is available to download here and it enables the Air Ambulance to claim back from the government the basic rate tax which has been paid on that donation by you, increasing the value of your donation to the Air Ambulance.
Here is a statement from the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance about what they do:
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, unlike NHS emergency services, is a Charity providing a free life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the critically ill and injured of Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. Each HEMS Team consists of a Pilot and Co-pilot, a Pre-hospital Care Doctor and a Critical Care Paramedic who can be rushed to the scene of an incident with life-saving support equipment to deliver advanced clinical care that is normally only found in the hospital emergency department. Once stabilised, the patient will be conveyed by air or land to the most appropriate hospital for their needs. It costs £6.5 million every year to cover all charitable costs and aircraft operations. Without access to National Lottery funding and with only limited support from Government, we rely upon the generosity and goodwill of the people and businesses of Essex and Hertfordshire to remain operational and keep saving lives…working together funded by you!
We hope this inspires you to raise as much sponsorship as possible, and we look forward to seeing you at the Ride.
