The Air Ambulance Service
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"Emergency critical care and national air transfers for babies and children"
About The Air Ambulance Service
The Air Ambulance Service is a charity based in Rugby, delivering critical care through Your Local Air Ambulance across Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, and through the National Children's Air Ambulance across the UK. Public donations and corporate support help fund both services.
Local crews include doctors, critical care paramedics and pilots, responding to serious emergencies by helicopter and critical care car. The children's service transfers critically ill babies and children between hospitals, working with 11 NHS paediatric retrieval teams. When a child is too unwell to move, it flies the clinical team to the bedside instead.
A charity-wide workforce
The workforce extends beyond aviation operations to trading, fundraising, governance, volunteering support and administration. Retail and fundraising colleagues generate income for the service, while teams behind the scenes support its day-to-day operation. The charity’s 2025 accounts report these functions within the same organisation.
Learning and communication
The careers site describes investment in tools, training and support for staff across the charity. Its 2025 annual report also describes fortnightly Friday communication meetings, where colleagues receive business updates and discuss projects, alongside regular employee meetings and involvement in decisions affecting their work.
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