OUR PURPOSE
To give everybody within our community the best chance of surviving and recovering from an emergency.
Thames Valley Air Ambulance is the charity that gives everybody in our community the best chance of surviving and recovering from an emergency.
We’re here for you and your loved ones. Whoever you are. Wherever and whenever you need us. In Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
Bringing hospital-level care to you by land and air. Medicine and equipment. Paramedics and doctors. Our team are highly trained and ready for any eventuality. Giving you the best chance when the worst happens.
Together, we do everything in our power to protect, save and revive lives with the best critical care at the scene and beyond.
We are not government or lottery funded, so we rely on the generosity of our community – and people like you – to fund us.
We serve a community of more than 2 million people.
Between our base at RAF Benson and anywhere in Oxfordshire, Berkshire or Buckinghamshire, our flight time is just 15 minutes.
We are operational from 7am to 2am, 365 days a year.
Last year, we were called out 3,293 times to help people in need of urgent critical care.
To give everybody within our community the best chance of surviving and recovering from an emergency.
Together, we’ll do everything in our power to protect, save and revive lives, with the best critical care at the scene and beyond.
Truly fulfilling our mission and purpose isn’t about just getting the job done. It’s more than that. It’s not just what we do that matters, but the way that we do it. Having a set of values to underpin our everyday actions means we can keep ourselves on track to protect, save and revive lives in our community.
We are proud to be a registered UK charity and a Care Quality Commission registered healthcare provider. We have clear governance structures and processes in place to ensure the organisation is well run, legislatively compliant and operationally effective.
We are committed to protecting adults and children at risk, however they encounter our service. We recognise that everybody has the right to be protected from harm, neglect, and exploitation.
We have robust safeguarding policies and procedures to support our objectives, and we work in partnership with other health, social care and independent agencies to respond to safeguarding concerns.