Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
Because it's all a massive gravy train for the people at the top, while the public get fleeced because they think a big shiny sexy thing is going to swoop down and save them, when in reality they are 100 times more likely to die from a stroke, heart attack or dementia than any lack of an Air Ambulance.
Well that's quite a series of assumptions. And insulting to those people who - unpaid- represent the 'checks and balances' of the charities. I have no current skin in the game but spent 13 years as a trustee of an Air ambulance charity and can tell you that your assertion is wide of the mark.
Most of the income for the charity I was involved in came from their lottery. Most people's perspective was that £1 a week was a small sum to pay for supporting a service that anyone could need at any time. The secret is to get enough people to sign up, of course.