The UK Childrens Air Ambulance - Info??

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One of the links leads to the names of Andrew and Nicola Howkins. A little bit of net research leads in some cases to what would appear to be involvement in all sorts of different operations, and it all looks a bit too intertwined for me - check out these dates...

Their names also appear in these links:-

• In year to Aug-06 they raise £46,865 and spend more... £47,246 - see Charities Commission page
• A Sep-06 summer BBQ raises £2850
• In Jul-07 Mrs Howkins was "Operations Director – Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance" - and their accounts to Sep-07 refer on page 4 to her resigning at the end of Oct-08 and that she "worked with a staff in Devon"
• The Dorset & Somerset AA report for the year to March 2008 refers to Mrs Howkins as Director (but she's still at Hampshire & IOW for another 5 months...)
• Press report of August 2009 and she's still at Dorset & Somerset AA
• In Jun-09 Mr Howkins is listed as a contact for the All Ireland Air Ambulance
• In Aug-09 Mr Howkins is reportedly living in Devon and raising money for his Childrens AA charity

and some other notes just on the charity

• East Anglian Air Ambulance want to distance themselves too - see here
• In Nov-09 they are collecting door to door in Essex and giving the impression to the writer they are linked to Great Ormond Street Hospital - see this link is to a bikers group who regularly support Essex AA - but by the end of the thread even the bikers got cold feet
• and here they are trying to recruit a Canvasser in Weston-super-Mare at £13K+ commission with the description ...."we require experienced door to door canvassers in your area, raising money for Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance ".... - I'm no lawyer but this may come under the rules of "passing off"

And how many hours do you have to fly an EMS S-76 for the cost of the whole operation to be £1700ph? (that figure from bottom of this article)
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