About Us

The Henfield Area Response Team (HART)

 - are a group of local residents who provide support to the Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust by responding early to serious medical and other life threatening conditions, including Heart Attacks, Drowning, Unconsciousness and Severe Bleeding

These responders, trained by the Sussex Ambulance Service do not replace the ambulance service but at their request, attend the scene prior to the ambulance arrival thus reduce the delay of providing skills such as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation and Defibrillation

H.A.R.T. members are unpaid and provide their time, training and travel costs free as a service to your community. The equipment costs are provided by local donations and the plan for Henfield is to provide 10 sets of equipment, including defibrillators at a cost of over £20,000. A lot of money but this will enable the team to give a 24 hour cover and perhaps for the first time give our families friends and neighbours in Henfield a chance of survival.

• Mission Statement
• Our Constitution
• Charitable Status
• Donations
• Gift Aid Declaration
• Members of the Response Team
• Members of the Fund Raising Team
• Links
• News Stories about HART

‘Sudden’ Death

 - in any community is a catastrophic event, particularly to close family and friends. There are very few people in any community who are not aware of someone they love, or know well, often apparently well, dying suddenly and without warning in this way.

In any town, but especially villages such as Henfield there will always be delays in providing emergency care - and time costs lives.

With the appropriate equipment and skills a number of people in Henfield can be saved - but time is critical!

The Henfield Area Response Team Mission Statement

"To relieve persons suffering injury or illness, in the area covered by Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust, by the provision of emergency medical care."

Our Constitution

We have established a standard constitution employed by charitable organisations.  We are happy for anyone to view our constitution Click on the links below to view the individual pages of our constitution.

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Charitable Status

Our Registered Charity Number is 1104825.

We are a Registered Charity and we can claim tax back from the Inland Revenue for donations which are made within the Gift Aid scheme.  Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, we get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further.  So we only need £1,562.50 to be donated with Gift Aid to raise the £2,000 we need for each complete kit.

If you would like us to claim Gift Aid for your donation Click Here.

Donations

You can make donations to HART for whatever amount you would like, every penny counts towards saving lives of your friends and family, may be even yours in the future! 

If you would like to make a donation you can either contact Norman Rigby 01273 494826, 17 Nyes Close (or various pubs in the area Ed. ;-) ) to make a donation. 

Alternatively you can make a donation right now through Paypal.  If you haven't done it before it's very simple and secure for credit card payments. Click the button below and follow the instructions.

If you would like us to claim Gift Aid for your donation after you have made your donation  Click Here.

We have already gratefully received many generous donations from individuals, organisations and businesses in the local community to see a list of people who have donated to our cause Click Here.

Members of the Response Team

Members of the Organising Team

Links