Can Your Business, Organisation or Community Group Help? This January, BASICS Essex is launching The Big Essex Treecycle, a county-wide Christmas tree recycling campaign that will raise vital funds to support our volunteer emergency clinicians. Before we can make it happen, we need the support of local businesses, community groups and volunteers across Essex. Our aim is simple: after Christmas, residents will be able to donate to BASICS Essex and have their real Christmas tre

BASICS Essex Wins Pride of Essex Unsung Hero Award BASICS Essex is delighted and honoured to have received the Pride of Essex Unsung Hero Award, recognising the dedication and commitment of the charity's volunteer clinicians and support team who provide life-saving emergency care across Essex. The award was presented during a ceremony held at Anglia Ruskin University, with BASICS Essex Chairman Paul Gates accepting the award on behalf of the charity. He was joined by voluntee

BASICS Essex has celebrated the extraordinary contribution of its volunteers and supporters at its Annual Supporters Evening, while reflecting on another busy year of providing vital pre-hospital emergency medical care across Essex. The event, held on Tuesday 22 September, brought together volunteers, fundraisers, supporters and corporate partners to hear about the charity’s work throughout 2025 and the difference their support has made to patients and communities across the