National Lottery Funding Helps BASICS Essex Deliver Critical Care Across the County

BASICS Essex is celebrating the ongoing impact of funding received from The National Lottery Community Fund, which is helping ensure critically ill and injured patients across Essex continue to receive enhanced emergency pre-hospital medical care when they need it most.

The charity was awarded £20,000 through The National Lottery Community Fund to support the development and operational readiness of its volunteer clinicians.

The funding has been used to support training and professional development, vehicle blue light installations, emergency response activity and essential administration costs that enable the charity to function effectively.

BASICS Essex volunteers respond to some of the most serious medical emergencies and traumatic incidents across the county, often providing advanced critical care at the roadside, in people's homes, or in remote locations before a patient reaches hospital.

The charity's clinicians include experienced doctors and paramedics who volunteer their time alongside their NHS roles, responding to incidents such as cardiac arrests, severe trauma, major collisions, serious medical emergencies and critically ill children.

Paul Gates BEM, Chairman and Co-Founder of BASICS Essex, said:

"The support we have received from The National Lottery Community Fund is making a genuine difference to our ability to provide enhanced pre-hospital critical care across Essex.

"Every training session delivered, every clinician equipped to respond and every emergency call attended helps improve outcomes for patients facing some of the worst moments of their lives. We are incredibly grateful to National Lottery players whose support makes this possible."

The funding has helped ensure BASICS Essex clinicians remain equipped, trained and ready to respond whenever they are needed, while also supporting the behind-the-scenes infrastructure required to coordinate emergency responses across the county.

In 2025 alone, BASICS Essex volunteers attended more than 300 incidents, and demand for the charity's specialist support continues to grow.

As BASICS Essex continues its mission to bring hospital-level expertise to patients before they reach hospital, the charity would like to thank The National Lottery Community Fund and National Lottery players for helping make that work possible.

For more information about BASICS Essex, volunteering opportunities, fundraising initiatives or ways to support the charity, visit www.basicsessex.org.uk.