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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT For over 100 years we have been teaching skills to help deal with a First Aid emergency. You can trust in us.
For over 100 years we have been teaching skills to help deal with a First Aid emergency. You can trust in us. St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association established in 1882, trades as St Andrew’s First Aid and was established to provide the people of Scotland with a First Aid service throughout the country and generally to promote the instruction in and carrying out of works for the relief of suffering of the sick and injured in peace or war. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the sole and entire management of the organisation. Although St Andrew’s First Aid is required to and does operate in accordance with its Royal Charter, full recognition is taken and given to the laws of the land as decreed in Acts of Parliament. The Board’s role is to oversee the proper management and development of the organisation according to its aims and objectives, to ensure that the organisation conforms to prevailing legislation and regulation, and to make decisions on the key strategic issues it faces. The Board meets four times a year.
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St Andrew’s First Aid Annual Report 2013
In addition, a number of committees, accountable to the Board, meet regularly: • The Finance and General Purposes Committee; • The Medical and First Aid Committee. The Chief Executive and Senior Management Team are responsible for designing policies and procedures to support the strategies authorised by the Board, as well as managing the daily operations of the organisation and this is co-ordinated from National Headquarters in Glasgow. The Management Team comprises the Chief Executive, Head of Finance, Head of Marketing, Operations Director, Managing Director and Corps Development Manager.