Martyn Wood
“I was taking part in a Parkrun on 4 March 2023 when I collapsed within 50 metres of the finish. For a moment, people thought I had just fallen over,
22 September 2025
Philanthropy
Your
Philanthropy offers the unique opportunity to see tangible, transformational, lasting change. Your support goes far beyond financial impact, you become a trusted partner, bringing insight, influence, and inspiration.
We work hand-in-hand with philanthropists to fund bespoke projects that align with your passions and priorities. Whether you’re looking to support innovation, fund our lifesaving missions or want to make a meaningful difference in your local community, we’ll collaborate to shape outcomes that reflect your vision and values. Together, we ensure your giving achieves the greatest possible impact.
Whether you feel inspired to contribute or wish to learn more, we would love to hear from you. We are delighted to support both individual Major Donors donating £2,500+ and Trusts & Foundations at any level, so please do get in touch using the contact details provided at the bottom of this page.
Where your support makes a difference
Our life saving service
Our life saving service responds to over 3,100 incidents annually across Kent, Surrey, and Sussex and your kind donations contribute to the £57k/day and £4.2k/mission we need to keep flying.
Community & people
We’re redefining what it is to be an air ambulance charity. We believe in a future where there is an end to preventable loss of life from medical emergency, where families stay together, and lives aren’t destroyed by medical emergencies that could have been avoided.
Innovation & research
Our exceptional research and innovation programme breaks ground with innovative developments that influence our work and shape practice across the UK and beyond.
Kit, equipment & training
We use top of the range equipment that enables our medics to perform hospital level care. We perform open heart surgery, deliver anaesthetic, insert tubes to enable patients to breathe, and administer life-saving blood transfusions. These procedures would normally only take place in a hospital under controlled conditions.
Ways to give
Ways to give
Please find below links to some of our supporting documents for your reference:
Please find below links to some of our supporting documents for your reference:
“We have supported KSS Air Ambulance for many years. It is a fantastic charity which relies heavily on public donations and fundraising activities. Anyone of us could need their services which may be life saving. Keep on flying – for all our sakes.”
Carol & Robert
“I was delighted to meet Dan and then be introduced to Richard, who explained in great detail the work that the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance do, in preparing and equipping the helicopters for attending to casualties. I learnt so much about the day-to-day tasks for paramedics, doctors and pilots and the amount of equipment that is required on board. Whilst standing outside viewing one of the helicopters it was called out to an incident, so I was able to watch from a distance the process of receiving the call to getting airborne. It was fairly quick! I am so pleased that Cobtree Charity Trust is one of the grant making charities that helps to keep this amazing facility running in several of the home counties and often beyond”
Cobtree Charity Trust
Carol & Robert, Guildford
"We have supported KSS Air Ambulance for many years. It is a fantastic charity which relies heavily on public donations and fundraising activities. Anyone of us could need their services which may be life saving. Keep on flying - for all our sakes."
Cobtree Charity Trust
"I was delighted to meet Dan and then be introduced to Richard, who explained in great detail the work that the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance do, in preparing and equipping the helicopters for attending to casualties. I learnt so much about the day-to-day tasks for paramedics, doctors and pilots and the amount of equipment that is required on board. Whilst standing outside viewing one of the helicopters it was called out to an incident, so I was able to watch from a distance the process of receiving the call to getting airborne. It was fairly quick! I am so pleased that Cobtree Charity Trust is one of the grant making charities that helps to keep this amazing facility running in several of the home counties and often beyond"
Your support saves lives
Every moment counts. Across Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, our air ambulance crews deliver life-saving care when it matters most. These case studies highlight the quiet courage, rapid response, and expert treatment that define our mission—real stories of lives changed, families supported, and hope arriving from the skies.
Jon Honeyman
“On 4 March 2023 I had a cardiac arrest while I was out cycling with my club, Sidcup Cycles. Thank goodness there were people around me who knew how to
22 September 2025
Matt Burgiss
Matt’s story contains information about mental health and suicide. Please contact our Patient and Family Aftercare Team if you need support. Dial 111 or contact the Samaritans on 116 123 if
10 September 2025
Meet our Philanthropy team
You will have a dedicated relationship manager who will work with you to ensure you have a more personalised, meaningful and rewarding experience of giving to KSS.
If you have any questions at all please do get in touch with a member of the team.
