A cause close to home
The Ambulance Staff Charity cares for the UK's ambulance community, the people who answer 999 on everyone's worst day. We're proud to help you stand behind them.
Who they are
TASC is dedicated to supporting the ambulance community with their mental, physical and financial wellbeing.
The Ambulance Staff Charity is the leading UK charity supporting current and retired ambulance services personnel and their families, whatever their role, including the crews on the road, control room staff, managers, support staff, student paramedics and volunteers.
Its support spans mental health, including counselling, PTSD and trauma support, physical rehabilitation, financial grants and debt advice, bereavement support, and an online Wellbeing Hub. TASC also runs an independent, confidential mental health and suicide-prevention line for ambulance staff. It receives no core statutory funding for much of this and relies on the generosity of supporters.
Serving and retired staff of every role, plus students, volunteers and families.
Mental health, physical rehabilitation and financial wellbeing, all in one place.
Support given in confidence, separate from someone's employer.
Test your knowledge
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Why it matters to us
Atlas Printing was built around treating people fairly and looking after them properly. The people who answer 999 carry things most of us never have to see, and a charity that catches them when it gets too much is one worth shouting about.
Supporting good causes isn't a side note for us, it's part of how we think a business should behave. We already run Designed by Bristol, a charity design competition raising money and awareness for TASC, because we believe in giving something back to the community we're part of.
The toll of the job
Ambulance staff face distressing and traumatic scenes as a routine part of the job. Over time that takes a real toll, and it's exactly what TASC is there for.
Trauma comes with the job
The distressing scenes ambulance workers face on the front line put serious strain on their mental health and wellbeing, and demand for support, particularly around mental health, keeps growing.
Source: TASCA 24/7 lifeline
TASC runs an independent, confidential phone line for ambulance staff experiencing suicidal thoughts, staffed by qualified counsellors, available at any hour.
Source: TASCSexual harassment on the job
Ambulance staff are among the hardest hit by sexual harassment. Just under a quarter reported unwanted sexual behaviour from the public in a single year.
Source: NHS EnglandAbused or attacked daily
In 2024/25, UK ambulance services recorded over 22,500 violent incidents, around 62 staff abused or attacked every single day, nearly three an hour.
Source: AACEWhy you should care
Behind every call are real people with real stories. These are their stories, in their own words, with TASC.
After working as a paramedic for over 10 years, Daniel went to a series of traumatic jobs that left him feeling devastated, lost and unable to face any more death.
With TASC's help I was able to return to work with a different view and perspective. I may have further issues along the way but with the strategies I now have, I will hopefully find it much easier to manage and understand them.
Daniel, Paramedic
Read Daniel's full story →Alexa's husband had been diagnosed with a terminal illness that had a huge impact on his mental health and left him feeling suicidal.
My caseworker was brilliant; nothing was too much trouble, and they explained every step as we went through the forms. I would just like to thank TASC for the amazing work you do.
Alexa, Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Read Alexa's full story →Martyn came to TASC when he was experiencing suicidal thoughts and didn't know where else to turn.
TASC basically saved my life, no two ways about it. I am alive because TASC answered the phone.
Martyn, Paramedic
Read Martyn's full story →Where your money goes
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Our part
We run Designed by Bristol, a charity design competition that turns a winning design into merchandise, with money and awareness going to The Ambulance Staff Charity. It's our way of putting our trade to work for a cause we believe in.
How you can help
Every one of these goes directly to The Ambulance Staff Charity. If you can spare anything, even a little makes a difference to someone in the ambulance community.
A one-off gift or a regular donation helps fund TASC's mental health, rehabilitation and financial support.
Donate nowTake on a challenge or hold an event, from a run or skydive to something of your own.
Get involvedIf you're part of the ambulance community and need help, TASC is there for you and your family.
Find supportBack our charity design competition and wear a winning design that raises funds for TASC.
Take partIf you've got a moment and a few pounds to spare, TASC will put it straight to work for the people who answer the call on everyone's worst day.
Donate to The Ambulance Staff CharityFAQ
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Current and retired ambulance services personnel and their families, whatever their role, including crews, control room staff, managers, support staff, student paramedics and volunteers.
Mental health support including counselling and PTSD support, physical rehabilitation, financial grants and debt advice, bereavement support, and an online Wellbeing Hub.
TASC launched in 2015, growing out of the Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund, to support the wellbeing of the UK's ambulance community.
TASC relies on the support and generosity of donors and fundraisers to continue providing its life-changing services.
If you're part of the ambulance community and need help, you can contact TASC directly through theasc.org.uk, where you'll find their support services and contact details.
You can donate, fundraise through a challenge or event, recycle clothing through their banks, or back our Designed by Bristol competition. Every contribution supports the ambulance community.
