Dorset Search And Rescue
Dorset Search and Rescue (DorSAR) is a Registered Charity who work with Dorset Police, HM Coastguard & other emergency services in the search and recovery of missing persons and other search related incidents. The organisation is affiliated with the Association of Lowland Search And Rescue, who are the governing body for all lowland search and rescue teams. They are analogous to a mountain search and rescue team, but instead cover the complex lowland areas in Dorset, which include the sheer cliffs around the Isle of Portland, the Dorset Downs, and the Jurassic Coast, as well as several large heathlands. Service DorSAR has about fifty volunteers, all of whom are professionally trained to a national standard. They also have a professionally equipped command & control vehicle, a water search vehicle, and a number of 4x4 member owned & operated vehicles. The team is also equipped and trained to provide initial advanced medical care and the administering of appropriate medication ...
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Charitable Organization
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a charitable organization (and of charity) varies between countries and in some instances regions of the country. The Charity regulators, regulation, the tax treatment, and the way in which charity law affects charitable organizations also vary. Charitable organizations may not use any of their funds to profit individual persons or entities. (However, some charitable organizations have come under scrutiny for spending a disproportionate amount of their income to pay the salaries of their leadership). Financial figures (e.g. tax refund, revenue from fundraising, revenue from sale of goods and services or revenue from investment) are indicators to assess the financial sustainability of a charity, especially to charity evaluators. This ...
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