The Diving Diseases Research Centre or DDRC as it is affectionately known, is registered in the UK as a Charity with the Charity Commission. Our Registered Charity Number is 279652.
As a charity we have a set of Objectives agreed by the Charity Commission which dictate the framework for all our activities, and as stewards of the charity’s funds we are all obliged to spend those funds in the furtherance of these Objectives.
The objects for which the charity is established are the advancement of education and the relief of sickness by:
- the conduct of scientific and medical research into
- the effect upon the human body of exposure to altered pressure and/or gas environments, and
- underwater diving safety,
- and the publication of the results of such research;
- the prevention and treatment of medical conditions arising from exposure to an altered pressure and/or gas environment;
- the altered pressure and/or gas environment treatment of illness, disability or injury;
- the provision of training in altered pressure and/or gas environment treatment, procedures and care; and
- the education of the public about the effects upon the human body of exposure to altered pressure and/or gas environments.
In these objects “altered pressure and/or gas environment” means any environment in which the pressure differs from that at sea level, and/or the constituent gases differ in nature or proportion to those present in air.
During our 25th Anniversary year we developed a Mission Statement which on review we still feel is relevant and this is:
"The Diving Diseases Research Centre aims to continue to develop as a Centre of Excellence in Europe for Baromedical Research, Education and Treatment, while promoting, providing and increasing the availability of high quality cost-effective hyperbaric oxygen therapies." |
