STACC is run by volunteers - for every £1 donated almost 95p is transferred directly to the clinics we support
Since 1992 more than 1.6 million African children have received treatments due to the generosity of our donors and supporters
Our Mission & Values
STACC was established in 1992 by staff at the University of Glasgow with the mission of supporting clinics in sub-Saharan Africa to deliver primary health care to children in some of the poorest parts of the continent. Over the years since 1992, over 1.6 million African children have received treatments due to the generosity of our donors and supporters, and we have been able to support the work of clinics in Ghana, Kenya Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
STACC adheres to the following principles and values:
- A commitment to transferring to the clinics over 90 pence in every pound raised
- All clinical and managerial decisions are taken locally by the clinics themselves, not by the STACC Board in Scotland
- All treatment and medication is free of charge at the point of delivery
- Our focus is on communities in sub-Saharan Africa which would otherwise have limited or no access at all to primary health care facilities
- The Directors of STACC carry out their work on a purely voluntary basis and receive no payments or expenses themselves
- Supported clinics should commit to using only bona fide medicines in their treatments
- Supported clinics should commit to having in place clear policies relating to equality and diversity procedures and to safeguarding
Our Directors
STACC is managed by directors, who monitor the work, plan how to raise and deploy funds and investigate proposals for consolidating and expanding activities. The directors do not receive any form of remuneration.
Board Of Directors
Dr Ama Addo
Patricia BA Barclay
Dr Ruth M Bland
Professor John Briggs (Chair)
Niall Campbell
Professor Philip Cotton OBE
Aileen Dickinson
Professor Paul Garside
Sarah Hunter
Rt Hon Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG
Dr Sue Kinn
Siobhan Nairn
Dr Bernadette O'Hare
Lillias Robinson BEM
Aimee Russell
Dr Francesca Savioli
Dr Richard J Simpson OBE
Our Honorary President & Vice Presidents
Honorary President
David Crompton OBE ScD FRSE FRSB
Honorary Vice Presidents
Sir Kenneth Calman KCB DL MD PhD FRCP FRCS FRSE
Rt Hon. Lady Hazel Cosgrove CBE LLD
Jean Diggle RGN MSc SCPHN(OH)
Mary H Hodges MB BS MRCP Hon DSc (Glasgow)
Patrick Holden MA PhD FCG
Fiona M M Nicolson MA LLB NP
Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness PC QC MA LLB
