Stratus Flying Charity

Onwards and Upwards

Stratus Flying Charity

Our mission statement is simple and direct.
To change lives through flight.

Stratus was founded by aviation professionals who want to use their flying qualifications and passion towards helping those less fortunate.

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About Stratus

Our goal is to not be type specific towards one particular cause but instead offer assistance to a variety of causes that need short and long term assistance such as helping prevent against malaria, treating avoidable blindness within developing countries and delivering vital aid after a humanitarian disaster.

Stratus offers dedicated long term solutions that help many people in need on a worldwide scale.

We strive to achieve long term relationships with each beneficiary we help and to be a force for good in that region. By focusing on long term solutions and sustainability your donations will go a lot further in having a positive impact towards those who need our help year after year.

Aviation professionals

Stratus was founded by aviation professionals who all share the same vision of making a difference through flight and to use their flying qualifications and passion towards helping those less fortunate.

Stratus is dedicated to delivering high standards of medical treatment as people living within developing countries have limited access to inadequate medical treatment. Many local clinics are overcrowded and simply don’t have enough medical professionals to deal with the preventable illnesses that need medical treatment. Stratus will strengthen these local medical institutions, train local medical professionals and donate vital essential medical equipment to deal with the ever growing demands at these clinics.

Stratus launched in 2012, founded on the basis that we can make a difference through the power flight. We are looking to help thousands of people each year who suffer daily from preventable and curable diseases.

Give with Confidence: FSRB

STRATUS is a member of the Fundraising Standards Board (FSRB), donors can be safe in the knowledge the fact that 100% of all funds donated to STRATUS will go towards making a difference through flight worldwide. As a member of the FSRB you can give with confidence and help make a difference to those that suffer day in and day out.

Your help

If you want to become part of the distinctive charitable work STRATUS completes around the world by offering to become a volunteer or through financial aid then please contact us.
Make a difference now and donate.

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Founder

Stratus was established by pilot James Moon who achieved his pilot’s license at the age of seventeen after overcoming a series of setbacks that threatened to stop his lifelong ambition of becoming a pilot. Stratus was founded with just £30.

James suffered a broken spine which was severe enough to stop him flying for good. Medical staff advised James that he would be unlikely to ever get back in a plane again. After hearing this devastating news James set out to prove all medical staff wrong and six months after breaking his spine he achieved his wings at the youngest age possible, seventeen.

It was the experience of freedom that flying offers that drove James to prove all medical staff wrong. As flying meant so much to him he wanted to be free from the worries of everyday life and to get back in his aircraft as quick as possible.

After breaking his spine, James went on to suffer a broken wrist, broken finger and burst appendix all within the same year after getting his wings.

All of these injuries made James appreciate life and realise that flying can have a massive impact on so many people around the world. He founded Stratus on that principle and he aims to help as many people as possible with Stratus around the world.

From saving sight, protecting against malaria, responding to natural disasters and helping fund flying lessons for ex-servicemen… Stratus is here to make a difference through the power of flight worldwide.

If you would like to get in contact with our founder then please feel free to email james.moon@stratusflying.com

How We Are Different

Stratus: Changing the world through flight…

Stratus is dedicated to helping make a difference through flight. Through short and long term solutions we are focused on helping those that suffer on a daily basis from diseases and illnesses which are preventable and curable.

From late 2014, Stratus will deliver partnerships with local organisations and clinics and enable access to high levels of medical treatment to those currently living with a curable and preventable illness within developing countries. Malaria is curable and preventable. Epidemics from humanitarian disasters can be controlled safely and those living with disabilities can learn to fly. Stratus is making an incredible difference through flight.

Medical volunteers

Stratus requires a wealth of medical professionals to get involved with the operations we will carry out each year from late 2014. From medical professionals who specialise with performing life changing eye operations to doctors and nurses who are on hand and ready to help when a natural disaster when it strikes. Here at Stratus we strive to offer the highest level of patient care to everyone we help through our life changing flights.

Stratus would be delighted to receive volunteer applications from medical students who are seeking hands on experience that will further educate them in the medical profession.

Whether you are a first year medic or in your final year of medical studies, Stratus looks forward to hearing from you and helping you with gaining vital career experience.

Prevent blindness- Saving sight

The human eye is an incredible organ, it defines each and every one of us-making us unique. In developing countries people are becoming blind because of inadequate access to medical eye treatment from their local clinic. A treatable disease can go on to leave the person blind for the rest of their lives, in children it can cause them to die within 12 months of losing their sight. Stratus wants this to stop happening for good.

“Save Our Sight” enables those without access to treatment the resources to be seen by a medical professional to help protect and prevent them from losing their sight for good.

A simple, delicate procedure with incredible benefits carried out by a dedicated Stratus medical volunteer with years of medical practice experience.

Focused on long term solutions, Stratus will educate local medical professionals in the areas “Save our Sight” programmes operate making them aware of the symptoms and treatment of eye related illnesses.

Stratus will give local clinics the equipment and training to save sight so when we move on to a new area to fight blindness, they have the tools and knowledge to continue helping those be free from blindness.

Stratus will treat cataracts, trachoma and vitamin A deficiency within developing countries worldwide as it is here where 80% of where the worlds blindness occurs. Stratus wants to reduce the number of people becoming blind from a treatable eye disease.

Flying icon of hope
Our goal is to ensure Stratus is seen as an international flying icon that brings hope to so many around the world that suffer on a daily basis. Our unique non-profit covers such a wide variety of beneficiaries highlighting the commitment between the aviation community and the rest of the world.

The Stratus logo brings the prospect of sight to those facing blindness, the prevention and protection against malaria and hope in a disaster. We are the flying to change the world for good…

Get Involved

Stratus relies heavily on the generous donations made towards our cause so that we can continue to make a difference worldwide.

Your support enables Stratus to continue to fight blindness within developing countries, protect families from malaria and offer shelter to those caught up in natural disasters.

Get Work Involved

Have a laugh with colleagues and get involved with fundraising by holding a Stratus day at work. Flip flop Friday? Cake and sweet stall? Or even a non-uniform day? Whatever your company has in mind for fundraising it all helps.

Do something locally

Perhaps you don’t fancy jumping from a plane or walking across hot coals for Stratus, if you are wanting to hold an event in your local community for our great cause, please think of Stratus Flying.

Upcoming event?

Have you got an event coming up soon, perhaps a dinner, quiz or a coffee morning? The Stratus team would like to hear from you and support your event by making it unique and successful.

Set a challenge

Perhaps you want to set yourself a challenge, whether it’s climbing Mount Kilimanjaro or cycling the length of a country- why not challenge yourself and at the same time raise vital funds through sponsorship for Stratus?

Donate some Equipment to Status Flying

Stratus Flying relies heavily on donations in order to continue to fulfill its charitable flying objectives around the world.

Not only do we rely on funds to be generously donated towards our cause, but we also rely on the donation of certain equipment that helps take Stratus from strength to strength. Such equipment is essential in helping Stratus continue to make a difference through flight.

Some of the items that we accept for each

Stratus Education:

  • Reading books
  • Pens and pencils
  • Paper
  • Sporting equipment

Stratus Flying Difference:

  • Sunglasses
  • Hand held fans
  • Hats

Stratus Save our Sight:

  • Reading glasses
  • Normal glasses
  • Bifocal glasses
  • Sunglasses