This years charity

This year we are supporting the Severn Freewheelers

This year our charity is the Severn Freewheelers. This is a group of advanced motorcyclists providing a free out-of-hours courier service for hospitals in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, North Wiltshire including Swindon, and Herefordshire.

They carry whole blood, pathology samples, patient scans / x-rays, human donated milk - in fact any medical essentials between hospitals in the area. The working hours are hours are from 7pm in the evening to 7am the following day, and 24 hours at weekends and public holidays. All riders are volunteers and hold a current advanced riding qualification (RoSPA or IAM) with a yearly check-ride.All the volunteers do receive extra training in emergency response riding and the transport of goods under UN3733'

In short, they are a professional team delivering a professional service, which is delivered FREE to the NHS at the point of use. Each "shift" consists of five people, a dispatcher and four riders, one in each area. The dispatcher fields calls from the hospitals and plans the route for the evening based on the calls received'. 

Severn Freewheelers is a charity organisation (Charity No: 1120999) and are always looking for help. They need around £70,000 per annum to run the service and the estimate is that this saves the NHS in excess of £450,000 but it's not just about saving the NHS money - it's about delivering a service.