Article tags: NHS

1. I live outside of your area – what can I do?
(Volunteering to Join Freewheelers)

Check out the area we cover – if you are outside of this area take a look at the National Association of Blood Bikes  for other groups around the country. We all operate as separate groups and have ...

2. What is a shift?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

Shifts usually change on a Friday and a Monday to cover the hours that the NHS has no service. You are not expected to be in the saddle the whole time: we do look after your welfare! You either take a ...

3. Freewheeling Humour
(Fun Stuff/Jokes)

If you have found this page using Google or some other search engine then please take a look at the rest of the site to see the work done by Freewheelers EVS, or how we save the NHS money, or even how ...

4. How Freewheelers is funded
(Finance/Financial Information)

... money to Freewheelers.  The Fund Raising page explains the ways that we raise money, and has some ideas on how you can run a fundraising event of your own.  The NHS Money Saving page shows ...

5. Interview with Nick Archer
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... at the beginning of 2011. I also thought this would be a good way of giving something back to the NHS after having a bike accident many years ago. I had one of those incidents going into a corner where ...

6. Challenge Day 6 - Taming The Snake
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... the start of the day the riders were joined at the Malmaison in Manchester was Grant McKenzie – GM Mal Manchester, who was taking the baton on to Sheffield. First stop of the day was the other NHS Blood ...

7. Challenge Day 4 - A Different Sort Of Crossing
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Day 4, the team crossed the Pennines, but this morning they needed help to cross just one road. After a bit of fun with a local lollipop lady, the team rode to the NHS Blood and Transplant blood ...

8. Challenge Day 3 - Across The Pennines
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... short ride to the NHS Blood and Transplant blood donor centre in Bradford where they were given a warm welcome by the staff who provided tea and biscuits — without asking them to donate blood first! Then ...

9. Challenge Day 1 - Our Angels Of The North
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... the Newcastle NHS Blood & Transplant donor centre, and the iconic Angel Of The North sculpture (see the picture right and click to view a larger version). Lunch was in Durham and after passing through ...

10. Déjà Vu All Over Again
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... 1st, he is doing it all over again. Mike and riding companion Paul Lowe are setting off from the NHS Blood & Transplant donor centre in Newcastle on the first leg of their ride, which will take them ...

11. A late night in Swindon
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... people to ride motorcycles, had an early morning ride to Swindon to pick up an urgent blood sample from Oxford which needed to go to the NHS Blood & Transfusion testing centre at Filton in Bristol. ...

12. The new boy and The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... the bike and headed for the Riverside NHS Walk In Centre to collect what looked like the whole days samples to go to RUH, but before I left Riverside an Urgent call is recieved for blood samples to be ...

13. Dave gets a kiss - a typical weekend on The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... comments from the nursing staff) on both days, Bath Mineral Hospital and the Bath NHS walk in centre. Temperatures were below freezing most of the weekend, particularly after dark but the roads were ...

14. Ridesafe offers training to new volunteers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... at not been able to give blood for many years having had Glandular Fever himself. This thankfully is cleared now that the NHS has removed Glandular Fever from the list of "at risk" donors. Frustration ...

15. Interview with John Cooper
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... in my rescue and recovery. I see riding for Freewheelers as a way of supporting the NHS that helped me at my time of need. I currently ride a 1996 Ducati 900SS but long for a Suzuki TL1000R. What do ...

16. Interview with Jason Phillips
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... 2009 I have been a volunteer to ride “that very bike” and provide the service that we do to the NHS and its patients. What do you like most about volunteering for Freewheelers? Apart from the thrill ...

17. Interview with Andy Smith
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... over to Bristol.  I also undertake duty as a Co-ordinator, so then I will receive all the calls from the NHS and will allocate jobs to the appropriate rider of the three duty bikes.  This job also involves ...

18. Interview with Melanie Rowbottom
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... for Freewheelers and seeing what they did, the benefits to the NHS and the fulfilment they got from volunteering made the decision easy and I’ve never looked back, even managed to get my husband involved ...

19. Call Statistics
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... and non-urgent call contributes to savings of at least £150,000 per year for the NHS. Each emergency call helps to save the life of a patient. This page contains detailed statistics showing the number ...

20. Interview with Mike Belch
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... of blood tests. I see my work for Freewheelers as a way of saying thankyou to the NHS for the work that they did. What do you like most about volunteering for Freewheelers? I'd like to say it was the ...

21. Avon Tyres help Freewheelers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

...  Freewheelers only exists through charitable donations and the support from both Avon Tyres and JHS Racing means that Freewheelers’ donated funds go further in supporting the NHS. Avon motorsport tyres ...

22. Our Coverage Area
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

NHS Locations Served by Freewheelers EVS The map below shows some of the more frequent locations served by Freewheelers EVS. Each red cross is a hospital, residential unit or hospice that we work with. ...

23. Volunteering to Join Freewheelers
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... done, saving the NHS around £100,000 each year and in some cases helping to save lives. The excellent work of our volunteers was recognised in 2008, when the charity was given Queen's Award for Voluntary ...

24. Fund Raising Activities
(Finance/Financial Information)

Freewheelers EVS needs over £30,000 each year to run the bikes and provide its service to the NHS. We are a registered charity and depend entirely on collections at events such as bike shows and donations ...

25. Donating to Freewheelers EVS
(Finance/Financial Information)

Freewheelers EVS is a registered charity (No.1001067)entirely supported by donations and sponsorship. We do not charge the NHS for our services. None of our riders or co-ordinators are paid for the of ...

26. Starting A New Blood Bike Group
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... NHS Trust and examining who and where they cover. How many satellite hospitals, nursing homes, psychiatric units, are likely to be able to call on your services? How far away are the adjacent NHS Trusts ...

27. Transport of Infectious Substances
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

Freewheelers EVS offers a free of charge emergency courier service to the NHS. We will happily carry any items that a hospital may request as long as they can physically fit on our motorcycles and they ...

28. Our Financial Savings to the NHS
(Finance/Financial Information)

The free of charge courier service provide by our registered charity's volunteer staff saves the NHS up to £150,000 each year. There are two different ways to estimate the savings that we offer. The ...

29. Our Service to the NHS
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

Freewheelers EVS is a registered charity, which offers an out of hours and free of charge courier service to the NHS. Our slogan "Riding for Life" describes our operation perfectly. We ride to play our ...

30. Record breaking collection at Weston Beach Race
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... of charge to the NHS, so we depend entirely on donations from the public and local business. A selection of photographs take of our collection can be seen in the Freewheelers gallery.  ...

31. Magazine praises Blood Brothers "Extreme Volunteering"
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... We all know by now the pressure the NHS is under, and don't think that they'll send an ambulance just for your titanium leg screws, so who's going to bring this stuff to help you if it's needed by the ...

32. Freewheelers EVS is Charity Of The Week on BBC Somerset Sound
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... Mike Belch, Allan Roberts, Alan Blythe and John Graves. The interviews each lasted around 10 minutes and gave Freewheelers EVS the chance to publicise the excellent work that it does for the NHS in Somerset. ...

33. Contact Us
(Uncategorised Content)

... and Somerset. Freewheelerscontact Hospitals and other NHS organisations wishing to use the Freewheelers EVS service should call our duty coordinator on 0300 800 1907 Monday-Friday - 19:00 to ...

34. Riding For Life
(Uncategorised Content)

... cover different parts of the country. Our lifesaving service to the NHS is provided free of charge and is funded entirely by public donation and sponsorship. We transport blood, pathology & microbiology ...

35. Finalist in the Heart of Somerset Community Awards
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

We have just been told that we are finalists in the Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre Heart of Somerset Community Awards.  This is run by the local Burnham and Bridgewater Times, Wells Journal, Shepton ...

36. Freewheelers and NABB at The Emergency Services Show
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... the safety of our volunteers and improve the quality of the services that we deliver to the NHS.  ...

37. Jokes
(Category)

If you have found this page using Google or some other search engine then please take a look at the rest of the site to see the work done by Freewheelers EVS, or how we save the NHS money, or even how ...

38. Our Service to the NHS
(Comments)

I work for the NHS in a small community hospital. Freewheelers do the most amazing job, they are efficient, friendly and free-a valuable service provided for the NHS by volunteers and donations. What a ...