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1. I have never done fundraising before – what does this involve?
(Fundraising and Coordinating the Riders)

If you have got this far, you already know that we are a Registered Charity. All running costs are paid for by donations raised by the team. You will be expected to attend 2 fundraising events before ...

2. What other training do I need?
(Induction)

... bike – this way you can see it all in practice and find some of the more obscure entrances to common locations. You are expected to adhere to Charity Rules – so you will have the opportunity at this ...

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

Freewheelers EVS is a registered charity that depends entirely on donations from members of the public, clubs and companies.  The Donations page shows the different methods that you can use to donate ...

4. In Memory of Iain Woodcock
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Former Freewheelers volunteer rider Iain Woodcock died in a kayaking accident on December 14th 2011 aged just 33. On Friday December 23rd Freewheelers volunteers, on personal bikes as well as the charity's ...

5. Freewheelers quiz team take Sainsbury’s for a ride!
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Sainsburys Odd Down held their first charity “café quiz” on Sunday night pitting 10 teams against Freewheelers own. With a variety of rounds the Freewheelers team managed to keep up with the best and ...

6. Aviva donates £2,500
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... societies in which the company operates.  For 2011, the Bristol office has adopted Freewheelers EVS as its local charity for 2011, following a vote by staff which saw us receive an amazing 61% share. ...

7. Our Sponsors
(Finance/Financial Information)

... a weekly car boot sale at their garden centre. It is also the venue for our annual Fathers Day Classic Vehicle Show. Total Triumph make an annual donation of money collected from a charity ride-out ...

8. A great partnership with Sainsbury’s Odd Down for 2011
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Sainsbury’s Odd Down in Bath opened their doors to customers on Wednesday 27th April. As their chosen charity for 2011, they are keen to promote what we do, as well as raise funds for the rest of this ...

9. The Flying Crane goes shopping
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

On April 27th, The Flying Crane starred at the opening of the new Sainsbury’s store in Odd Down in Bath. Because the staff at the store chose Freewheelers as their charity of the year, members of Freewheelers ...

10. Sainsbury's Odd Down makes us Charity Of The Year
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... Jason and Simon were invited, along with other charities, to meet the staff of the new store. They were holding an event to decide who was going to be their charity of the year. After telling staff ...

11. Sainsbury's Charity Of The Year
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... so that they could decide who was going to be their charity of the year. After telling staff about our work, we were delighted to be selected as Sainsbury's Odd Down Charity Of The Year. Events will be ...

12. Freewheelers Slideshow
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Freewheelers volunteer Allan Roberts, a keen photographer, put together this slideshow of our bikes, members and fundraising events. bf_re8FA55k|480|385

13. Showing support to the Armed Services
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... Allan Roberts, who is a former Grenadier Guardsman, is helping Go Commando — a charity that supports the Royal Marines of 40 Commando in Taunton. Alland, supported by a local businessman, will be picking ...

14. Bridgwater Chapter Harley Owners Group supports Freewheelers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Freewheelers is delighted to learn that the Bridgwater Chapter Harley Owners Group has chosen us as their charity to support for 2011. The Chapter is part of H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group), a worldwide ...

15. Hutton Short Mat Bowls Club
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Each year Hutton Short Mat Bowls Club holds a Charity Bowls event and this year the nominated charity was Freewheelers EVS. The event was held on Sunday 12 September, with 16 teams (divided into 2 groups) ...

16. About Freewheelers EVS
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... charity, which is useful if there is not a National Association of Blood Bikes group operating in your area The Flying Crane Blog, written for the children of All Hallows School who bought us a new bike ...

17. Thanks to Brean Golf Club
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... Lady Captain. Roger and Chris made Freewheelers their charity of the year and held a number of fundraising events throughout 2009. At the end of the year they handed over a Honda ST1300 motorcycle to Freewheelers, ...

18. Total Triumph donation
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Each year, Neil Mossman, managing director of Total Triumph near Taunton, arranges a charity rideout in memory of his late father. This year 50% of the proceeds were donated to Freewheelers EVS. We would ...

19. Freewheelers join Attend
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Freewheelers EVS is now a member of Attend, a charity currently celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, which is the UK's leading support organisation for volunteers in health care. Among the wide range of support ...

20. Interviews with Freewheelers volunteers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... telephones and raising the funds necessary to run the service are the reason we are such a successful charity. To celebrate their achievments and to give you a chance to get to know our volunteers we have ...

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

The graph on the right shows that Freewheelers EVS calls have grown significantly in recent years. As of 2011, the charity now handles over 3,000 calls per year covering around 130,000 miles. Each urgent ...

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

... me. What do you do for Freewheelers? I am a volunteer rider on the Somerset bike, I run the website and since July 2009 I am also the vice-chairman and a trustee of the charity. I tried being a coordinator ...

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

... at Keynsham will service Freewheelers’ duty bikes as well as fit them with the brand new rubber. “We do around 80,000 miles a year in total as a charity and we’re doing that all year round, in all weathers,” ...

24. John O'Groats to Lands End for Freewheelers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... and make a debit or credit card donation on Alan's MyCharity sponsorship page. See photos of Alan's trip in our Smugmug photo galleries.  ...

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

... like what you read and want to get involved then please use our contact form to get in touch, or telephone one of the charity's officers whose numbers are on the contact page. All Freewheelers asks its ...

26. 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 ...

27. 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 ...

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

... of registering for charity status; bank accounts; Health and Safety and meeting Trust standards; fund raising; maintenance; paperwork; communications; procedures; insurance etc. Commitment Any service ...

29. 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 ...

30. 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 ...

31. Freewheelers website brought to you courtesy of Memset
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

As a charity staffed entirely by volunteers, Freewheelers is keen to ensure that the absolute minimum is spent on administrative overheads, so that all the donations we receive can be directed to providing ...

32. Weston-super-Mare Homemakers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... like to support for the coming year. Freewheelers was Homemakers' adopted charity for 2008 and this incredibly generous donation is the result of their efforts.  ...

33. It'll be Grand!
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

On August 23rd & 24th Freewheelers will hold its Annual Charity Bike Show on The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare. Like everyone else we were devasted to see the fire on July 28th and we feared that ...

34. Royal award for Freewheelers unsung heroes
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... commemorative piece of crystal. Four members of the charity have been invited to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace. In addition we have the right to display the unsung heroes logo (pictured right) ...

35. Need help starting your own group?
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

We continue to receive a number of contacts from individuals interested in starting up a Freewheelers blood bike group in their own area. In addition to this charity, there are now groups using the Freewheelers ...

36. Totally Triumphant
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... Mossman's family recently arranged a charity motorcycle rideout to commemorate the anniversary of his father's death. The cheque presented to Freewheelers was some of the money raised during the ride. ...

37. Freewheelers gain visibility thanks to ICU-UCMe
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... and 15 lightweight over-jackets to help increase the visibility and safety of our riders. Each jacket bears the charity's logo and the word "BLOOD" printed in large letters on the back. The jackets, which ...

38. So long and thanks for all the fuel
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... 8 month sponsorship by BWOC came to an end. During that time BWOC supplied Freewheelers with heavily discounted petrol for its entire fleet of motorcycles. The sponsorship from BWOC shielded the charity ...

39. Freewheelers EVS success at Bike Show South West
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

On April 29th and 30th Freewheelers EVS attended Bike Show South West at the Bath & West Showground. For the charity this is an important event in our fund raising calendar. Our bucket rattling ...

40. April is "Long Way Down" month
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... the Long Way Down event came a result of a visit by two Freewheelers EVS volunteers to a Pan-Clan club night, where they gave a talk about the charity's work. As Freewheelers EVS also ride Pan European ...

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

From March 20th to 24th, Freewheelers EVS was the featured Charity Of The Week on BBC Somerset Sound. Morning Show presenter Jo Phillips (pictured right) interviewed Freewheelers EVS volunteers Ken Fryer, ...

42. PRESS RELEASE
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... and the Freewheelers are investigating the cause of the incident. The Freewheelers are a charity based in Weston-super-Mare, which deliver Emergency and non-emergency medical ...

43. Freewheelers EVS benefits thanks to Sainsbury's Local Hero
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... with £200 for the charity or group they volunteer with in their own time. Peter Hawkes, a Freewheelers EVS volunteer rider, works two days a week at the Bath store and entered the 2005 scheme. Selected ...

44. Freewheelers EVS given fuel price lifeline by local company
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... hitting the charity's finances. As a direct result of the article Freewheelers EVS were contacted by BWOC Limited, a Weston-super-Mare based fuel company, and were offered a ...

45. Angels On Two Wheels
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... lights and sirens, will be providing an out-ofhours medical courier service for the Royal United Hospital. The specially adapted bikes, which are run by a charity, will be transporting blood, drugs, X-rays ...

46. Download Resources
(Uncategorised Content)

The following are a mixture of Freewheelers EVS infromation and operational documents Information About Freewheelers EVS Freewheelers Accounds and Annual Reports (at the Charity Commission) Detailed ...

47. Contact Us
(Uncategorised Content)

... support our charity. Donors: Individual donations to Freewheelers EVS, however large or small, are an important source of funding and are always more than welcome. Sponsorship by companies, ...

48. Riding For Life
(Uncategorised Content)

Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service is a registered charity that provides a free out-of-hours motorcycle courier service to hospitals in the South West of England. Riding For Life: A registered ...

49. Prescott Bike Festival here we come!
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Sunday April 10th, Freewheelers volunteers will be attending a huge bike show, Prescott Bike Festival, which is being held by our sister charity Severn Freewheelers. This is their big fundraiser for ...

50. Goodbye Mrs Chips
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... are £8 (concessions £6) and can be obtained from the ticket office on 07792 402457. Find out more about the performance in the Freewheelers Charity Performance group on Facebook.  ...