1. Interview with Jason Phillips
(About Us/Interviews)

... I am proud to say that I am a volunteer for such a service and take every opportunity to promote what we do. How long have you been with Freewheelers and why did you join? I originally attended a BikeSafe ...

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

Freewheelers EVS was formed in April 1990. By December we were registered with the Charity Commission and went live with our service for Weston General Hospital in January 1991, doing around 12 calls in ...

3. Freewheelers join Attend
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... us to spend more on delivering our award-winning service to hospitals in the South West of England. ...

4. MAG are worthy of support from all motorcyclists
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... our nearly 20 years of existence. They have run rallies, held collections and staged bike shows for our benefit, raising much needed funds to help us provide our award-winning service. This week, MAG ...

5. Interview with Andy Smith
(About Us/Interviews)

... joining is that I believe that motorcycling generally gets a bad press and so this is a way of presenting a very positive way in which Motorcyclists provide a valuable and potentially life-saving service ...

6. Interviews with Freewheelers volunteers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Freewheelers biggest asset is its 60 volunteers. These great women and men are the reason that we won The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2008. Their dedication to riding the bikes, manning the ...

7. Freewheelers and H1N1 Swine Flu specimen transport
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... A infectious substances affecting humans. Any hospital wishing to use Freewheelers EVS free service to transport any Swine Flu samples should make sure that we are not being asked to carry virus cultures, ...

8. Avon Tyres help Freewheelers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Melksham-based Avon Tyres has agreed to supply motorcycle tyres to the Freewheelers EVS. With both safety and performance so important for such a service, Avon will supply Storm-ST tyres, while JHS Racing ...

9. Moose International donation
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... Mike Belch and Dave Hobbs. Moose International is a Fraternal Service Club, established in the UK in 1928, but dating back to the late 1800's in the United States. Famous mooses include Henry Ford and ...

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

... Voluntary Service, which is the equivalent for a Charity of receiving an MBE. Volunteer Riders Freewheelers' motto is "Riding for Life" and our charity is focused on using motorcycles to save life, ...

11. Fund Raising Activities
(Finance/Financial Information)

Freewheelers EVS needs around £25,000 each year to provide its service to the NHS. We are a registered charity and depend entirely on collections at events such as bike shows and donations from companies, ...

12. 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 ...

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

... are you prepared to cover? Define your proposed area of operation and how you will generate publicity so that there is awareness of your service Decide upon the standards of service you intend to provide. ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 about £100,000 per year. There are two different ways to estimate the savings that we offer. The first ...

16. 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 ...

17. Freewheelers website brought to you courtesy of Memset
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... our motorcycle transport service. We like to boast that our most significant administrative costs are the postage stamps we use to send our annual return in to the Charity Commission. While slightly tongue ...

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

Freewheelers has been given the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. The award, which is the highest accolade that can be given to a voluntary group, is equivalent to an MBE. It is awarded every year ...

19. Mike Cummin
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Mike Cummin, one of the founding members of Freewheelers' service in Bath, died suddenly on January 8th. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Viv and their two daughters. Mike's funeral ...

20. Freewheelers get a big grin from SmugMug
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... we used for hosting the images was buggy and insecure. So SmugMug have come to our rescue by donating their professional digital photo gallery service to Freewheelers enabling us to host all of our precious ...

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

... to keep raising money. Our service costs around £16,000 per year just to operate the bikes. We then need to raise even more money to replace one of our four bikes each year. Our service is provided free ...

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

... Emergency Voluntary Service, and it's they who are called upon and relied upon, by NHS medical staff, to collect and deliver these vital supplies." ©2007 Adam Bolton, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure The ...

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

... to assist in any way that we can to get a new group up and running - especially if they embrace the Freewheelers philosophy of using advanced riders to deliver the highest possible standard of service. ...

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

... M5 motorway southbound at junction 22. There were no other vehicles directly involved in the incident. The rider sustained chest and hip injuries and was treated on scene by the Westcountry ambulance service, ...

25. Biker Service Saves Lives
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

(Reproduced from the Bath Chronicle) A Vital life-saving motorcycle medical courier service will soon be up and running in Bath. A Chronicle appeal last week saw new volunteers sign up to join Freewheelers. ...

26. 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 ...

27. External Links
(Uncategorised Content)

This page contains links to sponsors, supporters and groups with similar aims to our own. Commercial Sponsors The service that we provide is only possible because of the donations and sponsorship that ...

28. Contact Us
(Uncategorised Content)

We welcome enquiries from prospective new members and hospitals wishing to find out more about our service. We also welcome enquiries from individuals and organisations wishing to make a donation or to ...

29. Riding For Life
(Uncategorised Content)

Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service is a registered charity and winner of the Queen's Award For Voluntary Service, which provides an out-of-hours emergency motorcycle courier service to hospitals ...

30. About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer
(Category)