Article tags: service

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. What’s so special about your bikes?
(Eligibility as a Rider)

Our bikes are all marked up with full livery to make them a “Blood Bike”. Each blue lights and sirens. All of our bikes are regularly serviced by their respective manufacturer. Most are equipped ...

4. The Night Shift
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... picture to do with night-time and how many to do with the Freewheelers service? Click the picture to see a larger version. The answers to the previous blog on “Where has Simon been?” are: A=Southmead ...

5. A year of rising fuel costs
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... bills of around £100 were to be the norm then we were in for a shock. Costs rose quickly, driven by higher pump prices and rising demand for our service from hospitals. By June our average weekly bill ...

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

... duty bikes, joined Iain's funeral cortege across Bristol. Iain's body was carried in a motorcycle sidecar hearse for the journey from the Clifton Downs to the memorial service at Westerleigh Crematorium. ...

7. It's a fair cop (shop)
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

For the third year running, Avon & Somerset Constabulary have opened their Cop Shop in The Galleries shopping centre in Bristol. In its first year this community outreach service had 900 visitors, ...

8. All roads lead to the Royal United Hospital......
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... considering it has been in almost continuous service for well over a year. Those clever engineers at the Bavarian Motor Works certainly know how to build a bike, which is just as well as the Freewheelers ...

9. Happy Birthday to The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... year, which would have been spent on taxi fares and couriers if we had not offered our service. Our thanks goes once again to the staff, pupils and parents of All Hallows School for their generous donation.  ...

10. Co-operating To Save Premature Babies
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... - so the milk bank called on the services of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB) members. Devon Freewheelers picked up the two boxes of frozen breast milk and put them onto the back of ...

11. Are You Blue Light Aware?
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

An excellent new website and video sponsored by the emergency services aims to raise public awareness of how they should respond to a vehicle with blue lights and sirens. Every motorist and motorcyclist ...

12. Mileage update - and a challenge for you
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

On Monday May 16th, The Flying Crane spent the day at Bristol Motorrad, the BMW motorcycle dealer on Bath Road in Bristol. It went in to have its 24,000-mile service, which was a bit late as the mileage ...

13. Challenge Day 11 - Leicester to Cambridge
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

The day began with the customary photo shot at the blood donor centre in Leicester, then it was off with little time to spare during a day that would cover the second longest distance to date. Joining ...

14. Our Sponsors
(Finance/Financial Information)

... service clubs such as Lions, Moose, Rotary, and the Masons. If you want to sponsor us, if you want to find out more about our work, or if you want a guest speaker for a meeting then please get in touch ...

15. JustTextGiving - An Easy New Way To Donate
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... can can add gift aid to your donation to boost it. All you need to do is follow the simple instructions in the acknowledgement text. Freewheelers is trailblazing this new service by JustGiving and Vodafone. ...

16. Challenge Day 5 - A Welcome Election Day Cuppa
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Day 5, the team were joined at the Malmasion in Liverpool by Martin Deaker – CCT Services Director and Richard Killen – Senior Partner Highcroft. After a photo stop at the famous Penny Lane, the ...

17. Two Record Breaking Weekends
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... — each incoming call from a hospital requesting our services means that the coordinator has to call the duty rider, then wait for the rider to report that they have picked up, then delivered, and finally ...

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

... So began a cold and crisp starlit ride to Swindon to take delivery of a blood sample to be taken to the new National Blood Service in North Bristol. That new facility provides blood processing and testing ...

19. Upgrade time
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

It is upgrade time for The Flying Crane. Today the bike will go into Bristol Motorrad (the BMW motorcycle dealer in Bristol) to have its 18,000 mile service. On Friday its mileage was 18,899 so the service ...

20. Southwestern Housing Society donates £500 to Freewheelers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... money into a Community Fund and allocate this to support projects or services that benefit their tenants and the community generally in which they live. The Society welcomes applications for funding from ...

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

Several Freewheelers members are current or former members of the Armed Services. That is not surprising as there is an obvious link between serving one's country and serving the public through voluntary ...

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

... bike group Hampshire SERV at Warminster Services at 10:30pm to transport blood samples from Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth to the Blood Transfusion centre at Filton, near Bristol. It was essential ...

23. Freewheelers scoops £3,000 prize from NatWest
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... a result of an increase in demand for our services.’ Photos from the presentation can be seen in our gallery.  ...

24. Homes in Sedgemoor donates garage to Freewheelers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... garage is the ideal base to support our operations. It will be used to house our spare bike, which is called on whenever our duty bikes need to go in for service or repair. It will also provide a local ...

25. Emergency Services Day
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

On Sunday 12th September 2010, The Flying Crane got to take the day off to visit the Emergency Services Show at Hullavington Airfield near Chippenham in Wiltshire. This event is held every year to promote ...

26. Freewheelers supports Precious Drops breast milk bank
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... when it is needed. Freewheelers will be providing that distribution service, collecting milk from donors who are unable to get to Southmead themselves, and delivering breast milk from the breast milk bank ...

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

... similar group. Pages in this section include: About our service describes the basics of our operation i.e. what we carry and when we do it Our coverage area shows where we operate from Devizes in ...

28. Privacy Policy
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... or improve our service to you or to respond to your request. Your details may be processed and stored on a computer system for this purpose. All processing will be in accord with the Data Protection Act ...

29. Record-breaking Easter weekend
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... such a valuable service.  ...

30. Fundraising through JustGiving
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Freewheelers has joined JustGiving, the UK's premier online sponsorship and donation service for charities. It is now really simple for anyone to make one-off donations to Freewheelers, or to get sponsorship ...

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

... 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 ...

32. In the beginning
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

At the beginning of 2010, Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service were invited to do a presentation to the pupils of All Hallows Preparatory School to talk about the work that we do. The children were ...

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

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

34. MAG are worthy of support from all motorcyclists
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... of 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, ...

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

... 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 ...

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

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 ...

37. Freewheelers and H1N1 Swine Flu specimen transport
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... 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, ...

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

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 ...

39. Moose International donation
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... 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 ...

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

... 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, so it is ...

41. 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 ...

42. 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 ...

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

... so that there is awareness of your service Decide upon the standards of service you intend to provide. Consider the membership of the group and the image you wish to portray. Consider where you will ...

44. 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 ...

45. 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 ...

46. 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 ...

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

... 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 ...

48. 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 ...

49. 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 ...

50. 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 ...