Scottish Emergency Rider Volunteer Service

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

I was speaking to the volunteers at the doors open day in the work. I fancy it. Would need to get some advanced training tho. What a can worms that might be.

But it means i'd have a blue right to play with.

On a bike no less

Ah...the pishyness of being a civvie

www.scotservs.org.uk

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

or a blue light rather.

Was typing in north Korean there

[ghostbiker]

I applied to do the bloodbikes near me, i allready had the IAM's and all was on track to start going out on my assesment with them when i got my new job and had to put it on hold for a bit while everything settles in again.
a worthwhile thing to do... and as you say you get to play with a blue light

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

I drive a blue light every day but i'm no allowed to use it. I can kid on i'm chasing a perp in the yard but on the street would mean instant dismissal.

I need to make sure i've had my full licence more than 5 years cos my driving licence says 2009 and that ain't right. The girl who runs the blood bikes said she'd seen licences updated to include cars have the wrong date of the bike pass. Dicks. I have about 6 years NCB on my policy so i must have at least 5 years full licence.

I also have 3 points but they may allow me in despite it.

I am warming to the idea, even tho theres no cash for it. Although she did say that she hoped there woul be funding soon. As it is, the only way they raise money is through open days and events and shake the bottle at people. 

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

I thought about that a wee while back, never did anything about it though as I'm a lazy foccer.

I'm assuming they do a wee assessment thing before they gie you a bike?

[ghostbiker]

our local one you have to also help out at at least 3 fund events before they let you out. as they had a bunch of ppl just want to do the fun stuff without putting in the effort for funding.

they also allowed 3 points as long as it was a simple speeding like SP30, you also had to normaly ride a 600+ and been riding for 3 yrs min and have at least IAM's or rospa

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

Baws.
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Never did get around to doing RoSPA, ho hum.

Wonder if they'd take a LONG out of date down trained CBT instructor ticket instead??
I'll not mention the SP50 if no one else does.
:rollin

[ghostbiker]

i think every local group has its own rules....... i meen up north something out of a box a crackers and a tuffty club badge should do the trick  :evil :lol :evil

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

:rollin
Not old enough to have a Tufty Club badge mate, although I've heard you old timers speak of them.
:pokefun

[Grahamm]

Here's a post from my local IAM group's forum by one of the members who's in SERV:

SERV is a charity that provides an out of hours delivery service to hospitals in the counties of Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire . Without this service the NHS  have to use taxis or couriers at huge expence. On a duty night the shift starts at 7pm and goes through the night until 7am the next morning, at weekends we do all day as well. If i volunteer for the weekend i get to use one of the charity vehicles which are BMW R1200RT. Honda Deauville 700 or an Astra Van. Mostly i tend to one off shifts and for that i use my own bike at my own expense.

As we provide the service to the hospitals we have a reconised route to follow, this is so that if nessesary our controller would know approximatly where we are if anything happens. If we are delivering blood then the run usually starts at the blood bank in Southampton and then on to say the QA at portsmouth or the RHCH at Winchester . But we also carry Samples that go to a Lab in Filton Bristol so we collect from the hospital and take them to a RVP at Warminster we then hand over to another rider from another charity that covers the south west they will then take it on to Bristol. We also at times carry baby milk for premature babies. This is just a glimpse of what we do, if you would like to know more OR get involved then check out our website http://www.servwessex.org.uk

[VNA]

I guess this is what is meant by the big society.

[dolau]

I wanted to join the blood bikes in Wales but so far they only do the M4 corridor and the A55 not here in mid Wales

[Grahamm]

I guess this is what is meant by the big society.

SERV is a charity which was established in 1981, 30 years before Cameron's BS.

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

The jock one is separate and only just recieved charity status  recently. Its only been going about 3 or 4 years here.

[VNA]

SERV is a charity which was established in 1981, 30 years before Cameron's BS.

It's the thin end of the wedge.  First responders and now blood bikers.

What next, volunteering to run your local library, or life guard at the local pool, school janitor, lollipop person and so on and so on. 

While NHS managers get paid big salaries and bonuses, blood bikers are out there risking their necks, saving lives and not getting paid.
 

[goldfazer]

Our local pool is totally run by volunteers - the council were gonna close it, does well now. If I didn't have such a complex life I'd have signed up for our local blood bike lot (Freewheelers IIRC) - maybe in the future. Try it VNA - it should suit your socialist side un

[VNA]

I've spent a lot of time campaining on various issues.

I can see the dilemma with your local pool.  It's shocking.

It shouldn't really need to be.  There's plenty of money in this country, the reality is that those who have it don't have to contribute.

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

I can see the dilemma with your local pool.  It's shocking.

The scottish one is the same. It's all run on donations. There's no institutional funding. Well, so the lassie said the other day.
Poor show I say

[Rusty]

I was once told that the French don't like the concept of charities or volunteer organisations which at first I thought was quite anti social of them. Until of course I realised that their viewpoint was that charity and voluntary work should be completely unnecessary. Given that the populace pay their taxes the government can therefore afford to fund them so all should be funded, hence the reluctance to encourage charity.


I see no reason for the UK to contribute to India's space program, nor become involved in yet another middle east war on the behest of Israel before funding vital projects at home. It's a marvellous thing that so many altruistic volunteers are willing to step in and make a difference, but when government think tanks are set up as charities in order to receive funding why not everyone else.

[ghostbiker]

SERV is a charity which was established in 1981, 30 years before Cameron's BS.

It's the thin end of the wedge.  First responders and now blood bikers.

What next, volunteering to run your local library, or life guard at the local pool, school janitor, lollipop person and so on and so on. 

While NHS managers get paid big salaries and bonuses, blood bikers are out there risking their necks, saving lives and not getting paid.

Our local library was clossed and was then run by volunteers for about a month before the council back tracked affter court action was threatend and took it on again.
also our tourist information center is run by volunteers. we are a seaside town and survive because of tourests. crazzy