SERV (charity)
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| Type | Registered charity |
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| Registration No. | 284455 |
| Founded | July 11, 1981 |
| Headquarters |
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| Area served | Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, London, Oxfordshire, South Wiltshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, |
| Mission | NHS motorcycle courier |
| Revenue | £105,178 (year ended 31 March 2011)[1] |
| Volunteers | 500[citation needed] |
| Employees | 0 |
| Motto | "Saving Lives Since 1981" |
| Website | serv.org.uk |
Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers, or SERV, is a blood bike charity based in England, whose volunteers provide a motorcycle courier service, free of charge to the National Health Service. SERV was established in 1981.[1]
The charity's volunteers work outside normal office hours and use either their own or the charity's dedicated response motorcycles to transport items such as blood for transfusion, blood samples for pathological or microbiological analysis, drugs, patient notes, x-rays, scans, medical equipment, samples, vaccines and donated human breast milk.
SERV is one of a number of charities which provide a service across the UK. It is a founder member of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB), and works closely with other NABB members such as Freewheelers EVS (Bristol), Severn Freewheelers when transport over longer distances is required.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Charity Overview". The Charity Commission. Retrieved 26 February 2012.