SERV (charity)

Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers

Founded	July 11, 1981 (1981-07-11)
Type	Registered charity
Registration no.	284455
Location	England
Area served	Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, London, Oxfordshire, South Wiltshire, Suffolk, Surrey & South London, Sussex,
Revenue	£105,178 (year ended 31 March 2011)^[1]
Employees	0
Volunteers	500
Slogan	"Saving Lives Since 1981"
Mission	NHS motorcycle courier
Website	serv.org.uk

Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers, or SERV, is a Blood Bikes 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 2 "Charity Overview". The Charity Commission. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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