Freewheelers receive boost from Friends of Yeovil Hospital

THE Friends of Yeovil Hospital have donated £5,000 to the Yeovil Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service to enable them to continue their valuable work delivering medical supplies by motorbike.

The Friends’ chairman Anne Bennett said: “If everyone knew what terrible weather a biker has to go through sometimes to deliver some vital medication or a specific set of instruments, we would all be very grateful.

''They benefit patients and the hospital – they responded to 1014 call outs in 2012 alone, approximately saving the Trust £70,000!”

Tony Haywood, of the Freewheelers, said “We are very grateful to the Friends at Yeovil for their donation.  We shall use the money to help buy specially designed boxes to carry valuable medical supplies and blood products.''

The 33-year old Yeovil Freewheelers is a registered charity and entirely funded by donations.  It is an Emergency Voluntary Service providing a unique service covering Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Avon and Wiltshire helping both hospitals and patients.

Riders do regular runs to Bristol, weekly to Oxford and further afield as far as Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester – wherever medical supplies are needed.  They deliver medical supplies from hospitals to patients at home, in nursing and residential homes, as well as hospital to hospital.

PHOTO:  The Yeovil Freewheelers outside Yeovil District Hospital receiving a £5,000 cheque from The Friends of Yeovil Hospital – Riders Tony Haywood, John Field, and Lindsay Wilson and their bikes supported by Sue Dyer, their Honorary Secretary with The Friends’ Chairman Anne Bennett, Hon Sec Margaret Dove and Maggie Foot.

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