A tea party held in Buckerell raised over £550 for blood bike charity, Devon Freewheelers.
It was organised by village residents Jen Palfrey and Soo Sims on behalf of the Buckerell Community Association.
Over 90 people from the East Devon village, from the oldest to the youngest residents, turned out to support the event, enjoying waitress service, cream teas and a wonderful array of homemade cakes.
“We’ve organised similar events before, and this was the best yet – we’re bowled over by the amount raised,” said Jen.
A driving instructor who founded Devon Freewheelers, a team of 50 volunteer motorcycle riders who deliver blood and life-saving medical supplies in emergencies has been named a Point of Light by Prime Minister David Cameron.
The Devon Freewheelers work with local hospitals in the county for the emergency transport of blood, human tissues for transplant service, urgent medications, donor breast milk and any urgent medical equipment that can be transported by motorcycle.
The entire service is provided completely free of charge and the charity receives no payment or funding...
Ethical chef Robin Rea will be cooking up a storm in aid of the Devon Freewheelers blood bike charity at Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary on November 29.
The special event will raise funds for the charity, which provides a free out-of-hours service to the NHS to deliver blood and other medical requirements to hospitals across the county and beyond via motorbikes ridden by volunteer riders.
Robin said: “I’m incredibly impressed by the work carried out by Devon Freewheelers, which does an amazing job for the people of Devon. “The motorcycle couriers are out all hours delivering...
Chef Robin Rea from Ottery’s award-winning Rusty Pig has put together a special festival meal box for the Honiton Sausage & Cider Festival at the Honiton Showground on May 1 and 2.
The feast includes a Rusty Pig homemade saveloy and blood pudding, with green sauce and pease pudding.
“We’re really looking forward to supporting the festival this year as traders, and I wanted to make something a bit different for festival-goers to enjoy,” explained Robin.
Robin signed up for the festival after choosing the Devon Freewheelers as his charity of the year for 2015....
The charity team at Otter Nurseries has announced a fundraising total of just under £9,000 for 2014 charity of the year, emergency medical couriers Devon Freewheelers.
Marketing Manager Sabine Taylor said: “We were always hoping to raise enough to help buy the charity a new bike, and thanks to the amazing generosity of staff and customers, we are bang on target.
“Devon Freewheelers seems to be a charity close to the hearts of many people in this area, and everyone was prepared to dig deep for them.”
The total was raised through many different fundraising events...
Devon’s medical courier service, Devon Freewheelers, is on the lookout for new riders in all parts of the county.
The charity provides a free out-of-hours service to the NHS delivering blood, tissue samples, breast milk and other medical supplies to hospitals across Devon. Many lives have been saved through swift delivery of critical items.
All riders are volunteers who give up their own time to help keep the service running. They use the charity’s own liveried motorbikes to ensure deliveries are made as quickly as possible.
The 64 volunteer riders from emergency couriers Devon Freewheelers were over the moon when one of TV’s Emergency Bikers agreed to become the charity’s first patron.
Paramedic biker for the West Midlands Ambulance Service Mark Hayes, a familiar face to viewers of the Channel 5 series, took the decision to endorse the charity after visiting its headquarters and riding out with some of the team.
Devon Freewheelers CEO, Daniel Lavery said: “We’d been tweeting Mark for a while, and he decided to check us out. He was recently supplied with a new paramedic motorcycle and thought a...
Bikers from voluntary emergency courier service Devon Freewheelers are helping to save even more lives after agreeing to help the Lions Club distribute bottles for use by vulnerable people.
The Message in a Bottle (MIB) scheme comprises bottles designed to contain vital information that can aid NHS emergency services in the event of a medical crisis in the home.
A plastic bottle is labelled with a green cross, filled with personal and medical details and kept in the fridge. Green cross stickers are then fixed to the back of the front door and the door of the fridge so that...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, visited the headquarters of emergency response couriers Devon Freewheelers on Friday 20th December 2013 to learn more about the charity and the service it provides.
Neil Parish was surprised to learn that the charity receives no funding from the Government, despite the fact that the out of hour’s courier service undertakes an average of 16 emergency call outs every day.
Devon Freewheelers is a charity delivering urgent medical samples, drugs, surgical equipment in Devon for the NHS at no charge.
On Wednesday 11 December 2013 Exeter Choral Society will be performing at St James' Church, Mount Pleasant, Exeter. We look forward to welcoming our audience, in this our 70th anniversary year, the choir having been founded in 1943 as the Whipton Choral Society.
The program includes J S Bach's Cantata 140 "Sleepers Wake", F Schubert's Mass in G, and Christmas Carols by John Rutter.
Our Musical Director is Laurence Blyth and the choir will be joined by an orchestra led by Julie Hill with soloists: Elizabeth Drury, Julian Rippon and Edward Woodhouse...
