Volunteer Blood Bikers from Yorkshire have presented Traffic Officers at The Yorkshire and North East Regional Operations Centre with an award.
During a recent visit to ROC Wakefield, Managers from the Yorkshire Blood Bike charity presented Jason Hall and Darren Smith with their highest accolade to recognise their colleagues’ contribution to road safety.
Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes transport urgent Blood Samples, medications and medical supplies overnight and at weekends. The volunteer-run, Out-of-hours service is free of charge to hospitals and hospices in the region.
Whiteknights Regional Manager, Andy Richardson joined Whiteknights’ Dispatch Manager, Steve Annakin, to present the Whiteknights Champions award.
Andy said: “We have a fleet of nine motorcycles and we cover in excess of 60,000 miles a year. Like your Traffic Officers, we can cover many hundreds of miles each shift we’re on duty and so we value the contribution towards road safety of all the Staff at ROC Wakefield.
“We’re on duty from 7pm to 7am and often the majority of riding we do is on the motorway network as we make urgent deliveries between the major hospitals across Yorkshire.”
“We have very much enjoyed visiting National Highways Wakefield and hope that we have further raised awareness about who we are and what we do as we ride through the night.”