I hope this is being posted in the right place!
My name is Richard Dover (you may have heard of me re Scotia Winch Challenges?) and I've been asked by Lifesavers Scotland to head up their 4x4 section in time for winter.
Lifesavers Scotland is a charity provinding out of hours, emergency transport for NHS Lanarkshire and has been on service for almost 12 months. Similar in concept to Blood Bikes, the charity has a small fleet of motorbikes and cars that are used to transport pretty much anything the NHS needs on weekends and public holidays free of charge. Normally they would use taxis or couriers for routine stuff but where the needs is especially urgent (e.g. organs for transport) an ambulance, paramedic or Police vehicle would be taken out of service. Our vehicles are fully liveried and equipped with blue lights and sirens and our Service Providers (drivers) are all qualified to drive using 'blues and two's'.
Obviously, like most charities, we run on a rather worn shoestring and we are actively looking for people to volunteer to help with driving, maintenance and fundraising but as I mentioned I'm heading up the winter 4x4 side of things thus my message here.
During foul weather, what is a normally routine becomes urgent and urgent becomes very urgent so we are looking for people with 4x4s who may be willing to be on-call during bad weather to handle the routine jobs leaving our emergency 4x4s to deal with the emergency ones. I know that a lot of 4x4 owners are involved in 4x4 Response (as are a number of our volunteers) and our need for 4x4 provision happens at a far lower level of foul weather and , we suspect, once it gets to 4x4R call out level we would be off service in any case!
Obviously we're delighted to get more volunteers willing to become fully qualified drivers for which you need an advanced driving qualification (which the charity can help you with) and emergency response training (which we provide as well) so if you are interested in helping at any level then please get in touch. My mobile is 07946 605 067
http://www.lifesaversscotland.org/https://www.facebook.com/LifesaversScotlandThanks