worthing | Health & Wellbeing
worthing | Health & Wellbeing
SERV volunteers deliver blood and donor human milk free of charge to hospitals in Sussex, operating nightly and 24 hours on weekends/holidays.
Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers (SERV Sussex) provides a FREE means of transporting emergency blood products and time-critical laboratory samples to hospitals at night, on request. We provide a 24 hour a day service at weekends and on bank holidays, including Christmas/Boxing Day. For the NHS Community Foundation Trust in Sussex, we currently provide a free service to the NHS children’s nursing teams in the Sussex area, delivering machinery, supplies and facilitating servicing of machines for children in long-term care in their home. These services are carried out free of charge by volunteers. Our expertise resulted in the charity being approached by midwives and milkbanks to collect and deliver human donor milk across the South-East. Through a group of enthusiastic and empathetic volunteers, we have set up a human donor milk hub in Worthing. We collect untreated milk for onward transport to Harpenden and deliver treated milk to local Hospital Trusts and to support new mothers in the community who require donor human milk. SERV Sussex responds to more than 3500 calls in the county per year allowing re-deployment of much-needed funds for improved patient care and other essential facilities within the local NHS Trusts.
£30
a tank of fuel for one of our bikes
£90
a bespoke hi-viz jacket for one of our volunteers
£500
insurance for one year for one of our fleet bikes