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About us

We are a small volunteer organization recognized by HMRC, primarily focused on transporting whole blood, as well as delivering emergency plasma, medications, and medical samples to hospitals and patients across Essex and Greater London. The Essex Voluntary Blood Service relies on dedicated volunteer riders and drivers who generously give time without compensation, covering their own expenses while providing this essential service. In response to COVID-19, we expanded our usual free service to the NHS to operate full time and have stayed like that ever since with volunteer administrative staff managing calls to ensure immediate task assignments. Most blood collected from the Basildon Blood Bank and delivered to within a specified time frame, sometimes using liveried motorcycles and cars capable of restricted blue light operations if  requested by the hospitals.

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EVBS Essex Blood runners.

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Hospitals  We Serve

  • Basildon

  • Westcliff (Southend)

  • Princess Alexandra (Harlow)

  • Colchester General

  • Queens (Romford)

  • King George (Romford)

  • Whipps Cross University Hospital (London)

  • Newham University Hospital (London)

  • Broomfield

  • Milk runs for the Hearts Milk Bank

  • Milk runs for the Rosie Ward Addenbrooke's

  • We now serve the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

  • Rivers, Oaks and Springfield  Hospitals

  • Holly Hospital Buckhurst hill

  • Medication runs for the Anticoagulation team at Haelow Hospital.

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  • Neonatal.

  • Baby milk from donor to Hearts Milk Bank.

  • Baby milk to Rosie Ward Addenbrooke's.

  • Daily fulfillment to Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Earls Colne and North Weald.

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   Inter County Cooperation ​

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  • Suffolk            Marks Tey

  • Kent                Thurrock Service​.

  • Herts & Beds  Marriott Hotel Waltham Abbey. 

  • Norfolk            Imperial War Museum Duxford.

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Could you be a Blood Runner or even control a bloodrunner. If you can help in anyway please click the contact us button above.

Some of the members of EVBS being jumped over by the stunt team flyinryan at the West Bergolt Show

This is what we do as a voluntary organisation.

Some of the events we have attended

Coggeshall Carnival, Clacton Carnival, Motorfest 24, Harwich RNLI 200th Anniversary 2024.

The chart below shows how many runs were completed by EVBS in 2021.

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by joining E.V.B.S

 

The management and trustees of EVBS remain respectful of the driving or riding abilities of our volunteers or future volunteers and that the standard will be reflected as our front line ambassadors.

 

With this in mind we are aware that some other groups insist on membership or accreditation to Rospa or IAM and whilst that is an admirable asset it is not mandatory.

 

If further clarification is needed do get in touch as we rather you ask than assume.

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HMRC small organisation REF  XT32296

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A Vexatious Policy is in Place

We attend many events through the year. We thank all those event organisers for supporting us throught out the season.

These short video's were made by friend's and family connected with EVBS.

Each one display's certain areas of the job that we undertake 24/7 across the county.

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