East Midlands Freewheelers

Supporting the NHS

Around the clock!

Provide Vital Services to the NHS

100% Volunteer Run Service

East Midlands Free Wheelers (EMFW) are a group of volunteers who provide vital services to the NHS completely free of charge. We deliver human breast milk, blood, medical supplies and equipment anywhere in the country

Our services are provided 24/7. We provide this service at no cost at all to the NHS with a large emphasis on making a huge difference to public health, to help reduce bed blocking and save the NHS vast sums of money enabling them to provide a better service overall.

We’ve transported over 5,700+ litres of dontated milk, over 18,000+ blood, urine and swab samples in the last 3 years.

Our Volunteers!

Everything we offer the NHS!

Human Breast Milk

Milk Banks in the UK provide screened donor milk to sick, premature babies in NICUs.

We specialise in transporting the milk between Donors and Milk Banks or between Milk Banks and Hospital Neo Natal Wards free of charge. In October 2021, we opened our Milk Hub in the East Midlands, Lauren's Milk Hub!

Blood Products

In times of emergency, like traffic accidents or surgeries, hospitals may require blood that they do not have in stock.

When this happens, they reach out to East Midland Freewheels for help. Our volunteers are ready to quickly deliver the needed blood to ensure patients receive the care they need.

Samples

We provide a professional and reliable out of hours transport service for blood, urine, smear and stool samples - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We also provide GP's with the ability to offer evening and weekend clinics by transporting their samples to the hospital's Pathology Departments.

Other Urgent Requests

We understand that not every urgent request our NHS has will fit into one of our 'normal' categories.

With this in mind we are always on standby to move surgical equipment, neotatal feeding tubes, urgent patient files, and specialist materials.

Watch the Video

The home of the Lauren's Milk Hub

How can you help?

We are a Volunteer run charity, and we are only able to carry out this vital work, thanks to the support from the community and local businesses.

Every day, there is more that we are being asked to do, to support the NHS.

Our growth has surpassed all of our expectations and is a testament to the effort of our selfless volunteers.

We need your help!

Could your next ride, drive or call save a life?

East Midlands Freewheelers is reliant on the voluntary contributions of it’s members to run and deliver the service. Are you able to give up a few hours a month to help make a difference?

There are various roles that can help us, it is not all about bikes.