M6Toll operators make donation to bike safety charity
Midland Expressway Ltd (operators of the M6toll) have supported local charity, DocBike Staffordshire with a donation of £1,500 through their Drive for Charity In the Community scheme.
The DocBike charity provides highly qualified doctors or critical care paramedics with bicycles, with the aim of reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads due to motorcycle collisions.
Wherever possible, this doctor or paramedic also works with the local air ambulance.
Working together with emergency services all across the UK, it is the aim of the charity to have a DocBike associated with every air ambulance charity around the country.
They are a new charity, but the enthusiasm of local bikers, colleagues in the emergency services and other agencies throughout the UK means that they are expanding rapidly.
As part of their life saving work, the charity have set up a course in Staffordshire called Biker Down, which is presented in three modules by emergency service staff.
The courses covers how to keep someone alive until the ambulance arrives and how to avoid being knocked of your bike.
Biker Down is a free course which attracts many motorcyclists and they are all very eager to learn how to keep themselves and fellow bikers safe.
The donation from the M6toll will allow DocBike to provide a first aid kit to motorcyclists that is small enough to fit on a motorcycle but capable of helping to save a life.
DocBike Staffordshire is led by Carol Close, who after the loss of her own son Luke in a motorcycle crash in 2019 decided she wanted something positive to come from her tragedy.
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee member, said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Biker Down course with First Aid Kits for motorcyclists. Road Safety is extremely important to us as an organisation so we were very keen to support this initiative with DocBikes which could potentially help to save lives. ”
MEL 's donation forms part of a wider initiative to support local schools and community projects.