"Vital" blood delivery service in Kent team up with Harley Davidson riders to raise awareness
SERV Kent Bloodrunners deliver 6300 calls a year
A Kent service delivering "vital" blood supplies at no cost to the NHS are teaming up with Harley Davidson riders to raise awareness.
Motorcyclists set off on a 140 mile journey from Rochester Airport at 10:30am on 30 August 2025.
A group of Harley Davidson Invicta motorists, and riders from the volunteering service, will visit hospitals across Kent that the charity deliver blood to.
The journey will finish at the QEQM hospital in Margate.
SERV Kent carry critical supplies of blood to medical centres and individuals - sometimes on life or death missions.
They deliver blood to Kent Air Ambulance every night of the year, provide breast milk to four milk banks, and provide hospice support, home dialysis, and transport medication.
Since the service started in 1993, it has made a total of 60,479 journeys, more than half of which are NHS blood and sample transfers.
Fundraising director Trevor Sayer tells Greatest Hits Radio "we need ÂŁ100,000 a year to run, which isn't a lot, but hardly anyone knows about our service."
"We are a team of volunteers working a twenty-four hour service at no cost to the NHS.
Mr Sayer says there is no fundraising target for their Harley Davidson right but hopes to "make a good amount".
SERV Kent struggles for public recognition as it often operates out of the limelight.
"I think we're absolutely vital because we save hospital Trusts in the area around ÂŁ250-300,000 every year" says Mr Sayer who joined the team in September 2010.
"We've got a mixture of car drivers and bikers. I'm a car driver and actually did a breastmilk run this morning.
"The bikers can usually carry one box of blood at a time, and they have to be really careful with how they fit it.
The Invicta Harley Davidson Chapter, which supports numerous charities, wants to help raise funds for SERV Kent through a sponsored ride on 30 August 2025.