Inner Circle Training of Stockport hosted a recruitment day with Blood Bikes Manchester on 31 August.
Blood Bikes Manchester had chosen Inner Circle to be its official motorcycle rider training partner. Inner Circle is currently the only training school in the north-west to be MCIAC-accredited and this played a major part in securing the partnership.
Tracy Beattie, director of Inner Circle Training, said: “We are delighted to be appointed official rider training partner for Blood Bikes Manchester. We are very keen to help the charity ensure that all volunteers riding the Blood Bikes are riding to a high standard to keep them safe and ensure these important deliveries reach their intended destinations quickly. A proportion of all training fees paid by volunteers under this arrangement will be presented to Blood Bikes Manchester to enable it to continue its vital work.”
Karen Cole, who set up the Motorcycle Industry Accreditation Centre (MCIAC), said: “MCIAC schools undertake a rigorous programme of business development and are committed to delivering standards of training and customer service that far exceed those prescribed by the government’s Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). They are inspected annually to maintain their accreditation in contrast to other schools, which are only subject to instructor inspections by the DVSA every four years. There is no framework outside MCIAC accreditation to inspect the way the training schools are run as businesses.
“MCIAC accreditation takes the risk out of finding a training partner. Before MCIAC accreditation, organisations were forced to rely on instinct or word of mouth when choosing a training partner. This was a truly unsatisfactory way of making such an important decision and thankfully no longer necessary.”
In our picture, Paul Beattie presents a new volunteer with a certificate to show he has attained an ERS Band A and so can ride a Blood Bikes Manchester bike.