Green Flag Donation

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Major cash donation boosts UK roadside rescue charity Motoring assistance company Green Flag has today (May 30) announced a major donation to a charity formed to help recovery industry workers who experience financial difficulties due to work-related accidents.

The company has pledged £20,000 to the Recovery Industry Support Charity (RISC), launched with the support of major players in the automotive manufacturing and related service industries. RISC provides instant and ongoing financial relief (subject to approval) to individuals working for vehicle recovery companies who meet the required criteria.

Operators in the recovery industry put themselves at risk every day, particularly when they rescue people from the UK’s hard shoulders and laybys. Fatalities are unfortunately a reality. In 2004 the Department for Transport reported that 36 fatalities and 1,486 injuries occurred on the UK’s hard shoulder areas.* Announcing the donation, Green Flag national networks manager Ken Hurley said: “There is no doubt that working on the side of a busy road or on a motorway hard shoulder presents huge risks for recovery operators.

This risk is borne out by statistics gathered on the number of tragic incidents that occur each year. “We fully support the work of the RISC and are delighted to be able to contribute funds to enable more people and their families to receive help in times of need”.

Nigel Schroder, finance director of Isuzu Truck (UK) Limited and secretary and treasurer of RISC said: “This really does give the funds a healthy boost, Green Flag is a well-known company within the recovery industry and this size of donation reflects strongly on how seriously the charity is being accepted”.

Green Flag rescues some 1 million people each year from locations across the UK and mainland Europe. The company dispatches technicians from its extensive network of independent recovery agents to customers who have vehicle breakdowns, while coordinating incidents from its centre in Leeds. For more information about RISC, visit www.riscuk.net