HGV drivers made redundant by RHA members can apply for a free day’s Driver CPC or an HGV driver medical to help them get back to work.
The move is aimed at helping those HGV drivers who have lost their jobs at an RHA member company.
The RHA is calling on its members to make any drivers that they have made redundant aware of this offer.
Drivers can apply through the RHA Benevolent Fund which will fund the CPC or medical.
The RHA Benevolent Fund, which is a registered charity, supports employees or former employees of members or the RHA, who have suffered financial hardship.
This latest offer is a new venture for the fund – previously it has only responded to claims received and not publicised any form of support.
The fund is mainly financed by donations from RHA members and money raised at social functions
RHA Benevolent Fund chairman, Jim French MBE said: “This is a completely new concept for the Fund. We are living in unprecedented times since the advent of COVID-19 and the trustees wanted to initiate measures to help those in our industry who were struggling as a result."
Under the offer redundant drivers can apply for a day’s Driver CPC training with our RHA’s own team of experienced trainers. This can be an online course or a classroom session at RHA’s Peterborough training facility. Dates are available between October and December.
Alternatively, drivers can book a free D4Drivers HGV driver medical which they can take at one of D4Drivers’ 85 UK sites.
Applications can be made via the Benevolent Fund page on the RHA website www.rha.uk.net.
