News

1. Cardiff taxi cabs now carry RAPAID

   The city is the first in Wales and the seventh in the UK to form part of RAPAID’s campaign to put life-saving emergency bandages kits into circulation so that any member of the public can potentially stop the bleed and save a life in the event of an accident, incident, or criminal attack. The Cardiff […]

   04/11/2024
2. Cab drivers are quiet heroes

   By Steve McNamara, General Secretary at the London Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA) London cabs and the cabbies who drive them are iconic around the world. Every tourist that comes to London wants to ride in a cab and have their picture taken with one. They are to London what Gondolas are to Venice and Tuk […]

   16/07/2024
3. Are you worried about knife crime? So are we.

   Anyone who has seen the TV footage of Hayley Ryall, mother of murdered teenager, Mikey Roynon recently cannot help but have been moved by her account of how knife crime cut short her son’s life and has devasted her family.  We all want to be able to enjoy evenings with friends, and most of the […]

   11/06/2024
4. Best Bar None choose RAPAID kits to keep Plymouth nightlife safer

   At RAPAID, we understand the importance of keeping people safe when they’re out and about late at night – which is why we have equipped taxis in Manchester, Exeter, Oxford, Swindon, London, and most recently Plymouth with our life-saving emergency bandage kits. And now, the nighttime economy in Plymouth is getting on board with our […]

   04/06/2024
5. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust chooses RAPAID kit

   It might seem a little like selling coals to Newcastle, or ice to the North Pole, but if anyone understands the risks of bleeding out from an injury, it’s an NHS Trust! And Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has chosen to make RAPAID its supplier for bleed kits, purchasing a total of 36 of our emergency […]

   14/05/2024
6. Complete Space relies on RAPAID for complete safety

   At RAPAID, we’re doing everything we can to equip as many UK locations as possible with our emergency bandage kits – so it’s always fantastic to see individuals getting involved to drive us towards our goal. Recently, Peter Emery, director of Middlesex-based design company, Complete Space, took on the responsibility of keeping his workers and […]

   09/04/2024
7. CT Insight speaks with our co-founder, Alex Chivers

   At RAPAID, our mission is to put our life-saving emergency bandage kits into public places where any member of the public can use them to stop the bleed, without the need for any specialist training. It’s an initiative that could prevent casualties from becoming fatalities following a terror attack, helping them to survive in those […]

   26/03/2024
8. Ploughing experience into positive change – we talk to our Patron, Travis Frain

   On 22 March 2017, an individual drove a hired car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London, before exiting the vehicle and attacking nearby people with a blade. He killed six people and injured around fifty others. Amongst those injured was Travis Frain, who, at the time, was a 19-year-old university student. Travis recovered from […]

   22/03/2024