St. Helens and District Group of Advanced Motorists Registered Charity Number 1058971 (England & Wales)

Chair’s Remarks August 2020

I hope you’ve all been keeping yourselves safe and well through these last few months. It’s still a strange time but hopefully the majority of you are starting to now see the resumption of some sort of normality. With that, we should also start to see a return to driving. If you are feeling unsure … Read more

Restart of Group Activities

All IAM RoadSmart local car groups have received the go-ahead to restart activities. However, it is not yet ‘business as usual’. Our next course nominally starts in September but since most of our Observers are not  returning to observing at the moment then the places available will be extremely limited. If you are considering doing … Read more

Chair’s Remarks April 2020

I know that this is a time of great uncertainty as everyone in society adjusts to the Covid-19 pandemic. I hope that you are all doing whatever is necessary to keep yourselves safe.  As is prudent at this time, the committee have made a decision to suspend all Group activities until we receive guidance from … Read more

All Group activities are cancelled to reduce Coronavirus risk

Dear Associate / Group Member, Please see the email below from IAM RoadSmart. To conform to the request the St. Helens Group is cancelling all of its activities for the time being – no observed runs, social events, committee or other meetings (including our AGM planned for the 4th June). No advanced driving tests are going to be … Read more

Alan Phillips – forever remembered

It is with deep regret and sadness that we report the death of former Observer Alan Phillips after a relatively recent battle with a health issue. Alan decided to hang-up his clip-board and retire from observing in March 2019. He had been a stalwart Observer for several years and had passed his National Observer Test in January … Read more

Martin Brady – forever remembered

It is with deep regret and sadness that we report the death of Observer Martin Brady. After a battle with long standing health issues Martin passed away on the 12th February. Martin joined our Observer team in March 2017. His keen eye and analytical thought made him a superb Observer. He was a true gentleman … Read more

F1RST Test Pass for Kathy Higgins

Kathy Higgins passed the Advanced Driving Test today and achieved a F1RST. The Examiner was Jeff Mather. Well done Kathy, all your hard work and perseverance has paid off. This is a fantastic achievement. Kathy had passed the Advanced Test 25 years ago but wanted to see if she was still driving at the Advanced standard. She applied for a Members Assessment.