The UK Professional Drivers Association (PDA) has created a new charity aimed at helping vocational drivers.

Steve Parrish, the former truck and motorcycle racing champion, will be patron for the Professional Drivers Foundation.

Mr Parrish said that he was pleased to help a charity aimed at people such as HGV drivers, who he called the lifeline of the UK, having had a few accidents in his time on the circuit.

The charity will provide advice and financial support for professional drivers who need help, Mr Parrish hopes.

Pat Nicholson, PDA founder, said: "The foundation was formed primarily for the welfare of lorry drivers. It is not a well-paid industry, and entails long hours with many of the workforce being away four nights a week and sleeping in their vehicles."

The PDA aims to help those who are recently qualified to drive vocationally with their first job by providing them specialist knowledge.

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