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

Welcome to the St. Helens & District Group of Advanced Motorists

Affiliated to IAM RoadSmart, we are a friendly Group with skilled, knowledgeable drivers who are keen to help all those wishing to improve their driving skills (our first-time Pass rate is established at over 90%). We also enjoy getting together for social activities.

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Welcome to the St. Helens & District Group of Advanced Motorists

Have a look at the About Us page to see what we can offer you, a member of your family or a friend. Our aim is to help people to enjoy safe driving and we have a range of options.

Welcome to the St. Helens & District Group of Advanced Motorists

Members can keep up with all our News and other activities, access our bi-monthly Newsletters, keep an eye on our Events, arrange a "refresher drive" with one of our Observers, etc

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Group update

Chair's update

Oct 8, 2022, 18:40 PM by Mark Farnworth

October 2022
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Latest newsletter

Young Driver Scheme

60+ Driver benefits

Newsletter February 2023 (pdf)

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The St. Helens Group is able to provide a fantastic £89 discount to drivers aged 17 to 35 who join the Group to take the Advanced Driver Course.

Due to generous donations, the Group is able to offer discounts and cash backs totalling £50 to those aged 60 and over who take the Advanced Driver Course.

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Member get member scheme

The IAM RoadSmart member-get-member 'Sharing is Caring' page is now live. Here you can find more information about the scheme and also download vouchers to share with family and friends. Please visit the member-get-member 'Sharing is Caring' page here.

Latest Associate news

Latest Observer news

A warm welcome to new Associate Alex Herrmann

Mar 22, 2023, 13:46 PM by Mark Farnworth

Welcome to Alex Herrmann
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National Observer Test Passes

Feb 28, 2023, 15:23 PM by Mark Farnworth

Congratulations to Garry Maddocks, Mark Hemans and Andrew Farrimond.
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SHGAM articles published in national IAM Inform

Next Associate classroom session

Next social event

04 May 08:00 PM

Spring IAM RoadSmart Advanced Driver Course – Course Introduction

Mercure Hotel, Linkway West, St. Helens, WA10 1NG.

04 May

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30 Mar 06:45 PM

Group Meal at the Red Cat, Crank, St. Helens

8 Red Cat Lane, Crank, St Helens, WA11 8RU

30 Mar

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Course dates

IAM RoadSmart Blogs

The offside rule	Driving in the 21st century
Making an impact	Autonomous cars: will we let them be autonomous?

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Latest SHGAM driving tips

Advanced driving terminology

Terminology is used in all specialised activities, advanced driving being no exception. Within our Group we try to keep terminology to a minimum and when used, the 'giver' should be certain that the 'receiver' understands. Described below are the meanings of a few of the more technical words and phrases we use within the St. Helens & District Group.