2025

Please welcome our new Blood Car to Northumbria Blood Bikes!

Today our second hybrid vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, went into operational service​. This vehicle replaces one of our other cars, that we recently retired from the fleet, and we chose to continue our journey into the realms of hybrid vehicles.

Thank you to Whickham Ladies Thursday Group who chose Northumbria Blood Bikes as their charity for 2024. This was following a talk delivered to their group. Yesterday they handed over a cheque for £1000. Thank you so much ladies, your support is very much appreciated.
 

Yesterday five Blood Bikes groups took part in a national relay of samples. This run is usually completed by Civil Air Support however due to the unpredictable weather they were unable to complete it on this occasion.

Yesterday three Blood Bike groups have taken part in a national relay of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) samples.

Starting with Russell from Shropshire • Staffordshire • Cheshire Blood Bikes who collected the samples from University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre.  They were relayed with John from Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes, at Barlborough, who then transported them up to Scotch Corner where our volunteer driver Paul. He then delivered to The Freeman Hospital, in Newcastle.

Our thanks go out to St Columbas United Reformed Church in North Shields, who run a group called Here And Now Doing Something or HANDS for short, after they raised £500 at a coffee morning for our charity. 

Photograph of Margaret Hooper presenting a cheque to our volunteer rider Chad.

 

Beat the ballot by joining #TeamBloodBikes in this year’s Great North Run. 

Take on the challenge and raise vital funds for our charity.

Secure your place today via:
https://www.northumbriabloodbikes.org.uk/GNR

 

As the white stuff falls across the region it’s business as usual for our team of volunteers out on the roads. Although our blood bikes have been stood down our blood cars take their place. Just a bit of extra time at the start of the shift to get the vehicles ready for action.