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And that's a wrap...

Today our volunteers have finished spreading festive cheer to the last of the Children’s Wards we visited in our Blood Bikes Santa Run 2025. Since we began this annual event it has grown year on year thanks to the generosity of those who support it. Back in 2017 we began by supporting one hospital but this year we are dropping off 126 giant Santa bags to 18 different Children’s wards, both in-patient and out-patient, at 12 different hospitals across our region.

Today our volunteers have been spreading some festive cheer to the second of the Children’s Wards we will be visiting in our Blood Bikes Santa Run 2025. Since we began this annual event it has grown year on year thanks to the generosity of those who support it. Back in 2017 we began by supporting one hospital but this year we are dropping off 126 giant Santa bags to 18 different Children’s wards, both in-patient and out-patient, at 12 different hospitals across our region.

Today our volunteers have begun spreading some festive cheer to the first of the Children’s Wards we will be visiting in our Blood Bikes Santa Run 2025. Since we began this annual event it has grown year on year thanks to the generosity of those who support it. Back in 2017 we began by supporting one hospital but this year we are dropping off 126 giant Santa bags to 18 different Children’s wards, both in-patient and out-patient, at 12 different hospitals across our region.

 

On our Santa Run today we visited Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust:

Relay Alert 

Today we took part in another relay. This relay was for urgent samples that needed to be transported from Edinburgh to the RVI in Newcastle. Thanks to Blood Bikes Scotland volunteer Joe and our volunteer Ian.

 

Urgent Relay Alert 

Urgent cancer medication needed in Edinburgh by 4:00pm and closest place that had it was St James hospital in Leeds. 

Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes collected at 9:30, transported to Scotch Corner by their volunteer Andy who passed it to our rider, Alan, at 10:30. We transported it to Berwick where we handed over to Joe of Blood Bikes Scotland at 12:55 who delivered it to Western General Hospital at 14:24. 

 

Donor Milk Run Relay

On Friday we took part in a donor milk relay. It began with Serv Herts & Beds collecting the donor milk from The Hearts Milk Bank who relayed with Derbyshire Blood Bikes. They transported it up to Wetherby where they handed it over to our volunteer. It was then delivered to the Neo-Natal Unit at Sunderland Royal Hospital.

We’re delighted to have raised new funds with givtouk in November 
Thanks to the 34 Giveto members our charity will receive £568.74 (including gift aid). These donations will enable us to complete around 190 jobs. That is 190 people’s healthcare journeys we can support and potentially lives saved.
If you want to help more charities like ours, sign up to Givto now 
https://www.givto.org 

 

Don’t forget to save your used stamps to raise funds for NBB to pop them in the post! 

All kinds of stamps are welcome, on or off paper. Simply cut or carefully tear your postage stamps from the used envelope. Once you have a few to donate to us, pop them in an envelope and send them to: 

Northumbria Blood Bikes, PO Box 16992, Sutton Coldfield, B73 9YA (*postage needs to be applied*)

If you need any further information, you can visit: 

Donor Milk Run Relay

Today we took part in a donor milk relay. It began with Serv Herts & Beds collecting the donor milk from The Hearts Milk Bank who relayed with Derbyshire Blood Bikes. They transported it up to Wetherby where they handed it over to our volunteer. It was then delivered to the RVI and to Gateshead.

We’d like to say thank you to the couple who approached our volunteer at Wetherby to pass on their appreciation of what we do and made a donation to our charity.

 

Relay Alert 

On Tuesday we took part in a relay involving 5 Blood Bikes Groups. 

Blood Bikes Scotland collected 3 boxes of samples from Victoria Hospital in Fife. Handed over to our volunteer at Berwick. It was transported down to Wetherby where we handed over to Derbyshire Blood Bikes. They delivered to J15A on the M1 where they handed over to Serv Herts & Beds. They delivered 2 packages to Charing Cross and Queens Square and handed the 3rd package to SERV Surrey & London who delivered it to Guildford.