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Ria joined Northumbria Blood Bikes as a volunteer following an accident in 2013 and received blood transfusions which began at the roadside with The Great North Air Ambulance Service. She found out in 2014 that it was Northumbria Blood Bikes who delivered the blood to the hospital and to the air ambulance. She decided to volunteer once she was in a more stable position. Her last blood transfusion was in 2018 when she had her leg amputated.

Ria’s reason for volunteering with our charity was featured on BBC Morning Live on Thursday 6th March.

Our team at Northumbria Blood Bikes are all incredibly excited to watch BBC One tomorrow morning at 9:30am.

Join us to find out why…
 

Many thanks to The Garage Bar and Grille staff and customers for their donation of £125 from their Christmas Bikers Bash.

Today our volunteer driver Ian collected milk from the Morpeth milk hub and delivered it to several neonatal wards across the region. Beginning with the Great North Children’s Hospital at the RVI, in Newcastle, then Sunderland Royal Hospital and finishing with James Cook, in Middlesbrough.

Milk relay completed today.

Starting out at Hearts Milk Bank, in Berkhamsted, the milk began the relay by train up to Central Station, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, where it was handed over to our volunteer driver Paul who delivered it to the Milk Hub, in Morpeth.

All completed completely free of charge for the NHS by Blood Bike volunteers.

Coming to an event near you this year are our new range of Northumbria Blood Bikes caps and beanie hats.

Priced at £15 each.

Today we received news that we’ve made the final shortlist for the Pride of Britain Fund £100,000 Giveaway. 

Now we need you to vote for our charity to receive the fund. This money will truly help us to be there for others when the calls comes through to our team of volunteers.

Just follow the link below > select North East > scroll down and find our charity ‘Northumbria Blood Bikes’ > read the Ts&Cs > submit your vote

https://data.reachplc.com/250124925273049
 

Tonight at 7pm our charity will reach its 11th anniversary since our service first went ‘live’.  During that time we have helped to improve people’s healthcare journeys by providing a service to the NHS and Great North Air Ambulance Service.

This is only achievable thanks to the support we receive from our amazing team of volunteers, our service users, our donors and YOU the public. Thank you to each of our supporters! 

Thank you to all the staff and customers at Millie’s American Diner for their generous donation of £400 to our charity!

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.