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.

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. 

Merry Christmas to you all! 

Don’t forget to catch BBC Casualty on BBC 1 tonight at 9.20pm (Saturday 21st December 2024) or watch it NOW on BBC iPlayer. This Christmas special features our very own honorary blood biker Beatrix's Heart Journey and her family.