FMT relay yesterday
Russell from Shropshire • Staffordshire • Cheshire Blood Bikes collected from MTC Birmingham and handed over to Paul from Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes at Barborough. Paul then headed north and handed over to our volunteer Mick at Scotch Corner who delivered to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
Approximately 213 miles.
We are very thankful and proud of each of our volunteers for the time they give to our charity. Every three months we have the honour to present our volunteers with recognition awards for achieving milestone shift totals.
Tonight we awarded Thomas and Neil their ‘Bronze Award’ for completing 25 shifts. Stuart, Eamonn and Carolyn their ‘Gold Award’ for completing 100 shifts.
“A friend of mine volunteered for a blood bike group in the South of England and hearing about what he was involved with and the role he played in their group really interested me so I searched to see if there was something similar local to me and I discovered NBB.
“I heard about the charity through a friend who volunteers for another Blood Bike group in the South West.
We are both keen motorcyclists and are also keen to give to charity. What a great idea to do both. I have always admired volunteers and their dedication to a cause. I joined in March 2024 and became a rider for the first time in the October.
“I was first introduced to the work of Northumbria Blood Bikes (NBB) when attending a fire station open day with my grandson, the NBB volunteers described the valuable work done by the organisation.
A neighbour who has a shared interest in motorbikes mentioned the service which he had involvement with and it sparked an interest in me to enquire and pursue it.
I heard about Northumbria Blood Bikes from my wife who works at the RVI and I had seen the team when dropping her off. I have always been a biker and thought I’d check out the website to see what it was all about.
I met up with an old advanced driving tutor friend (Peter M) who I hadn’t seen for a while who introduced me to Northumbria Blood Bikes and I joined in April 2018.
I’m currently a driver, controller and occasionally I’ve attended fundraisers. I have also given a couple of talks to schools.
