by Chair | Dec 4, 2019 | News
We are delighted to hear that staff at the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea have voted to make Blood Bikes Wales their Charity of Choice for 2020. The Charity of Choice initiative was launched in 2014 and so far DVLA staff have raised a massive total... 
by Chair | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog
The last in my blog series about the services we offer to our NHS, that is until the NHS thinks of something else we can help carry. This time we are going to look at blood. If you are a blood donor well done. Like us, giving blood is entirely voluntary and helps... 
by Chair | Nov 16, 2019 | News
It’s official, Blood Bikes Wales is the Welsh Charity Awards 2019 Organisation of the Year! Representatives of the charity, including one of our founder members and one of our newest members attended a black tie dinner at the National Museum in Cardiff last... 
by Chair | Nov 12, 2019 | News
Blood Bikes Wales have reached the final shortlist for the Organisation of the Year award at the Welsh Charity Awards 2019, to be held on 15 November. The Welsh Charity Awards are a brand-new scheme from WCVA that recognise and celebrate the fantastic contribution... by Chair | Nov 7, 2019 | News
Blood Bikes Wales are saddened to learn of the death of one of our volunteer riders Dan Orlandea. Dan, who was not on duty at the time, was sadly killed on Sunday 3rd November in a collision with a car near Libanus. The thoughts of the entire Blood Bike community are... 
by Chair | Nov 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
No, not your Deliveroo order but medicine, we deliver medicine. My better half works in a pharmacy and just like any other stock, sometimes they run out or sometimes the item is so unusual that it has to be ordered especially for that patient. It’s the same in... by Chair | Nov 1, 2019 | News
We are delighted to discover that Blood Bikes Wales is a finalist for Organisation of the Year in the Welsh Charity Awards 2019. This is a result of the hard work our volunteers have put in over the last year in helping our NHS, the 1,000s of jobs and calls that we... 
by Chair | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
I don’t know about ‘Miracle Bikes’ but that was the term used by a lady who called our enquiry line recently. Her husband had been taken into hospital with a suspected infection. The next morning he was starting his treatment. The sample that... 
by Chair | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog
Our West area services the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and for the last few years has been operating a chemo run on a Friday morning. One of the things I didn’t realise was how chemotherapy needs to be tailored for each session according to... 
by Chair | Sep 15, 2019 | Blog
We do on occasion get asked to carry some unusual items, often we have no idea what they are for apart from the fact that they are medical and they’re important. As a controller I’ve been asked if a bike can carry odd items and as a rider myself my main... 