25 April 2017
Last night, Jeff Cottam (Centre and sat on our bike) lead an excellent tour of the huge lab at Royal Blackburn Hospital
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19 April 2017
In November last year, young North West Blood Bike rider, Niall Miller was attacked in Bolton as thieves tried to steal his bike. Niall has now returned to Bolton in happier circumstances.
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17 April 2017
Local fundraiser Becky Newton is raising funds for local charity North West Blood Bikes – Lancs & Lakes (NWBB-LL) by hosting a vintage themed tea party in her home town.
read full story06 March 2017
On Sunday 7th May 2017 two friends, Ian Woodburn and Calum Wilcock, are riding non-stop (apart for essential comfort breaks) from John O’ Groats to Lands Ends to raise funds for North West Blood Bikes Lancs and Lakes. As both riders work for the NHS at The Royal Lancaster Infirmary they decided this would be a great charity to sponsor.
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22 February 2017
A group from Penwortham have been raising money for local charity North West Blood Bikes – Lancs & Lakes.
The 13 members of Crafty Ladies from Tuson House who meet weekly, nominated the charity as their charity of choice for 2016. Money was raised by holding a cabaret night, Christmas raffle and a table top sale. The ladies also sold items that they had knitted and crocheted like Easter bunnies, Halloween spiders and Christmas reindeers along with other items throughout the year.
read full story18 January 2017
North West Blood Bikes, a voluntary, out-of-hours transport service for lifesaving medical supplies in Lancashire, has won £25,000 following their Aviva Community Fund entry bid. North West Blood Bikes is just one of the 450 plus organisations and charities that have won funding to support their inspiring work.
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17 October 2016
2016 just gets better and better for North West Blood Bikes – Lancs and Lakes. Following our achievements in being awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Services and the National Lottery Good Causes Award which gained us national TV coverage, the charity has now had its busiest year to date.
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22 June 2016
North West Blood Bikes Lancs & Lakes is appealing for local votes as it strives for nationwide acclaim on BBC One in this year’s National Lottery Awards.
The project beat off stiff competition from over 600 organisations to reach the public voting stage in this year’s National Lottery Awards – the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.
North West Blood Bikes Lancs & Lakes is competing against six other projects to be crowned the winner of the Health category. Winners of the seven National Lottery Awards categories will each get a £3,000 cash prize to spend on their project, an iconic National Lottery Awards trophy and attend a star-studded glittering Awards ceremony in London, broadcast on BBC One in September hosted by TV star and actor John Barrowman.
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25 November 2013
Commissioner donates Blood Bike to charity
A former police motorbike is set to take on a life-saving role thanks to Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Clive Grunshaw has donated the bike to the North West Blood Bikes Lancs and Lakes (NWBB L&L), meaning it will now be used by volunteers delivering vital blood supplies to hospitals across the region.
read full story17 April 2013
Great news, East Lancashire Masonic Charity have given North West Blood Bikes Lancs & Lakes a donation of £4,175 to buy another bike. Fantastic and our heartfelt thanks to everyone concerned.
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