16 February 2019
For the past 12 months the June Baker Singers have been fundraising for us. This week members Paul Cull and Dave Lakeland attended a presentation of cheques totalling a massive £1354. They also very kindly serenaded Paul as it was his birthday! Thank you so much!
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At 22:00 hrs on Tuesday 12th February 2019, exactly 6 years 10 months and 10 days, since we started operating we have reached 60,000 call-outs from our local NHS Hospitals.
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2019 Chairman’s Bit
Well, 2019 has come along and in May we reach our seventh anniversary, which will also herald the time when our Chairman Elect, Simon Hanson, steps in to take over what I have had the privilege of doing since we started,
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09 November 2018
Last night a selection of members from the charity took part in an interview with BBC Radio Lancashire, live from our Head Quarters at Bamber Bridge. They discussed the work of the charity and how it helps to save the NHS money. A number of members were interviewed and talked about the different roles that they do and how they all come together to fulfil the aims of the charity.
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30 September 2018
14 August 2018
We are delighted to announce that 2 push biking colleagues are participating in a challenging fundraising event to raise money for our Blood Bike charity. Martin and Colette Whelan are taking part in the Deloitte Ride Across Britain…
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25 June 2018
After weeks of glorious sunshine we should have known better than to bring out the central area gazebo. Our third major event of the year and our third wet one! Despite the weather we had a fabulous time and had an excellent attendance of members from all areas. Along with some new faces, we had the pleasure of the lovely Gary Warn who is once again an active member in North West Blood Bikes proving that once you join this amazing group there is just no escape!
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25 June 2018
Within Central Lancs area lies the beautiful rural village of Goosnargh, a village that our riders pass through on most days. It is also the home of the Goosnargh and Whittingham Women’s Institute who meet in the village hall, which is where Mike Hockney and I caught up with them and delivered a talk on what we do at North West Blood Bikes and how this benefits their community.
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09 June 2018
In 2011 four keen motorcyclists got together and decided to help the NHS Hospitals in the North West of England by providing free urgent and emergency, out of hours transport for Blood, Platelets, Samples for analysis, medication, Doctors notes, donor breast milk for premature babies, in fact anything that they could carry safely on motorbikes.
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12 May 2018
The funeral of our dear lost friend and colleague Russell Curwen will take place on Friday 18th May 2018. The church service will be held at Kendal Parish Church at 12:15pm (Kirkland, Kendal. LA9 5AF) and at Beetham Crematorium at 2pm (Beetham, Milnthorpe LA7 7BQ) If you are attending and wish to travel by car there is a public car park, named Peppercorn, just past the church on the right-hand side, but please be aware there will be a mini-bus with NWBBLL members on board and several Blood Bike Cars needing to park on there. If you can park elsewhere it would be appreciated.
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