Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes
Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes is a not-for-profit charitable organisation set up by a group of local volunteers in 2013 to provide an out of hours emergency response service to the NHS, to deliver blood and other urgent medical supplies such as platelets, plasma, samples and medical records between hospitals and blood transfusion banks primarily, but not exclusively, in Nottinghamshire.
Visit their website http://nottinghamshirebloodbikes.org/ to find out more. You'll find their contact details and information about how you can support them - by volunteering your time, and/or by supporting their fundraising efforts.
Although Notts Blood Bikes are an independent charitable cause, they work to the high standards of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes –
Each NABB member performs a similar service, using motorcycles (and sometimes cars) to provide an out-of-hours 'medical essentials' courier service to hospitals and other health institutions within their area. The charities carry urgently needed medical items such as blood, biological samples, medical notes, x-rays and scans. The service is offered free of charge to the NHS and all members are unpaid volunteers.
The existing NABB members reach more than 85% of the UK's population and parts of Ireland, with further expansion planned in 2013, will extend blood bike coverage to 54 million people. Will your next journey save a life? Theirs could.