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Our Chair, Jeremy C. and his wife Jane, Vice-Chair Lynne S. and Trustee Helen B.  were honoured to be guests at Lichfield Cathedral this afternoon for a service of celebration in honour of Sir Ian Dudson KCVO CBE who was retiring from his role as the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.  Sir Ian has been a Patron of our Charity for several years and we have met him and his wife, Lady Jane, on many occasions in their support of us.  So many wonderful tributes were heard about his work over the last thirteen years and it is obvious that he will be very much missed.  We wish him and Lady Dudson a happy and relaxing retirement and send our thanks for his support which we greatly valued.Image attachmentImage attachment
Look who came to see us this morning at Halliwell Jones open day, non other than UsernameKate !! We’re here along with the IAM and the Mottorad events team.Image attachment

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Great to see you all!

I watched UsernameKate password her advanced test on UTUBE.

Love her she's a great ambassador for motorbiking and an inspiration.

Youll find us at Totally Local Leek today.

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Doing an absolutely brilliant job. 🩸🏍️

Well done team - sorry I couldn’t make it

We learnt, with great sadness, of the tragic loss of one of our fellow blood bikers at Blood Bikes Wales . All of us at SSCBB send our sincere condolences to his family and friends and to our blood bike colleagues in Wales.

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Such very sad news. Thank you as always for the amazing job you do in all weathers and stay safe out there😔🙏

The saddest news

So sad rip brother 🙏

So very sad. Condolences to his family.

So.very.sorry.for.your.loss God Bless

So very sad🥲

A great loss of some one who was doing something to help others.

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No its not the temperature, its the number of jobs SSCBB completed on Monday of this week, These included a relay from Countess of Chester Hospital to St Thomas hospital London Thanks go to SERV Surrey and London for their assistance and patience while our driver, Ted M navigated a bomb scare, heavy traffic and numerous diversions on what was the hottest day of the year so far. On that day we thank DCMs Jeremy C and Elaine P, Controllers Helen B, Jim D and Barrie G and, of course to all our lovely riders. Thank you all! #itswhatwedo

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I was proud to have completed two of those. I had the news my grandfather had passed away in hospital while delivering the first job - it seemed fitting I was giving something back to the NHS after the care they had given him.

Fantastic

This Sunday, 6th July we will be at Halliwell Jones Mottorad (Chester) Open Day. Come along and meet our Cheshire team,chat about volunteering with us ( we are looking for riders and controllers) have a look at our BMW R1250 RS Blood Bikes and enjoy the whole day.

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We look forward to seeing you again on Sunday!

SSCBB rider Phil W was invited to the Brimfield Vintage Club  meeting at Ludlow and was pleased to receive a generous cheque donation of £261 from Michael Wozencroft. Phil had previously done a talk for the group and promised to take a blood bike (Ma Bakers) along this time. Thank you very much.
One of our goals is to raise awareness about our charity and the work that we do! 📣  On our website you can find information about:  ✅ Volunteers
✅ Hospitals We Serve
✅ Donations
✅ What we do
✅ How you can help!  👉 Visit our website here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
This morning I went to Sheffield Northern General hospital to deliver samples from Countess of Chester, and after delivering I stopped off at Andrea’s cafe on the A616 on the way back.  I had the best sausage sandwich and cup of Yorkshire tea and the lovely Andrea refused payment, thanking us for the work blood bikers do throughout the country.  Thankyou Andrea 👍  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

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Job well done but should you be sharing the Countess’s personal information? 😺

Thank you for being the rider for this job 🥰

Keep up this amazing work…Respect.

Lovely gesture and well deserved 

So deserved well done hero!!!

Used these regularly when I worked in NHS an absolutely amazing organisation who can't do enough to help 24 hours a day 7 days a week x Definitely unsung hero's x

It is nice to be Appreciated thanks for the job you all do on these dangerous roads you guy’s deserve more than a sausage sandwich well done Andrea.👏🏻👏🏻👍.

Great job fella and big thanks to Andrea what a kind gesture 👍🏻

Nice to be appreciated x

We would be lost if we did not have people like you and also great people like Andrea I would just like to say i respect you all x

Nice one Andrea xx

What a lovely gesture

Well done to you and well done Andrea 😍

Brilliant. Well done all round 👍.

You very much deserve it, for doing such a great job for a worthy cause ❤️

Respect to you all .Thank you.🇬🇧

Not enough credit is give to the blood bikes good job done xx

Yip well done you guys and girls ! 👍

Brilliant charity

Nice! It’s always lovely when we get thanked and recognised like this! Will have to make sure we go and put some money in her till when I’m up that way!

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Lovely thanks Andrea 😊

Thankyou Andrea

Fabulous !!

Brilliant !

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Last day for the Cheshire team at the Kelsall Steam & Vintage Rally. Thank you for everyone who supported us on the day and wanted to know more about joining us either as a rider or a controller 🙂 🏍️☎️  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
Our team at Lymm Historic Transport Day are ready to welcome you.  Visit us for a chat and learn about the free services we offer our hospitals.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
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What people say about us

“The blood bikes are vital to getting our life saving faecal transplants to critically ill patients with C. dificile infection”

Professor Peter Hawkey, FMT Service Lead, PHE Public Health Laboratory Birmingham

“On a regular basis we need to transport samples urgently, between Shrewsbury and Telford, and also from here in Shropshire to Birmingham and beyond. In the past it has been quite difficult, out of hours, to get those samples moving quickly, so it has made a huge difference to us to be able to rely on blood bikes to get those samples moving for us.”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

“The voluntary service the blood bikes offer us has been instrumental in widening the scope of our FMT service across the country and ensuring costs are a low as possible for the NHS”

Dr Vicki McCune, FMT Service Manager PHE Public Health Laboratory Birmingham

“There is certainly times when the quicker we can get results back, the better the outcome for the patient, so blood bikes are helping to save lives and, at the same time, they are saving the NHS lots of money”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

“We are so grateful to the volunteer riders who give up their time to courier blood products and urgent samples for testing between our hospitals and the regional NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) centre in Birmingham. Every minute counts when it comes to helping seriously-ill and injured patients and being able to call on the blood bikes round the clock helps us to provide safe, effective treatment and transfusions.”

Paula Gardener, Chief Nurse Burton Hospital Trust (covering Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth)

“We very much appreciate all of their efforts and the support they give both SaTH and the wider NHS.”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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