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North Staffs duty rider Paul S. popped into the Cat Inn at Northwood, Stoke on Trent to collect a full rattle can from Jenny.  £25.50 donated and Jenny and her patrons will continue to support us.  Thank you so much.

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Malcolm Davies can we get one for the bar in the white lion 🦁 please

EXCELLENT NEWS.  MA BAKERS PRE-LOVED CLOTHING SALE HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER DAY.  SATURDAY AUGUST 23RD AND SUNDAY AUGUST 24TH.  DONT MISS IT!  PLEASE SHARE.Image attachment

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Thank you so much happy retirement

The bikers kept my husband going for three years and I’m so thankful. We raised over £1000 when he died.

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Excellent day thanks all. Blood bike Gilbert

We are so glad that Mick could come along with Gilbert and noticed many attendees having a chat, I hope it's helped to spread the word of the important role the blood bikers have thank you Mick for popping along to Hempstalls Hall Care Home - Avery Healthcare for the day

And mick had a biker buddy key ring from me

Wonderful, thank you 👏

Well done everyone and thank you 🙏

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I can’t make the sale, ( at the Manx), but I’ll be at the meeting In Sandyford on the 11th, so if anyone wants to bring stuff to the meeting, I’ll gladly get it across to Dave.

Dave is amazing and works hard for our charity xx

Do we drop stuff off at the cafe or elsewhere?

Annette Cookson

For the past year, we have been privileged to be one of the chosen charities for the Lord Mayor and the Sheriff of Lichfield.  On Thursday, 10 July, the former Mayor of Lichfield, Cllr Sam Schafer, accompanied by the former Sheriff, Cathy Wood, and Consort, Nigel Gann, presented cheques in the Mayor’s Parlour to representatives of their nominated charities.  During their year in office, the former Mayor and Sheriff raised a total of £5,688.89, which was equally distributed between their two chosen charities: Staffordshire Blood Bikes and Lichfield Foodbank. Chris Hyde from Blood Bikes and Ann Schwarzenbach from Lichfield Foodbank were delighted to receive their cheques for £2,844.45 each.  To raise funds, the former Mayor and Sheriff hosted a variety of successful charity events throughout their year in office, including a Quiz Night, Masquerade Ball, Ceilidh Dance and a Sunday Lunch.  Our sincere thanks to Sam and Cathy for their generosity.  L to R: From Lichfield Foodbank Ann Schwarzenbach, former Sheriff Cathy Wood & consort, Nigel Gann, former Mayor Cllr Sam Schafer & Chris Hyde from Shropshire Staffordshire Cheshire Blood bikes.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
This afternoon we were invited to lead the parade at Tarporley Carnival for the second year.  Picture shows Phil B riding Blood Bike “Curzon” through the village in  scorching temperatures. Hope you had a nice ice cream later Phil!  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

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Great to see Chester Golf club bike “ Curzon “ 👍

Such a great honor for SSCBB and of course local lad Phil who volunteered Friday on Macc run then Friday night Car Show at Malpas then today at Tarporley Carnival should have Freedom of Tarporley ice cream shops.

The Cheshire team are at Hampton Heath this evening at the “Anything Goes “ car show.  Finlay and Archie came over and had a sit on our mini blood bike, why not come along, enjoy the beautiful weather, listen to the live band and have a chat with us.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDoImage attachment

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Thank you for the combined area effort.. and special thanks to whoever bought the ice creams & water!

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.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDoImage 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.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDoImage attachment

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Great to see you all!

Kate ….absolute star …. Bought my last two bikes for me 😂😁Genuinely nice girl ….gives decent advice …star 👍

I watched UsernameKate password her advanced test on UTUBE.

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

You provide an extremely valuable service, BUT why oh why take up disabled bays with your displays. I rarely see parking areas cordoned off which are not disabled bays.

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Youll find us at Totally Local Leek today!  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

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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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The saddest news

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

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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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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