Blood Bikes Wales

Blood Bikes Wales 100% Volunteers | Zero Charge to our NHS
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Registered charity: 1201700 We need fundraisers, controllers, administrators and riders.

Our service to the NHS is provided free of charge and is funded entirely by public donations and sponsorship. We are often referred to as Blood Bikes but we also transport test samples, documents, X-rays, donated human milk, and other medical supplies and equipment. We cover the whole of Wales, providing services to all NHS Trusts with regional groups based in Cwmbran, Cardiff, Swansea, Pembroke,

Aberystwyth, Bangor, and Wrexham. �

We welcome all volunteers and anything you can do to help will be gratefully received. There are many roles to be fulfilled within the charity, from fundraisers collecting outside supermarkets, to controllers answering the phones and dispatching riders, to the riders themselves. Training for fundraisers/controllers etc, is provided free of charge, however, to be a rider for Blood Bikes Wales you need to be 25+ and have a minimum of two years' riding experience. You will also need an advanced rider qualification which the charity is unable to totally fund, but we have observers from both IAM and RoSPA in our membership who will be able to help you. For more information, please email: [email protected]

Volunteering for Blood Bikes Wales is a worthwhile cause, saving the NHS in Wales hundreds of thousands of pounds every year that can be released for patient care. Hours of Operation vary between regions, but we aim to be operating from 7:00pm on Friday night to 12 midnight on Sunday and similar times on bank holidays at a minimum with some areas operating during the week and a dedicated service offered to transport frozen human milk to high dependency baby units between Monday to Friday. Volunteers are the lifeblood of our charity - if you want to volunteer for Blood Bikes Wales, please visit: https://linktr.ee/BloodBikesWales

A HUGE THANK YOU to for their continued support of Blood Bikes Wales ❤️🏍️From 2024–2026, we’ve been honoured to advert...
26/08/2026

A HUGE THANK YOU to for their continued support of Blood Bikes Wales ❤️🏍️

From 2024–2026, we’ve been honoured to advertise and sell the annual “Crawl to the Hills” plaques, and once again we were delighted to be invited to attend the Volksfest at Brecon this August.

A massive thank you to everyone who made a contribution over the weekend — your generosity really does make a difference.

We’d also like to say a very special thank you to the organisers Jason, Shirley and Eric Young for their continued support and for another incredibly generous £500 donation to Blood Bikes Wales. 👏❤️

And finally, thank you to all our fantastic Blood Bikes Wales Motorcycle Safety Crew volunteers who gave up their time to assist Volksfest Wales with the Crawl to the Hills. 🏍️👏

Your continued support means so much to us, and helps us keep our wheels turning and our riders on the road, delivering a free service to the NHS across Wales.

Thank you all! ❤️🏍️

And just as we were packing up on Saturday Barbara arrived and posed on one of our Blood Bikes. 🏍️We were then told, rat...
25/08/2026

And just as we were packing up on Saturday Barbara arrived and posed on one of our Blood Bikes. 🏍️

We were then told, rather casually… **“She’s just come back from a ride to Mongolia***😲🌍

Well, that got our attention!

Barbara has kindly shared her story, and we thought it might inspire other women who have ever thought they were **too old to start riding**

**Hi, I’m B — and proof that you definitely don’t have to start young**

I was a latecomer to motorbikes, taking my big bike test at the age of **60** I started with a Vespa, then moved on to a Royal Enfield Classic 500

Three months after passing my test, I joined an organised off-road tour in Nepal — and I caught the bug!

Since then I’ve ridden in Ladakh, Bhutan and, most recently, **Mongolia**. Lots of dust, mud, spectacular scenery and more than a few “What the jellyfish am I doing?” moments! 😂

But I simply love being on a bike and out on the open road.

My message to other women is simple:

**Don’t think you’ve left it too late.If I can start at 60 and end up riding motorcycles across some of the wildest places on earth, anyone can***

And who knows… perhaps one day I’ll be riding a **Blood Bike** myself, doing something I love while making a real difference to people who need it.💙🏍️

**Thank you, Barbara ! You’ve certainly shown us that age really is just a number!** 👏💙

☀️ WHAT A DAY AT CALDICOT CASTLE! 🏰🏍️Today, members of our East Area team were out at the Emergency Services Day at Cald...
23/08/2026

☀️ WHAT A DAY AT CALDICOT CASTLE! 🏰🏍️

Today, members of our East Area team were out at the Emergency Services Day at Caldicot Castle — and what a fantastic day it was!

With the sun shining brightly, the event was exceptionally well attended, with queues forming throughout the day for children to have a go on both our mini bike and our main Blood Bike. 🏍️🏍️

There were pictures to colour, and our ever-popular Name the Bear competition! 🧸

And there was a lovely little story behind our bear too. He had been dressed especially for the event by the daughter of one of our members — and all of the names offered as choices were also names of Blood Bikes volunteers ! ❤️

We were delighted to have at least three members of the public express an interest in volunteering with Blood Bikes Wales and invite them along to our monthly meeting on Tuesday 25 August at 7pm at Pontnewydd Golf Club.

So, if you’re interested in joining Blood Bikes Wales as a volunteer, particularly if you’re in or around the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area, we’d absolutely love to hear from you. Volunteering is not limited to riding, controlling or fundraising we would love to hear from you if you have other skills that would help us !

📅 Tuesday 25 August
⏰ 7.00pm
📍 Pontnewydd Golf Club

Or simply message us, or call 0845 646 0800.

Come along, find out what we do and meet some of the people who make it all happen. ❤️

We’d love to see you!

A huge thank you to Moira, Paul, Helena, Adrian, John, David and Laurie for all your help today. 👏👏

And finally…

🧸 THE NAME THE BEAR COMPETITION WAS WON BY… Neveah 🎉

And his name is… Barry ! 🧸❤️

22/08/2026

Quick reminder of the amazing charities were supporting this year

Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team

Aberdyfi Lifeboat Fundraising Team &

Aberdyfi Lifeboat

Blood Bikes Wales

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21/08/2026

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Thursday was a very special day for our Pembs Group. Linking in with Argyle Surgery in Pembroke Dock it was identified that there was an urgent need to increase the current blood testing capacity.

With support from Blood Bikes Wales Argyle GP surgery have been able to take blood tests in the afternoon and have them delivered free of charge to Withybush Hospital Pathology Lab speeding up the response time for patients to receive their results and their ongoing care.

Hopefully this will become a regular occurrence and show other surgeries the art of the possible and how utilisation of Blood Bikes Wales can speed up the process, resulting in improved care for their patients all at no cost to the NHS.

17/08/2026

Battling through the recent high temperatures Tobias formed part of a relay for a FMT transfer meeting Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire rider, John Garde, at Ross-on-Wye for the last leg to The Royal Glamorgan.
Thank you for all you do.

Keith Williams and myself met with Christian a retired pathlab technician at the Mealor hospital Wrexham to accept a ver...
17/08/2026

Keith Williams and myself met with Christian a retired pathlab technician at the Mealor hospital Wrexham to accept a very generous donation which was collected for Christian and Lynne by the collogues upon their retirement instead of presents Thank you

🥛 DID YOU HAVE A MILKMAN WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? 🥛Well, we had a rather special “milkman” out on the road on Thursday!...
16/08/2026

🥛 DID YOU HAVE A MILKMAN WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? 🥛

Well, we had a rather special “milkman” out on the road on Thursday! 🏍️🥛

Steve F was tasked with supporting one of our human milk runs, and what a day he had.

Leaving Swansea, Steve headed to UHW at 9.30am to collect precious donated breast milk from a new mum. It was a real joy to meet her, her two older children and the newborn’s grandmother, who was there to chat and hand over the donations. ❤️

From there, it was on to Brecon Memorial Hospital for a relay with one of our fellow riders from Powys also called Steve L

Then Steve F then headed across to Ross-on-Wye, where he met Midlands rider Steve for another relay. The milk continued its journey to The Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran, where it was urgently needed for a baby in the neonatal unit. 👶❤️

After the usual warm welcome from the hospital staff, Steve finally headed back towards base in Swansea.

Job done? Not quite!

Just when he thought his day was over, a late call came in requesting the movement of prescription medication from Cefn Coed Hospital.

And so, our “milkman” became a prescription delivery rider too! 🏍️💨

By the time Steve F finally finished, he had completed an 11-hour shift and around 300 miles of motorcycling.

🥛 Milk collected.
🏍️ Miles covered.
💊 Medication delivered.
❤️ Another day of making a difference.

This is what your Blood Bikes Wales volunteers do — often quietly, often for very long hours, and always because every mile matters.

A huge thank you to Steve for another incredible day on the road. 👏👏👏


PS You don’t have to be called Steve to be a blood biker but it does help
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🏍️ Another fantastic donation for Blood Bikes Wales! 💙💙Last night we were absolutely delighted to be presented with a ch...
15/08/2026

🏍️ Another fantastic donation for Blood Bikes Wales! 💙💙

Last night we were absolutely delighted to be presented with a cheque for an amazing £1,000 from the team behind Taffy Dakar, long-term supporters of Blood Bikes Wales. 🎉

Taffy Dakar is a yearly off-road motorcycle orienteering event, bringing together riders, adventure and plenty of mud — all while raising money for local charities. And we are incredibly proud that Blood Bikes Wales continues to be one of those charities. 🏍️❤️

The cheque was presented at Parc Ferme Coffee, another wonderful supporter of Blood Bikes Wales.

📸 Pictured are:

Darren from Parc Ferme Coffee
Jason Lewis and Gareth ‘Griff’ Griffiths from Taffy Dakar
Paul Harvey and Malcolm Platt representing Blood Bikes Wales
and, of course, the Queen of the Taffy — Cerys Owens! 👑🏍️

A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved in Taffy Dakar for continuing to support us year after year.

Your generosity helps us keep our motorcycles on the road and our volunteers delivering those vital medical journeys across Wales. Every mile matters. 💙

Thank you, Taffy Dakar — you’re absolute legends! 🙌🏍️💙

On a scorching day, rider Tobias met with John from Shropshire • Staffordshire • Cheshire Blood Bikes to courier an infu...
13/08/2026

On a scorching day, rider Tobias met with John from Shropshire • Staffordshire • Cheshire Blood Bikes to courier an infusion that will help reset the gut microbiota in a poorly patient’s stomach and intestine. Creating a healthier climate for their natural gut microbes to thrive and to enable to patient to get well and feel better. The human body is a wonderful thing, and a stranger has donated their healthy 💩 to enable this!
FMT jobs are getting more popular as the infusion has an over 94 percent success rate. Helping patients with chronic gut and intestine conditions to rebalance bacteria and organisms internally.
The infusion has travelled over 120 miles. For free.Nil cost to the NHS today. But priceless to the patient. Get well soon whoever you may be ❤️

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