The Emergency Voluntary Blood Bike Charity, Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes, are appealing for new riders to ride their newly donated Blood Bike.

The new BMW R1250RT Blood Bike is on duty this weekend and was welcomed into service by representatives of the motorcycle’s donors and staff from the Transfusion Team at York Hospital.

Members of the Pocklington based, Widows Sons Masonic Biker Group have been instrumental in raising nearly twenty-thousand pounds to provide the voluntary Blood Bike service with a new bike for North Yorkshire.

Andy Hunn, of the Widow Sons Group presented Whiteknights’ North Yorkshire Manager, Andy Richardson with the keys for the new motorcycle at York Hospital.

Mr Hunn said: “We’re very proud to have purchased a new Blood Bike which will operate in the areas covered by York and Scarborough NHS Foundation Trust. Whiteknights Volunteer Blood Bikers provide a marvelous service totally free of charge to hospitals and hospices in our region.

“They have been so busy during the Pandemic, having ridden thousands of miles, that the Blood Bike for our area needed replacing. We raised £1000 in our local group then achieved further funding through other Masonic charitable foundations including the Freemasons Charity Foundation of Yorkshire North and East Riding.”

Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes North Yorkshire Manager, Andy Richardson added: “We’re delighted to have a new bike available overnight and twenty-four hours at weekends to transport urgent blood samples and medication in the York area. We are now looking to recruit more motorcyclists to volunteer their riding skills to benefit the NHS.

Senior Pharmacy Technician at York Hospital, Cat Reed added:

“We only call Whiteknights when the medications and Controlled Drugs require urgent delivery. We know they’re all volunteers and so we treat the Blood Bike service with the respect and value it deserves – you do a brilliant job!”

The Charity states that for every, free-to-the -NHS journey made out-of-hours by Whiteknights’ volunteers, the charity saves the NHS from expensive alternate transportation costs. 

Pictured releasing the Blood Bike into service is Andy Hunn, Whiteknight Andy Richardson, and Biomedical Scientists, Victoria Graham and Tyla Kirk.

For further information contact Whiteknights through their website, www.whiteknights.org.uk or through their Facebook page at Facebook.com/yorkshirebloodbikes.

Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes would like to thank the members of Denholme & Distict Motorcycle Club for their recent dontation of £300.

Pictured receiving the cheque from Viv Simpson is Whiteknight’s Dispatch Manager, Steve Annakin. Also alongside is, WKYBB Rider Chris Parker, Andrew Sharp, Geoff Jackson, Steve Howarth and `John Lever.

Wishing all our friends and supporters a very happy new year! Sending best wishes to all our fellow Blood Bike Groups around the UK and beyond.
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Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes would like to echo the sentiment expressed in the first Christmas Day message from His Majesty King Charles lll, to thank all our volunteers who have given the precious commodity of their time, to support a charity.

Over Boxing Day and the Bank Holiday thanks go to volunteers: Adam, Mark, Ian, Steve and Roy in the South Yorkshire region and John and David in North Yorkshire.

Meanwhile in West Yorkshire, on Christmas Day, Volunteer Rider Laurence received a warm welcome and a breakfast roll at Overgate Hospice from Steve Whittaker and Director of Clinical Services, Tracey Wilcocks to recognize Laurence’s volunteering and his fundraising for the hospice.

Whiteknights work, Out-Of-Hours, during the night and so we are rarely seen by the public. It’s wonderful to receive thanks from the clinical staff and institutions we are proud to support all-year round.

(Picture courtesy of Overgate Hospice.)#bloodbikes

We wish all our friends and supporters a very Merry Christmas from every volunteer at Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes.

As always throughout the festive period we’ll be making urgent deliveries – free to the NHS – by volunteer motorcyclists.

Introducing just some of our volunteers on duty this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day across Yorkshire – for South Yorkshire are John and Paul.

Merry Christmas everyone! #bloodbikes

During this period of national mourning for Her Majesty. the late Queen Elizabeth II, Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes remain committed to serving their communities.

Here’s an update of our recent activities to benefit hospitals and hospices in Yorkshire. 

Barnsley Freemasons, Keresforth Lodge have generously donated £1000 to Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes. Pictured are Lodge Trustees Brian Upton, Neil Horbury and Roger Harvey. Receiving the cheque from them is Chris and Michael from Whiteknights South Yorkshire.

During this period of national mourning for Her Majesty. the late Queen Elizabeth II, Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes remain committed to serving their communities.

Here’s an update of our recent activities to benefit hospitals and hospices in Yorkshire. 

Tony and Laurence from Whiteknights West Yorkshire are pictured volunteering their Advanced Rider skills as safety marshals at the recent Midnight fundraising walk for Overgate Hospice.

We continue to support the marvellous work of our colleagues at Overgate Hospice. We are delighted to be of assistance.

Expressing our deepest sympathy, Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes acknowledge the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

We send our condolences to the Royal Family and pay tribute to her seventy year reign. Her commitment to the service of our country and the Commonwealth will be an enduring legacy.