# BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159026
- **Other names:** BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA &amp; S.W.SCOTLAND, BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA&amp; S.W.SCOTLAND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 30, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1159026


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 8A, Port Road Business Park, CARLISLE
- **Postcode:** CA2 7AF
- **Phone:** 07494 569099
- **Email:** info@bloodbikescumbria.org.uk
- **Website:** bloodbikescumbria.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES, BREAST MILK AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CUMBRIA (LAKE DISTRICT)AND S.W. SCOTLAND. TO ALSO HELP THE NHS TO SAVE MONEY WHICH COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON PATIENT CARE.

**Activities:** Provides daily out of hours and weekend voluntary free courier service to NHS in north and west Cumbria for collection and delivery of blood ,tissue samples, files and instruments between sites and daily delivery of blood to Great North Air Ambulance at Langwathby. We also have standby cover for emergency urgent courier runs including relay through Cumbria for long distances transfers.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Cumbria





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Graeme Thompson** | Chair | Feb. 1, 2020 |
| Alan Dunne |  | Nov. 16, 2025 |
| Charles James Payne |  | Dec. 1, 2023 |
| Chris Wild |  | Nov. 16, 2025 |
| Christine Slater |  | Dec. 7, 2021 |
| DENZIL VERNON ADDISON |  | April 5, 2022 |
| David Robson Wilson |  | Nov. 16, 2025 |
| Ian Walby |  | Sept. 15, 2020 |
| James Ernest White |  | July 11, 2023 |
| Mark Anthony Clamp |  | Nov. 16, 2025 |
| Ruth Louise Hetherington |  | Sept. 7, 2020 |




