Our Community Supporters

Northumbria Blood Bikes would like to thank our friends in community organisations, who are supporting the charity with grants and donations:

Madathlon

Madathlon Logo

 

We are incredibly grateful to the team at Madathlon for their had work, and donations, which facilitated the purchase of blood bikes to enable us to continue our work.

Madathlon Fund is a charity aimed at helping as many people as possible. Their aim is to relieve sickness and to preserve health by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities

Madathlon was set up in memory of Claire Gardiner.  Claire suffered for 2 weeks what was believed to be a bad migraine. On the 19th of December 2012 she woke up at 3am having lost the ability to open her left eye and in a lot of pain, Claire was taken in to hospital. Within an hour of being in Darlington Memorial Hospital Claire was sent for a CT scan and the results showed a large brain tumor. Claire was given morphine to ease her pain and she fell asleep.  Claire was prescribed a course of drugs to fight the tumor, and Claire slowly deteriorated and ended up in a coma on life support. After a long day, she was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at James Cook hospital in Middlesborough. On arrival Claire had another CT scan after which the doctors gathered the family together and explained that the tumor had reacted badly to the medication, it had become aggressive and spread to the rest of her entire brain.  There was nothing that they could do to save her. The following day Thursday 20th of December 2012 Claire was pronounced dead at 15.21. 

Claire donated 4 organs to 4 different people 3 of which were in there 20's and 1 to a man in his 60's. All 4 are recovering well from the operations and are making good progress.

The Madathlon event starts with the Three Peaks, Ben Nevis - Scarfell Pike - Snowdon over the first weekend in June. The next weekend involves the Coast to Coast cycle ride from Whitehaven to Newcastle (Tynemouth) and the following weekend they complete the Great North Swim which is a one mile open water swimming event in Lake Windermere.

The Madathlon Facebook page contains information about current activities and the people they are trying to help.
 

 

The Firelight Opera

The Firelight Opera

Thank you to The Firelight Opera, who have agreed to play at any of our fundraising events.  The Firelight Opera are an alternative/rock band from Sunderland.

Since The Firelight Opera was formed last August they've supported Mark Morriss of The Bluetones, Chris Helme of The Seahorses and John Power of Cast. All artists who were big inspirations to the band when growing up as young musicians. The band have also played a number of charity events including the Sunderland Oxjam festival and Centrepoint for the young and homeless.

Madathlon

Madathlon Logo

 

We are incredibly grateful to the team at Madathlon for their had work, and donations, which facilitated the purchase of blood bikes to enable us to continue our work.

Madathlon Fund is a charity aimed at helping as many people as possible. Their aim is to relieve sickness and to preserve health by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities

Madathlon was set up in memory of Claire Gardiner.  Claire suffered for 2 weeks what was believed to be a bad migraine. On the 19th of December 2012 she woke up at 3am having lost the ability to open her left eye and in a lot of pain, Claire was taken in to hospital. Within an hour of being in Darlington Memorial Hospital Claire was sent for a CT scan and the results showed a large brain tumor. Claire was given morphine to ease her pain and she fell asleep.  Claire was prescribed a course of drugs to fight the tumor, and Claire slowly deteriorated and ended up in a coma on life support. After a long day, she was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at James Cook hospital in Middlesborough. On arrival Claire had another CT scan after which the doctors gathered the family together and explained that the tumor had reacted badly to the medication, it had become aggressive and spread to the rest of her entire brain.  There was nothing that they could do to save her. The following day Thursday 20th of December 2012 Claire was pronounced dead at 15.21. 

Claire donated 4 organs to 4 different people 3 of which were in there 20's and 1 to a man in his 60's. All 4 are recovering well from the operations and are making good progress.

The Madathlon event starts with the Three Peaks, Ben Nevis - Scarfell Pike - Snowdon over the first weekend in June. The next weekend involves the Coast to Coast cycle ride from Whitehaven to Newcastle (Tynemouth) and the following weekend they complete the Great North Swim which is a one mile open water swimming event in Lake Windermere.

The Madathlon Facebook page contains information about current activities and the people they are trying to help.
 

 

The Firelight Opera

The Firelight Opera

Thank you to The Firelight Opera, who have agreed to play at any of our fundraising events.  The Firelight Opera are an alternative/rock band from Sunderland.

Since The Firelight Opera was formed last August they've supported Mark Morriss of The Bluetones, Chris Helme of The Seahorses and John Power of Cast. All artists who were big inspirations to the band when growing up as young musicians. The band have also played a number of charity events including the Sunderland Oxjam festival and Centrepoint for the young and homeless.

Northumberland Demonstration Team

Northumberland Demonstration Team

Northumbria Blood Bikes would like to thank the Northumberland Demonstration Team who are buying us a tracker, camera and fire extinguisher for our blood bike.

Co-operative Membership Community Fund

We-re supported by The co-operative membership Community Fund

Northumbria Blood Bikes would like to thank the Co-operative Membership Community Fund for the grant of £500 towards the cost of our first bike.  The grant was awarded by the Co-operative Groups Durham Area Committee.