Welcome!
Blood Bike Mid West is a charity that provides an Urgent Medical Transport Service to/from hospitals, private hospitals, clinics, hospices and to individuals in their own home across the Mid-West Region.
We operate a 24/7 call-out service 365 days of the year using all volunteer riders and drivers.
We operate a 24/7 call-out service 365 days of the year using all volunteer riders and drivers.
Based in Limerick city, we operate a 24/7 call-out service 365 days of the year using all volunteer riders and drivers. We do not charge for this service.
We receive no state funding and entirely reliant on fundraising to generate funds to operate this service. 100% of all donations go towards the running of the charity and maintenance of our vehicles with insurance, maintenance and Fuel costs our biggest outgoings.
All our volunteers are unpaid and give up their time for free.
We do not charge for this service.
Our Mission Statement
Our Mission is to act as a Volunteer based Urgent Medical Transport Service by providing the transport of urgently needed blood products, blood samples, breast milk, patient records, scans, medications and any other medical requirements between hospitals, primarily but not exclusively in the Mid West Region.
Base of Operation
Our base of operation is Limerick city with our primary goal to deliver a service in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary.
Our base of operation is Limerick city with our primary goal to deliver a service in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary.
Additional areas of operation:
In addition to the Mid-West region we also work closely with other blood bike groups within Ireland to deliver a full service countrywide. This means on occasion travelling outside our base of operations to meet up, handover or collect urgent deliverables heading in all directions from and to the region.
In addition to the Mid-West region we also work closely with other blood bike groups within Ireland to deliver a full service countrywide. This means on occasion travelling outside our base of operations to meet up, handover or collect urgent deliverables heading in all directions from and to the region.
One very important additional service is the collection and transportation of breast milk. The Human Milk Bank is located in Fermanagh and regular trips are required to ensure the Maternity Hospital Limerick is kept stocked in order to help support premature babies and their mothers.
The Team
Chairman - Brendan Caffrey
Treasurer - David Scullane
Secretary - Mark Ball
Transport - Paul Sims
Fundraising - Daragh McDermott, Teady Connolly
Training - William Campbell
Controllers - Jim, Anna, Ciara McAuliffe, Jackie Vaughan & Roger Davis
Charity Number: 20082888
