Blood Bike West need your votes !
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11-11-2015 5:24pm#1Hi all, long time poster on boardsie, but also a BBW rider, and I need your help
All it will take is a minute of your time to vote for us online in a competition.........(below)
But some background;
It may surprise some - but then again maybe not......but within this nations healthcare system, there is a gap in service which we have found needs to be filled. I'm not talking about the (near daily) crises we hear about in A & E etc, or waiting lists for any number of tests, procedures (incl transplant) or assessments. I'm not even talking about a particularly high-tech need. But I am talking about a vital, and often critical need.
What we in Blood Bike West have identified is that even when you get to the point of having that test, or you end up in A & E on foot of an accident or similar, or you have a premature baby in the Neonatal unit, then after 7-pm in the evening, and all over weekends & holidays, there is a gaping logistical gap.
There is currently no way the system can process the likes of transport of blood & tissue specimens to/from specialist laboratories, delivery of scans to specialists, special medical supplies and even breast milk, from getting to where they need to be, to alleviate and progress the treatments people are waiting on, outside of 'normal' hours.
So Blood Bike West was set up, and using advanced-trained riders to the RoSPA Standard, we have formed a charity that takes on board the needs above - and delivers them. We currently have 29 members, and with a background team of controllers we move critical items across the country to make sure patient outcome is optimised and given the best chance of success. And if that means moving something at 1am in the morning from Letterkenny to Cork - then so be it. We have the vehicles, the training and the people.
Naturally, all this needs funding - and we get no funding from the State. All of it is privately raised: sponsors, bucket collections, social & fun events etc. etc. This includes buying and running the fleet of motorcycles. All the riders buy their own gear, pay for all their own training & tests etc, and naturally give up their time on rota on a voluntary basis.
We have been involved in some truly amazing stories along the way but our normal fleet requires 3 bikes on the road, and right now we have 2 - we had to retire one recently due to age etc, so we are actively fundraising to replace it.
As part of this fundraising, we have entered a pared-down video made for us earlier in the year in the Better Together video competition - what we are asking as many people as possible to do is simply go and vote for us, and if were to win that, the prize would go a long way to getting our fleet back to full capacity.
To vote for us, simply go to http://2015.bettertogether.ie/video/blood-bike-west and vote for us.
Once you've done that, do pop along to www.bloodbikewest.ie and look for our media page to see the full length version of the video, which was broadcast on Irish TV in May - it will be repeated on TV sometime over Christmas as well.
Thanks for all your help - and don't forget to vote !
I'd appreciate you asking as many people as possible to vote for us too.
P.S. someone pm'd me to say you can vote more than once, probably on a daily basis, so if you're keen, do that too.Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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