by Jamie Peabody | 7th Jan 2022 | News
Golfers in Brixham are helping to support the NHS for free after raising more than £2,000 for the Devon Freewheelers Blood Bikes. Iris Butler, Churston Golf Club ladies captain from 2020-2021, chose to back the ‘vital service’ because the charity and its volunteers...
by Jamie Peabody | 17th Dec 2021 | News
An Exeter mum’s festive challenge to make a charity Christmas mascot for the Devon Freewheelers will fuel a blood bike for 1,000 miles. Tammy Tudor, of Beacon Heath, Exeter, raised £140 by crocheting Christmas coats for teddy bears for the charity to sell at...
by Jamie Peabody | 8th Dec 2021 | News
Praise has been heaped on Devon Freewheelers volunteers for rallying round to deliver a mum’s vital breast milk to her two premature babies in hospital. The Devon Freewheelers charity stepped in to help when volunteers were told a family from Somerset was struggling...
by Jamie Peabody | 1st Dec 2021 | News
Now we have said goodbye to 2021, the Devon Freewheelers volunteers have been looking back at the old year and how the charity’s ‘fabulous fundraisers’ helped keep the Blood Bikes’ wheels turning, supporting the NHS for free. For a second year running, a host of...
by Jamie Peabody | 10th Nov 2021 | News
Husband and wife volunteers from Plymouth went head-to-head in a virtual challenge to walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats for the Devon Freewheelers. Married Anthony and Amy Ewens competed against each other in LEJOG21, to travel a distance of 874-miles, raising...
by Jamie Peabody | 4th Nov 2021 | News
A vampire night held at the Honiton Wine Bar raised a fang-tastic £300 for the Devon Freewheelers charity. Halloween celebrations were on Tuesday, October 30, held at the Honiton Wine Bar, in the High Street, organised by owners Peter and Lisa Beigan, serving up...