Blood Bikes Wales have a home for their motorbikes, thanks to the National Library of Wales providing a garage for the charity to use.

The garage is at the lodge along the driveway to the library. Pedr ap Llwyd, chief executive and librarian at the National Library of Wales said: “The library welcomes this special partnership with Blood Bikes Wales and the opportunity to co-operate here in Aberystwyth. It is an excellent opportunity to support the local community and offer a home to this important voluntary charity which provides a key service to Bronglais Hospital and the NHS in Wales. We are facing challenging times with regard to funding services of all kinds and sharing resources in this way is more important than ever for maximising the benefit for the people of mid Wales and the wider community.”

Mathew Leeman, Blood Bikes Wales area representative, said: “On behalf of the Aberystwyth Blood Bike Group may I express my gratitude to the National Library of Wales for their generous support in providing us with accommodation for our two Blood Bikes and associated equipment. I sincerely thank everyone involved in enabling this exciting partnership, and for their hard work to ensure the move to our new operating base was completed quickly and efficiently with absolutely no disruption to the daily service we provide to the NHS.”

Aberystwyth Blood Bikes has 20 riders, two controllers, and a dedicated support team of fundraisers and admin volunteers. It is the smallest Blood Bike group in Wales despite covering the largest geographical area.

Bronglais Hospital League of Friends, thanks to money donated by Elinor Powell’s singing group, Sgarmes, paid for a security door for the garage.