Celebrate National Blood Donor Month January 2016 – why not become a donor?

Why not make donating blood one of your New Year’s resolutions?

National Blood Donor Month

National Blood Donor Month

January is, as you may know, National Blood Donor Month. So we thought we would kick start 2016 but asking our readers to start giving blood if they do not already do so.

If you are based in the USA check out the Red Cross site here to book an appointment!

In the UK please go to the NHS Blood Donor site which you can find located here.

If you live in Canada please go here for more information. And in India this is a useful resource.

Those you you who live in Australia please see this site. Which is also run by the Red Cross.



For New Zealanders this site is a good port of call for blood donations.

I’ve only covered a few of the major English speaking sites here. If you would like to suggest others that would be brilliant. Please use the comments section below to add any links.

Many thanks in advance and can we wish you a happy and healthy 2016.

National Transplant Week 2014 – Why not become and organ donor? And how to register as an organ donor!


National Transplant Week 2014

National Transplant Week 2014

Next Monday sees the start of National Transplant Week. While UK based (at present) the aim of the week is to encourage people to donate their organs after their deaths.

Why should you do this?

Well perhaps the most obvious it that you can help people to live after your deaths. Indeed the US government suggest that you could help up to eight people! Not just is a life saved but in many cased the recipients of the organ will have considerable improvement in their quality of life.

At the same time the families of organ donors , very often, feel some respite from their grief knowing that their loved ones are helping other for many years after their passing.

So why not register as an organ donor today if you have not already done so. In the UK you can do it here.

To register in America please use this web site.

I have included links for Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland, Canada, and South Africa.

Obviously there are many other useful links for these and other countries. Please feel free to share any which you think would be of use in the comments box below.

Finally, as you can see, we have a number of useful graphics which have been created for National Transplant Week. Would it be possible for you to share either then of the page so we can encourage as many people as possible to register as an organ donor.

Many thanks in advance.


I want to be an organ donor

I want to be an organ donor