Humans of blood donation

This is Eileen Noblet, whose nephew Mark inspires her to carry on giving blood. 

Sisters Kerry and Trudi made their 50th donation together. 

This is Andy Musson who has donated his 51st pint and looks forward to donating his NEO blood many more times.

This is Karen Piotr who always gave blood with her husband, Mark, who shared her passion for helping others.

Rebecca shares a love of motorbikes (and giving blood) with her dad.

Willy is an actor and blood donation maestro from Livorno, Italy.

Emma has been sharing the joys of blood donation (and tasty burgers) with her friends. 

Bill has been donating for over 50 years and doesn't plan to stop anytime soon. 

This is Alan Ellwood, who has been donating blood for fifty years.

This is Malcolm MacDonald, whose 167th donation took him back to a special place.

This is Mary Wilson Matthews, whose journey has taken her from one side of the Atlantic, and one side of blood donation, to the other.

Our first ever contributor is Steve Harrison, from Cheshire.

Remarkable stories from the world of giving blood – be they from the research lab, the hospital bed, or the donor chair