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Stories, press releases and statements.

Simply Sayo Calls on Young Black Londoners to Give Blood During National Blood Week with her ‘It Takes a Village’ campaign

Content creator Adesayo Talabi, also known as Simply Sayo, is calling on more young people, particularly those from Black heritage communities, to roll up their sleeves and donate blood.

Boy who lost 3 times his body’s volume of blood thanks donors for ‘the birthday I didn’t think I would have’

A boy saved by a major emergency transfusion after losing 7 litres of blood is urging more people to donate as the NHS reveals fewer people are donating critical blood types – including vital O negative that saved his life.

Metallica team up with UK Blood Services to save lives

The first ever collaboration between UK blood services and a global rock phenomenon brings blood donation and live music together, encouraging music fans across Wales, England and Scotland to help save lives.

Campaigns

We run various campaigns to find the 135,000 new donors we need each year and encourage them to carry on donating.

Love is in the blood

Our new YouTube show in partnership with Channel 4 follows 8 singletons who go on blind dates behind dividers while they donate to help save lives.

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What legacy will you create?

This summer, we’ve partnered with the all-new Marvel Television’s Ironheart and two London charities - the African & Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and Black Blood Matters, to inspire more people of Black heritage to give blood and build a legacy.

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The Donor

Remarkable stories from the world of giving blood.

Ultra rare

Mina is one of fewer than 10 people in the country with U and N negative blood. She is classed as an 'ultra rare' donor, meaning she is individually contacted when her blood is needed, unlike the other 99.99% of donors.

Spring 2026 update

In our spring 2026 update, we celebrate a year of lives being saved by UK-derived plasma medicines, look into the rules around children attending donation sessions and launch the Bloodlines initiative.

Seeing the work I do differently

Toni not only works at the Bristol Eye Bank for NHS Blood and Transplant, he has also received three corneal transplants himself.

Media enquiries

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