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Every year, 300 babies are born with the blood disorder sickle cell. Angel was one of them. Now 13, Angel has lent her experience of growing up with sickle cell to a new book which promises to raise awareness of the condition.

Blood is needed every day, and no one knows it better than the paramedics and air ambulance crew from the 'Be There' advert we shared in July. Watch our behind-the-scenes video to hear from the people who see the power of your blood every day.

From a donor’s arm to a patient’s medicine, the plasma that is donated every day makes a long and lifesaving journey. Our new animation shows the way.

James Mackay’s daughter Emilia was saved by a stem cell transplant after being diagnosed with a rare blood disorder at just five years of age. Now, platelet donor James is on a mission to give back by encouraging others to join the register.

Upon learning that there wasn’t high demand for her blood type, primary school teacher Emma Greenwood found another way to make a lifesaving difference: giving plasma.

Supermodel Jourdan Dunn swapped the bright lights of the fashion runway for the bustle of Brixton Donor Centre to give blood on World Sickle Cell Day, helping to raise awareness of the condition.

This South Asian Heritage Month, there are 1,400 Asian families waiting for an organ transplant. Sadly, for Aisha’s mum Annsa, the wait for a kidney would prove too long. But the organs Bobby’s brother Mandip donated provide hope for the future.

Our latest update features the standing down of the blood stocks amber alert, an explanation of the rules on children at donation sessions, our partnership with Marvel Television's Ironheart, and more.

Pandora has been donating blood for more than 10 years, but recently she found a new way to be a lifesaver: contributing to Our Future Health, the health research programme aimed at finding new ways to treat diseases.

Every minute, the NHS needs 3 lifesaving blood donations – that’s why our new advert, which features real-life paramedics, asks people to consider signing up as blood donors.