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Blood Campaign
We have teamed up with the National Blood Service to launch the Gift of Life appeal and we aim to recruit 1,000 new blood donors over the next month.
The service has told us it desperately needs to build up stocks before the onset of winter – and we think our readers can help.
Click here for the enrollment form to print out
Rugby players put backs into appeal
6:46pm Monday 26th October 2009
rugby players have clubbed together to highlight the importance of a being a blood donor after a team-mate’s daughter needed a vital transfusion.
Police chief makes her 100th blood donation
6:32pm Monday 26th October 2009
A SENIOR police officer has been recognised for making her 100th blood donation — and saving hundreds of lives in the process.
Bathroom birth mum backs our blood campaign
7:20am Saturday 24th October 2009
A NEW mother, who needed three pints of blood after the surprise eight-minute birth of her son on the bathroom floor, has urged others to give the gift of life.
Arts lovers take centre stage
5:54pm Friday 9th October 2009
THE Oxford Mail’s campaign to sign up new blood donors has taken an artistic bent.
More firms sign up to give blood
3:10pm Thursday 1st October 2009
THESE are the latest people to sign up to save lives by giving blood.
'I owe my life to blood donors'
10:38am Thursday 1st October 2009
WHEN parachute instructor Sgt Richard Cross plummeted to the ground in an horrific accident it took a team of doctors, nurses and surgeons to save his life.
VIPs add weight to Mail appeal
6:19pm Tuesday 29th September 2009
OUR campaign to sign up 1,000 people to give blood has received a shot in the arm from the county’s great and good.
Theatre backs blood donation campaign
5:48pm Monday 28th September 2009
STAFF at the Oxford Playhouse are the latest to sign up to give blood for the Oxford Mail’s Gift of Life campaign. More than a dozen people working at the Beaumont Street theatre have pledged to become donors. And press and marketing officer Kayleigh Hellin is determined to sign up at least half the 50-strong workforce. Miss Hellin, 23, from Abingdon, said: “I have always wanted to do it, but it is something I have always forgotten about the moment I have seen the advertisement, or never got around to doing for one reason or another. “Seeing it in the Oxford Mail every day brought home how important it was, so I sent an email to everyone in the Playhouse. As a result, 12 or 13 of us have signed up so far. “We are all really looking forward to it because I think it is something that makes you feel really good about yourself — as well as helping others.” Head of marketing Sarah Jervis is also backing the campaign, having received a blood transfusion earlier in her life. Miss Hellin said: “Knowing there is such a shortage – and just how important it is – made me convinced it was a good thing to do. Any of us could need blood one day. “I’m going to keep badgering everyone to try to persuade them to sign up.” The Oxford Mail has teamed up with the National Blood Service to sign up 1,000 new donors to boost supplies before the winter. Giving blood takes about an hour, and each donation can potentially save three lives. fbardsley@oxfordmail.co.uk If you have a story about giving or receiving blood call Fran Bardsley on 01865 425427 or email her at the address above
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