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Cancer survivor and long-time plasma donor urges new donors to step forward this January to donate blood or plasma

Stephen Franklin, 60, from Hollywood in Worcestershire has been a dedicated plasma donor since 2020 and is now encouraging others to come forward, after a cancer diagnosis meant he can no longer donate.

Plasma medicine recipient visits Birmingham donor centre to thank donors and encourage donations over the festive period

Margaret Bennett, a 73-year-old retired teacher from Birmingham, visited the NHS Blood and Transplant plasma donor centre on Birmingham New Street to meet local plasma donors and share her personal story.

Birmingham mum who lost 8.5L of blood over Christmas asks locals to give a “lifechanging” gift this year

A mum-of-2 from Coleshill, Birmingham, is asking people to take an hour out of their Christmas or New Year sales shopping this year to give the most important gift of all by donating blood.

Donor centres across the country each need 2,000 new platelet donors in 2026. Joining the call for more donors is Alexandra, whose son Noah has been on the receiving end of lifesaving transfusions in his treatment for cancer.

More than 8,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant. Paul, who donated his kidney as a living donor, gave the gift of life to someone. Discover how you could make a difference too.

Every donor on the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry increases the likelihood of a match for someone like 7-year-old Jensen, who is being treated for severe aplastic anaemia.