Winter 2015
We explain why there is a need for more people to join the organ register. Dr Gail Miflin also answers questions about research into blood donation.
Summer 2015
Nurse Sarah Fawcett answers some of your more unusual questions about giving blood.
Winter 2014
How donated plasma is helping Nikki Clouden cope with a rare condition.
Summer 2014
Amanda Holden says: 'They couldn't get blood into me fast enough'.
Winter 2013
McFly’s Tom Fletcher explains how his cat turned him into a blood donor.
Summer 2013
Damian Malony is Hal - a vampire in BBC3 series Being Human. But this bloodsucker is actually a donor in real life.
Winter 2012
Former Olympic skier Graham Bell became a donor after a friend had a serious accident and needed blood.
Summer 2012
TV presenter Penny Smith says: 'Make sure people know how easy it is to give blood'.
Winter 2011
When a family member needed blood, gold medallist ice skater Jayne Torvill decided it was time to become a regular blood donor again.