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19 December 2025

Special Days – An Appeal to Scotland’s Donors

Blood has a shelf life of up to 35 days, so why do we badly need people to come forward to our Donor Centres on special days such as Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Hogmanay and 2nd January?

16 December 2025

Bloodstocks Update – Christmas 25

An update of how bloodstocks are looking for Christmas 2025

Dundee donors will be able to give blood on Tuesdays

David first gave blood as a teen in 1966, and has donated regularly ever since.

After ten blood transfusions in two months, six-year old Freya finally made it home for her family Christmas in 2020.

The Dundee mum's life hung in the balance when her organs failed after giving birth.

The Ardersier family celebrate an extra special Christmas together, as blood donors help them for a second time.

Dr Musa Watila, a specialty doctor in Neurology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, thanks blood donors for providing the life changing transfusions he requires every eight weeks.

From Sunday 31st October to Friday 12th November, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26) is taking place in Glasgow.

14 October 2021

Buildstore blood drive

Staff at a Livingston company have so many reasons for wanting to give blood.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Wednesday 24 December

We aim to retain 6 days of stocks at any time in order to meet the requirements of patients in Scotland.

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