Inverness Shinty Club give blood

Inverness Shinty Squad have hit off their season with a fixture at Raigmore Hospital Blood Donor Centre.

On Thursday evening, players, parents, and members of Inverness Shinty Club community came together to visit Inverness Blood Donor Centre - accompanied by club mascot and local celeb, Billy Bught. 

If you just take the first steps to organise a few people, then those people might just encourage a few others and so on.  It really just takes a few people to make a massive difference. Arran, Inverness Shinty Club

Arran explained, 'Shinty is more than a game, it's an ancient sport that remains at the heart of our local communities.  We've shown that today by coming together to support the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, an organisation at the heart of our community. I'd say to any other group or club thinking of getting involved to just get on and do it.  It's so easy to organise.  You don't need to get a massive group together. If you just take the first steps to organise a few people, then those people might just encourage a few others and so on. It really just takes a few people to make a massive difference.'

Each donation can help save or improve the lives of up to three people in Scotland. This means your group or organisation could make a massive contribution to NHS Scotland and to Scotland's patients.

Could your group, club or company help save lives? Inverness Donor Centre, based at Raigmore Hospital, is actively seeking to welcome new donors or donors who may not have given blood in a while.

Booking your group donation is straightforward. Local donor centre staff will work with you to organise donation times, with plenty of biscuits afterwards.

Thank you to the team at Inverness Shinty Club for visiting Inverness Donor Centre, and encouraging others to do the same.

• Are you keen to arrange a group booking? Contact us online or give us a call on 0345 90 90 999 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) to find out more.