BLOOD DONATION : 2nd Donation sessions at DSUK Coventry and Hatfield

The second official donation session for DSUK Coventry and Hatfield offices took place in March and April. Overall there were 15 volunteer donors, and 8 who successfully donated, which represents 4% of the total DSUK staff.

Thank you to all those who participated, and keep up the good work!

Sarah Wheeldon, DSUK

BLOOD DONATION: 1st Donation session at DNEU completed!

Between the 11-18th April, DNEU colleagues were invited to take part in some organised blood donation sessions.

The donation facilities were off-site, so a designated driver was assigned to take the donors to the Blood transfusion Service venue in Amsterdam.

In total, there were 8 donors who took part during the working week, and a further 8 donors who did so in their own time. 16 donors represents 6% of DNEU staff, which exceeds the initial target of 5% of colleagues donating. This is a GREAT result for DNEU, and we hope this will continue!

Hanneke Scholten, DNEU

BLOOD DONATION : 2nd Donation Session at DNDE completed

At the second official donation event for DNDE, the Blood & Transplant Service (BTS) opened the doors one hour ahead of the normal public time, especially for the DENSO volunteers.

In addition two doctors have been provided to accelerate the medical check in the advance of the donation.

The DENSO participants are already well known to the BTS team - probably because of the positive atmosphere created by the DNDE group.

Spreading this good mood during the donation, this event became not only important for the community but created fun and offered beside this the opportunity to chat to colleagues from other departments which you normally don't have business relation.

All in all there were 25 successful donations by the DENSO volunteers, which is about 24% of the total donations on the BTS event that day.

The BTS is very happy to have DENSO as a strong partner for these donation events.

Gunnar Nees, DNDE