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30 March 2026

Murray and Kit: 'A Pawsitive' force for good

Murray and his red lab guide dog Kit are well-kent faces at the Pitlochry session.

23 March 2026

Pageant queen highlights the beauty of blood donation

A beauty queen finalist has called for more blood donors to come forward, after treatment saved her life as a baby.

Dingly's Motorcycle Club undertook their festive-themed Blood Run last week, to the delight of those they zipped past.

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Blood donor sessions in Edinburgh Donor Centre are run by appointment.

Laura Hulse from Cromarty (near Inverness) explains why she takes part in the event.

We had a lot of strange new would-be blood donors in today - but none of them were able to give blood. Find out the sorts of things might prevent you from giving blood this Halloween.

30 October 2018

Keith's story

Keith from Westhill, Aberdeenshire, tells us about his decision to start giving platelets.

From 1st October 2018, Dundee blood donors will be able to donate until 3:30pm on a Friday, while the Wednesday session will close at 1:30pm.

Stevie started giving blood after his son was involved in a serious car accident; his daughter Heather joined him when she started university.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Wednesday 01 April

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

Learn more about blood types