Bleed for the team

NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a campaign to encourage more people to register and book an appointment to give blood during and after this year’s World Cup. 

Off the pitch, we need an entirely different type of hero. The nation needs people to support England not only through their love of sport, their passion and their patriotism, but in a way that makes a real difference to saving and improving lives.

NHS Blood and Transplant need nearly 700 new blood donors every day to continue providing their life-saving service and 50,000 donors during the World Cup alone, from the first-round matches right through to the final.

Currently, twice as many women come forward to donate blood for the first time as men. This needs to change. More men are needed to come forward to provide life-saving products like plasma and platelets.

Men's blood is particularly useful for making plasma and platelets. Your blood could be used to save victims of burns, car crashes and provide life-saving treatment to patients with cancer.

It’s easy

Giving blood only takes an hour and the process of donating only takes around 5-10 minutes.

• In just one hour you can save up to three lives
• Find out more about the process here
• Or call 0300 123 23 23 about becoming a blood or platelet donor.

Across the nation, every day around 6,000 people give blood, giving up their time to save lives. Please click here to join them and register today.