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Siblings Unite To Back Critical Call For Black Blood Donors

31st July 202130th July 2021 Karen 305 Views 0 Comments Black Blood Donors, blood donation, genetic disorder, NHS Blood and Transplant, Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Sickle Cell Condition

Critical call for Black people to donate blood as 16,000 new donors urgently needed The sister of a teenager with

Church investigated by charity watchdog over claims pastors pressured congregants into selling blood for donations

15th December 201914th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 689 Views 0 Comments #Pastor, blood donation, Church news, Investigation, scandal, Watchdog

scandal-hit church is being investigated by the charity watchdog over claims that pastors pressured young congregants into selling their blood

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Sickle cell: Call The Midwife shines spotlight on disease

23rd January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 2229 Views 0 Comments awareness, BAME, black, black community, Blood disease, blood donation, Call The Midwife, community, disease, Ethnic, Genetic, health, NHS, Sickle cell

Viewers and people with sickle cell disease have praised TV show Call The Midwife for its storyline portraying the condition.

Educate children to tackle ethnic minority donor crisis, MPs say

13th August 201813th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 1143 Views 0 Comments Anthony Nolan, Anthony Nolan Charity, Asian, awareness, BAME, BAME communities, black, Blood, blood donation, boost donor numbers, Carl Anka, communities, Death, donation, donation crises, Eleanor Smith, england, ethnic background, ethnic diversity, ethnic minority donors, ethnic minority groups, government, illness, individuals, Jackie Doyle-Price, Labour MPs, minority ethnic, misinformation spreading, mistrust, myth-busting, national curriculum, national priority, NHS bodies, organ donation, organ failure, organs, paying it forward, public awareness, silent crisis, Social Media, Stem cells, UK population

School pupils should learn about organ and blood donation to help tackle the “silent crisis” of a lack of ethnic