National Transplant Week 2008

The dates for National Transplant Week are 6th-13th July 2008. This is the 18th Year of National Transplant Week, and the launch will be on 8th July at the London Tranport Museum, Covent Garden. The Donor Bus will be there signing up to the Organ Donor Register and staff and volunteers will be on hand to provide information and advice. The British 10k Run in London also takes place on 6th July at the start of the Week, and a TIM team will be taking part and spreading the word.

There will also be a special event taking place later in the Week on 11th July in London, which should be a major boost for the charity and the work we carry out.

This year the posters feature our very own Donor Bus and are encouraging people to Jump on board! and Join 15 Million people already On board the NHS Organ Donor Register. For the first time we are producing 2 posters, which are now available in both hardcopy and electronically (by request). The posters feature ordinary members of the public, on the streets of Birmingham, waiting to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register on the Donor Bus. Donor Bus Manager Ray Pearson welcomes them at the door encouraging them to sign up!

Our thanks to Astellas for supporting National Transplant Week 2008

Events

1000s of posters have already been sent out all over the country to promote National Transplant Week 2008. The Public Health Department of Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Primary Care Trust, are distributing our posters to display in 66 pharmacies across the Wigan Borough. The poster is appearing in a Lincolnshire magazine being distributed to over 20,000 homes in the lincolnshire area. The poster is also being displayed in hundreds of hospitals, healthcare centres, GP Practices and pharmacies all over the country.

The Donor Family Network are marking the start of the Week with a Precious Gift service of hope and thanksgiving at St Margarets Church, Great Barr, Birmingham at 2pm on 6th July. Please email info@donorfamilynetwork.co.uk for more information

4 young men have 10 days to drive *5000km to Russia *and climb Mount Elbrus, at 18,510 ft Europe’s highest peak. They are raising funds for Tim in the process. To show your support

Tom Brett will be swimming the Channel raising sponsorship for Transplants in Mind. To help him reach his target

3 cyclists are riding from Lands End to John O Groats over National Transplant Week, raising awareness and funds for Transplants in Mind.

TSN & TSUK are holding events on 12th July in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield and Birmingham and Basildon to encourage sign up to the Organ Donor Register. They will also be at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary all week.

If you are planning to hold any events during the Week or would like A3 or A4 versions of this year’s poster please contact Sue Johnstone We can then post information about your event on this site and in LifeTimes our newsletter.

We will post more information on events on the website as information becomes available so please check here regularly for updates. If you would like a high quality electronic version of the poster please contact Colin Day

We are always in need of funding to help fund National Transplant Week and all of the other awareness and research activities we plan to carry out. If you would like to help National Transplant Week become even more successful by giving us a financial donation please click on the donate button on this page. Thank You for your support!