Save lives by giving blood: What’s stopping you?
17 June 2025
'Save lives by giving blood: What’s stopping you?' is an assembly package to use in sixth forms to encourage students to be community minded as part of their wider curriculum.
Students are eligible to donate blood from the age of 17 and it takes about 10 minutes to donate, and saves three lives.
This three minute video explains why it is so important to give blood giving real life examples and featuring some famous faces.
In the free assembly package you will find a powerpoint to use in the assembly (PPTX, 549.2 KB), a letter to inform parents (DOCX, 118.8 KB) and a handout for students (PDF, 215.7 KB).
There is also a guide to organising school trips to donate blood for your sixth form (PDF, 511.4 KB).