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Our Lifesavers campaign aims to ease the agony for thousands of people on the UK organ donor transplant list.

We aim to raise awareness of organ donation and encourage people to discuss it with their loved ones; to reopen the debate on adopting an opt-out system; and, above all, we want to recruit 20,000 new donors in our region by the end of 2010.

Join the NHS Organ Donor Register online at www.organdonation.nhs.uk>>


Organ donor roadshow comes to York

Louise Nicholson, daughter of donor Sheila Dawson, and Ashley Parker, who received a kidney transplant three

4:02pm Thursday 25th February 2010

THE daughter of a woman who donated all her organs to keep people alive after her death has urged York residents to do the same.

Lifesavers: Drive for more organ donors

Emma Young, 22, died while waiting for a double-lung transplant

10:34am Wednesday 24th February 2010

RIGHT now, across the UK, 10,000 people are facing an agonising wait.

Organ donation campaign moves up a gear

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11:32am Friday 12th February 2010

HEALTH workers and The Press will take to the streets of York later this month, as we continue our drive to sign up 20,000 heroes.

City chief backs Lifesavers campaign

HELPING HANDS: Backing The Press Lifesavers campaign are, from left, Coun David Scott, Coun Ian Gillies, Coun Andrew Waller and Coun Andy D’Agorne

11:40pm Thursday 4th February 2010

York's council leader has backed The Press's Lifesavers campaign - and revealed it inspired him to join the organ donor register.

Call on political chiefs to seek national support for organ donation campaign

8:23am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

YORK’S political chiefs are to be urged to seek support from across the UK for The Press’s Lifesavers campaign.

50 people a day sign up to be organ donors

Emma Young, 22, will be presenting the Charity Award at Sunday’s event

9:50am Friday 29th January 2010

THOUSANDS of new organ donors have come forward to give the greatest gift of all following the launch of The Press’s drive to save countless lives.

Lauren Senior, 15, in plea for kidney donor

9:27am Wednesday 13th January 2010

A MOTHER stepped forward to give her sick daughter a kidney – only to discover she too was suffering from the same illness.

1,200 sign up to Lifesavers organ donor appeal

Megan Thomas, left, and Tania Sinclair, mother of Sam Sinclair, hand out organ donor registration cards before York City’s game against Mansfield

8:46am Monday 11th January 2010

IT is a quest which can make the difference between life and death – and it has had an incredible start.

Football fans urged to back Lifesavers organ donation campaign

8:37am Thursday 24th December 2009

FOOTBALL fans could deliver a massive boost to The Press’s Lifesavers campaign on Saturday.

Former kidney transplant patient backs The Press’s Lifesavers campaign

Ashley Parker

8:04am Tuesday 15th December 2009

ASHLEY Parker is a man with a zest for life – but he also knows only too well what it feels like to stand at death’s door.

Naomi Smith so grateful for liver transplant

Naomi Smith winning a medal at the British Transplant Games

10:37am Friday 11th December 2009

A POSTER CHILD for organ donation has become the latest backer of The Press’ Lifesavers campaign.

10,000 Lifesavers organ donation forms go out

Councillor James Alexander with some of the 10,000 organ donor forms

10:33am Friday 11th December 2009

SAVING a life is about to get even easier for 10,000 readers of The Press.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham backs Life Savers appeal

Health Secretary Andy Burnham

10:07am Thursday 10th December 2009

THE new Lifesavers campaign by The Press has received instant top-level backing.

How to join the donor register

10:03am Thursday 10th December 2009

JOINING the donor register could get even easier for people in York, under new plans being discussed by city leaders.

Barbara Boyce back Life Savers campaign

Barbara Boyce who has backed our Lifesavers campaign

10:02am Thursday 10th December 2009

BARBARA BOYCE knows more than most about the importance of organ donation. Her husband Jimmy died while waiting for a heart transplant. Nearly 16 years on, she is a City of York Councillor and is backing The Press’s Lifesavers campaign, to try to prevent others going through what she did. Here, she tells her story.

Lifesavers campaign aims to recruit 20,000 new organ donors

Launching the Life Savers campaign at York Hospital are, from left, York MP Hugh Bayley, deputy editor of The Press Francine Clee, donor transplant co-ordinator Joanne Turner and reporter Gavin Aitchison

9:18am Wednesday 9th December 2009

TODAY, as the countdown to Christmas gathers pace, The Press is calling on you to give the greatest gift of all.

Don’t delay, sign up to the Organ Donor Register today

Joanne Turner, donor transplant co-ordinator at York Hospital, backs the Lifesavers campaign

9:02am Wednesday 9th December 2009

The donor transplant co-ordinator at York Hospital said it was vital people acted on their good intentions immediately.

Campaign for ‘presumed consent’ organ donation system suffers setback

8:58am Wednesday 9th December 2009

BRITAIN currently operates an “opt-in” organ donation system, which means that if people want their organs used when they die, they must say so.

Parents of Bryony Aveyard back Lifesavers campaign

Bryony Aveyard

8:57am Wednesday 9th December 2009

SCHOOLGIRL Bryony Aveyard was only 11 when she suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage.

Organ donation facts and figures

8:55am Wednesday 9th December 2009

• The organ donor register (ODR) was set up in October 1994, following a campaign by John and Rosemary Cox.






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