Recipient teams

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Why start a Lifeblood Team?

Whether you’re a blood recipient, a close friend or a family member, you’ve seen the power of blood in a moment of need. Starting a Lifeblood Team is a way to share its impact and help others who may be in similar situations. You don’t need to be a blood donor to start a team but you can be an advocate for why it matters.

How to start a team

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Sign up for a Lifeblood account (or log in if you already have one)

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Go to ‘Teams’ and choose ‘My Team’

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Click on 'Create a team'

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Complete the registration form

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We'll be in touch via email to confirm your registration and provide you with information to bring people together.

Reasons to start a team

“Team Adem was created by Adem Crosby after he was diagnosed with leukaemia at 17. Despite his illness, Adem was determined to raise awareness about the life-saving power of blood donation. Being part of the team has shown us how something that starts small can have such a large and significant impact. It’s a meaningful way to bring people together and knowing that you are helping save lives is an incredibly rewarding feeling.” 

– Brent and Lu, Team Adem

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Noah Spooner Hutchies & Family

“Starting a Lifeblood Team has given me huge amounts of emotional support when hospital days were really tough.” - Jamie, Parent

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Bleed 4 Brent

“The ripple effect of a blood donation group can be immense. It brings together people for a purpose and highlights to the world that everyone can make a positive difference in someone else's life – even if they can't donate themselves, they can help spread the word.” - Jenny, Parent

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Team Mason

“Start a team and become part of something that’s priceless. As a recipient of blood, I know there is no better gift.” - Donna Cass, Recipient and Team Champion

Getting others on your team

When you start a team, you become a Lifeblood Champion. This doesn’t mean you have to be an expert at all things blood donation – we’re here to help. We’ve created a suite of downloadable resources below – from social tiles with ready-to-go captions, email and Whatsapp copy to editable Instagram stories – it’s all here and it’s all yours.

If you need more support, one of our friendly Relationship Managers will be assigned to your team and be able to answer any questions you have.

Toolkit 1 – We need you

It’s okay to need others – for support, encouragement and for life-giving donations. Use this toolkit to help your team spread the word about the urgency and need for donations.

Start with our handy how-to guide and download the individual resources you need or get the entire toolkit (with social posts, copy, Facebook banners, Instagram stories and the how-to guide) when you download the All Resources folder.

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Toolkit 2 – Togetherness

Every person can make a difference, and together we can do more. This toolkit has been designed to help you encourage and bring people together for someone you care about.

Start with our handy how-to guide and download the individual resources you need or get the entire toolkit (with social posts, copy, Facebook banners, Instagram stories and the how-to guide) when you download the All Resources folder.

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Togetherness - Social Tile Group Donation

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Life takes a team.