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Giving Blood

Steps to Giving Blood

  1. Can you give blood? Learn about the requirements to becoming a donor.
  2. Find a location to give blood
  3. Who does your blood help?
  4. Further questions

Can you give blood?

Donating blood is safe and easy. To become a blood donor, firstly you need to meet some requirements:

  • weigh at least 45 kg
  • be in good health and feel well
  • aged between 16 (or 18 in TAS and NT) and 70

Some illnesses or activities can affect whether or not you can give blood safely. Here are some general guidelines, and for any further information please call 13 14 95.

Find a location to give blood

The nearest permanent Blood Donor Centre is located at:

Ringwood Donor Centre
Address: 38 Charter St, (behind Target)
Phone: 13 14 95

Please call:
13 14 95 to make an appointment or register online.

Mobile Schedule:

For mobile blood collection points, go to

http://www.donateblood.com.au/donor-search-results.aspx?region=Victoria

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Who does your blood help?

THANKS, 1350 TIMES

It takes 1350 blood donations a year to keep Michelle out of a wheelchair. The young engineering student from Victoria, suffers a rare disease, which was diagnosed a couple of years ago.
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BLOOD DONORS HELPED MEND HUGH'S HEART

Hugh was only four months old when his parents learned he would need open heart surgery. Hugh was born with the rare condition of double outlet right ventricle conus and ventricular septum defects.
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BLOOD DONORS GIVE BLOOD BROTHERS THE GIFT OF LIFE

Generosity keeps people alive. Floyd, Rory and Callan Taylor are living proof thanks to blood and plasma donors across Australia.
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BLOOD DONORS SAVE MY LIFE EVERY MONTH

Since Braydon was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder at 3 months of age, he has received over 150 units of donated blood.
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PRETTY IN PINK

For Tracey, seeing her daughter Eva celebrate her second birthday was a gift in itself. Eva had a very shaky start to her life. She was born five weeks premature with a rare disorder known as a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) causing significant medical complications.
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LITTLE ANISHA`S BRAVE STORY

Anisha is only one of 100 people worldwide who suffers from a blood disorder known as Blackfan-Diamond syndrome, which can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant.
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NINETEEN PEOPLE SAVED MY LIFE

Leona thought she knew what to expect from the birth of her son Harrison. After all this was to be her third child. While Leona was prepared for the birth, she was not prepared for the unexpected complications that arose during and after it.
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