GIVE BLOOD IN IRVINE

Published 22 Feb 2010 05:00

THE BLOOD transfusion service will be in Irvine for a week in March - and are calling on generous volunteers.

If you want to give blood go to the donating bus at the front of Asda Stores at the Rivergate Shopping Centre on Tuesday, March 2, between 9.30am-11.30am and 1pm-3.30pm.

The service will also be at the Volunteer Rooms in High Street on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4, between 2.30pm-3.45pm and 5.15pm-7.30pm.

And it will also be appearing at the Relief Church of Scotland in the Bourtreehill Village Centre on Friday, March 5, between 2pm-3.45pm and 5.15pm-7.30pm.

A spokesperson said: "We urgently need to attract more new blood donors.

"Only five percent of the eligible population currently give blood. We need more new volunteers to ensure that we continue to meet hospital requirements for blood and blood products.

"Every day we need to welcome 1,000 volunteer blood donors in Scotland."

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