Blood donation and planning

It is important to ensure donors have a good experience donating blood and are invited back to donate again. This supports the retention of safe, repeat donors.

Information brochures

• Advice for ensuring your blood donors return to donate blood (customisable)
  Download: English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic
• Improving donor engagement: English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic

Online training – eLearning module on donor retention

• Access here (login required, no cost)

For encouraging family and replacement donors to return as regular, voluntary donors.

Information brochure: advice and strategies for blood programs

• English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic 

Customisable communication materials

• Posters:  English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic     (edit in Canva English | Francais| Espanol)     (*Note: Canva login required)
• Brochure:  English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic     (edit in Canva English | Francais| Espanol) 

Contact GAP if you would like these adapted for your blood program (ie. based on your country criteria, logos etc).

Online training – eLearning module on group blood donation

Perfect for new staff and volunteers who would like to learn about group blood donation in a self-paced and engaging way.

• Access here (login required, no cost)

Educational videos on group blood donation

Short, educational videos for staff and volunteers to learn how to set up a group program

• What they are, why they are successful
• How they are arranged, the role of an internal champion
• Role in disasters, how to manage these on a budget

(Also known as “outreach” or “mobile camps”)

Useful example of how to run successful blood drives

(courtesy of, and with permission from, American Red Cross)

• Information on planning and hosting blood drives
• Download checklists
• Access tips and tools etc

Information brochures:

• Maximising blood drives at schools and universities – English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic
• Running a successful blood drive – English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic
• Engaging youth in blood donation – English | Francais | Espanol | Arabic

Blood drive planning templates

See below section “Useful tools to plan your activities” for these templates

For general planning of activities and tracking of results:

• Annual Activities Planner (download) – a useful tool to develop a range of strategies and activities with associated targets
• Blood collection results by month (download) – for reporting monthly results of mobile events, donor groups (VNRBD, family and replacement, retained donors) to support developing and working toward targets and monitor supply planning
• Donor satisfaction survey (download) – for monitoring of the donor experience – you can’t improve what you can’t measure

For planning of blood drives:

• Assessment of the targeted population (download) – use this to help decide whether a location or population will be a suitable target for a blood donation event
• Blood donor mobile planning tool (download) – an excel template that helps you to coordinate and schedule blood drives, compile contact details of locations and key persons, and track activity (number of donors) at these events
• Blood donation campaign report (download) – tracks the results of a mobile collection event, such as community group, distance travelled, total donating blood etc