Give blood to give life

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) will be inviting your shoppers, visitors and residents to donate blood.

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Jul 2015, 07:00 BST

The mobile units will be at Montgomerie Hall, Gilmour Street, Eaglesham on Monday, August 10, from 4-7.30pm.

It will then transfer to Newton Mearns, Church of Broom, on Broom Road East on Wednesday, August 12 from 2-3-45pm and again from 5.15pm-7.30pm.

The Blood Transfusion Service needs 5,000 blood donors every week to meet the needs of patients in Scotland.

A spokesman said: ““Every minute of every day someone in Scotland receives blood as part of a life-saving or life-enhancing treatment.

“Only five per cent of the population are active blood donors.”

For more information please visit www.scotblood.co.uk.