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Membership:
Criteria will vary from country to country but here are some ideas:
- Blood donors aged 16-25
years who have donated at least 2 donations a year
- ‘First-time’
donors who commit to giving blood regularly (2-3 donations a year)
Aims:
These will also vary from country to country but generally Club
25 programmes are part of an overall blood donor retention strategy.
For example, in South Africa the Club 25 programme aims to:
- Establish a process
whereby senior school blood donors will be retained at the time
they leave school
- Create a lifelong commitment
in school leavers to the concept of regular donation of safe blood
after they leave school.
How to set up a
Club 25
Various models of the original Club 25 idea exist but generally
they follow a similar structure:
- The club elects a national
or local administrative committee to organize activities, i.e.
a national youth blood donor activity or celebrations for the
World Blood Donor Day (June 14).
- Peer promoters are elected
to assist the blood service in the recruitment of voluntary blood
donors from low-risk populations and in turn the blood service
supervises and supports the Club.
- Operationally the clubs
functions according to local needs but one common thread is the
education of young people about risk behaviour helping ensure
that they remain HIV negative.
Download the information leaflet or contact
us for more information!
Over to you!
- Find a responsible, dedicated and committed person to drive the
programme.
- Gain commitment and support from top level at your blood centre
- Monitor, evaluate, change the programme until it works for your
country!
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