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A group blood donation programme brought to you by New Zealand Blood Service, Team Red gives you the opportunity to help save lives with your friends and colleagues.
Team Red is open to any workplace or group that wants to do something amazing and contribute to their community. That includes sports and social clubs, groups of friends and more.
Saving lives feels amazing, but that’s not the only benefit you get from joining Team Red. Supporting your local community can improve your organisation’s reputation, generate positive publicity, give your colleagues a sense of pride, reduce turnover, help you attract the best talent, and ultimately boost your company’s results.
Contact us to learn more about what Team Red can do for your organisation.
Contact us here.
Yes. If you want to be part of a force of life-savers but don’t have an existing group to join, create one!. Contact us here to help set up a group. Every donor you can recruit to the cause can save hundreds of lives.
Get in touch with your Team Red Captain and ask them to sign you up. You’ll need to give them your Donor ID number if you’ve given blood before. If you’ve never donated, let them know so we can give you extra special attention at your first visit.
If you are a donor changing your personal details, call us on 0800 448 325.
If you are a Team Captain and need to change group details, contact us here.
We will send your Team Captain regular progress reports for your group. If you would like to find out an up to date total, please get in touch with us.
To book an appointment for a small group please get in touch at least 2-4 weeks before you want to donate. We can work together to find one or more blood donation appointments that suits your group.
We stagger your group’s appointments to ensure that group donation doesn’t impact on your organisation’s core business. This also ensures that each donor receives our full attention. Typically we accommodate 5-8 donors at any one time, but this depends on the size of the Donor Centre or mobile blood drive.
Yes, no problem at all. Just remember that each donor can only give whole blood once every 12 weeks, so factor this in when planning the next group visit.
Absolutely! Companies can have Team Red groups for different locations or business areas. We can tell you your company’s total donations as well as each group’s tally.
Yes! We offer a free pickup and drop off service at your nearest blood donation centre or blood drive. If you have a larger team (80+) who are eligible to donate, we could even run a mobile blood drive on your site for extra convenient life-saving.
Please allow up to an hour for registration, donation and refreshments. This does not include transport time to and from a donor centre or mobile blood drive.
Bring your ID with you, and make sure you have had enough to eat and drink before getting your ride to donate.
Usually, though there are some exceptions. For example, on-duty policemen, airline pilots, and heavy machinery operators cannot go straight back to work after giving blood. Check with our staff if you’re unsure.
Whole blood donors can donate up to four times a year, or every 12 weeks. Plasma and platelet donors can give every fortnight, up to 23 times per year.
You’ll need to bring your ID and donor card or NZ Blood app with you. Make sure you have had enough to eat and drink before getting your ride to donate too.
Our highly trained team take good care of donors in these situations.
Take our eligibility quiz or check our detailed eligibility criteria.
The whole donation process including registration, interview, donation and rest afterwards takes approximately 1 hour. As for the actual time donating whole blood is the fastest donation type, taking just 10 minutes. Plasmapheresis takes up to 60 minutes on the donation bed, while plateletpheresis can take up to 100 minutes.