This year’s Organ Donor Awareness Week campaign is built around the theme ‘Don’t Leave Your Loved Ones in Doubt!’
The key message is that members of the public can play their part in supporting organ donation for transplantation by ensuring that their families are not left in any doubt about their wishes around organ donation. i.e., they ‘have the conversation’. Sharing your wishes when you are in good health makes it a less stressful decision for your family in the event of them being approached about you being a potential organ donor.
At any one time in Ireland there are between 550 and 600 people active on waiting lists for organ transplants including heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas. They are all waiting on the 'Gift of Life'.
Supported by An Post
An Post is supporting this year’s Organ Donor Awareness Week campaign with 350 of its larger and busiest outlets displaying stocks of organ donor cards and also displaying the campaign poster on digital screens in 295 of its top post offices.
With thanks to the following, for their support and promotion of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2023
Videos
Organ Donor Awareness Week Launch Highlight Video
Organ Donor Awareness Week Full Launch Livestream
Events Form
Planning on holding an event for Organ Donor Awareness Week? Need to request stock for a branch? Let us know using this form!
Teacht le Chéile Toolkit
This Teacht le Chéile booklet provides a Toolkit on organising activities and events to bring people together during Organ Donor Awareness Week. Teacht Le Chéile, the Irish for ‘coming together’, are organised events that encourage people to connect and start conversations about the benefits of organ donation for transplantation.