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OUR CAMPAIGN
Leave No Doubt
Organ Donor Awareness Week 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 600 and 650 people active on waiting lists for organ transplants including heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas. They are all waiting on the ‘Gift of Life’.
Have the ‘Organ Donation Conversation’
Get an Organ Donor Card or add Code 115 to your driving license
Encourage friends and family to share their wishes too!
THE DONOR CARD
The Organ Donor Card is a visual representation of your decision to give the ‘Gift Of Life’ in the event of your death. By signing the card and carrying it with you, you are documenting your wishes to be an organ donor.
The card plays an important role in initiating the ‘Organ Donation Conversation’ with your loved ones. Discussing your wishes openly ensures that your family understands and honours your decision.
Irish Kidney Association Calls for Urgent Action as Organ Donation Falls to Lowest Level in Five Years
13th May 2026
The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) today launched Organ Donor Awareness Week 2026 at the Mansion House in Dublin, where it raised concerns about the decline in transplant activity. The campaign will run from 16th to 23rd May, with the theme ‘Don’t Leave Your Loved Ones in Doubt – Share Your Wishes About Organ Donation.’
Organ Donor Awareness Week Shines a Green Spotlight on Family Conversations
Organ Donor Awareness Week 2026 will take place from May 16th to 23rd, encouraging people across Ireland to share their wishes about organ donation with their families. The annual campaign is organised by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) in collaboration with HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI).
How Can I Support?
Get A Donor Card
The Organ Donor Card is a visual representation of your decision to give the ‘Gift Of Life’ in the event of your death.
Download Campaign Resources
Find posters, social media images and more to help raise awareness in your community.
Host An Event
Plan an organ donor awareness event in your workplace, school or community.
Light Up in Green
From dusk to dawn, landmarks and public buildings will be glowing green, the international colour for organ donation, for Organ Donor Awareness Week.
We’d love you, your family and friends to visit a building lit up in green during Organ Donor Awareness Week, take a photo of the green lights – selfies, family photos, or the landmark itself and share your photos to help spread the message of organ donation.
Events
8th – 9th May
9:00am – 5:00pm
IPU National Pharmacy Conference
The Mount Wolseley Hotel, Co. Carlow
16th May
9:00am – 5:00pm
Irish Nephrology Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2026
The Gibson Hotel, Co. Dublin
23rd May
1:30pm
North-South Collaborative Organ Donation Event
Circle of Life Commemorative Garden, Co. Galway.
17th May
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Gift of life walk 2026
Merrion Square, Co. Dublin
17th May
12:00pm
Mass for Organ Donors
Knock Shrine, Co. Mayo
19th May
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Science Bites: Organ Donor Awareness Week
Humanarium, Co. Dublin
Ideas to Get Involved
Why Is Organ Donor Awareness Week Important To You?
We asked the speakers at the Organ Donor Awareness Week 2026 launch the question “Why Is Organ Donor Awareness Week Important To You?”
Launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2026
Watch back the official launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2026 from the Mansion House.
