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Donna’s Dream is setting its sights on Charity Status!

January 6, 2012 in Latest News

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On July 14th 2010 I set Donna’s Dream up as a campaign for more organ donors in memory of my wife Donna who sadly past away 12 days earlier waiting for her third heart transplant. The campaign included a petition for an opt out organ donor register which generated a lot of signatures and a lot of press.

18 months on and the opt out campaign is heading to deadline in Wales and they are now campaigning in Scotland. Richard Branson has also vented his interest in opt out within the UK which leads me to believe that he may start his own campaign soon.

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Why we need to educate people about Organ Donation | Az’s Blog

January 1, 2012 in Az's Blog, Latest News

Yesterday I got talking to an old boy in a pub (he’s 91!) and we chatted about several things but one thing he said got my back up a little. He asked about my wife (after seeing my wedding ring) and I told him about Donna and that she had died waiting for a transplant. I explained that she had already received two and was waiting for her third. His response was “well, just goes to show that we shouldn’t play god!” To which I explained that, whether you believe in god or mother nature, we are designed to do exactly what we do and that is to be inquisitive, learn, adapt and try things out. Its in our nature to do these things!

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