Welsh Baccalaureate challenge

Do you have what it takes to get more young people donating?

Students can now take on the challenge of encouraging more young people to start donating blood, platelets or bone marrow in Wales, as part of the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification.

Rules around donating Learn more about giving blood Finding your local blood donation

The brief

Your challenge will be to design and develop digital promotional material/tools that will assist the Welsh Blood Service to attract more young people to donate blood, platelets, and/or bone marrow.

You will need to be innovative and creative in order to engage with the target audience. This will provide you with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate a wide range of skills, qualities and attributes.

Did you know?

We host blood donation sessions at a selection of schools across Wales.

With a range of resources to help schools promote the importance of donating, it’s a great place to get started.

Find out more

Resources for you

We’ve put together a class presentation and student quiz for you to download, test yourself or present to others as part of your Welsh Baccalaureate.

Class presentation Student quiz

Videos you need to see

Donor and Olchfa School student Tamsin shares her experience of making her first blood donation.

Hazel continues to donate regularly after her new-born son receives lifesaving blood transfusions.

Rugby player Ioan became a bone marrow donor, but what do his teammates think of him signing up to join the Registry?

Mother and cancer survivor Kelly received a lifesaving bone marrow transplant and wrote a poem to her hero, her donor.

The incredible story of platelet donor Colin, who has made 1,000 donations over four decades.

Every donation can save up to three lives, this is the difference it makes to those who receive it.

Welsh Baccalaureate challenge