新澳门六合彩开奖结果 secures NHS funding to develop student-led organ donation campaign

Fri 20 September, 2024
Article Header Image

The 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 has received funding from NHS Blood and Transplant to develop and run a community organ donation campaign led by student ambassadors, transplant recipients and donors from different ethnic and faith communities.

The 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 is joining forces with , , and the to mark (23 鈥 29 September) and pioneer innovative approaches to start a national conversation about organ donation in minority ethnic communities.

The two-year projects, starting with an initial funding grant of 拢15,500 from NHS Blood & Transplant, will draw upon the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 world-leading research which has previously found that tailored messaging and trusted messengers are essential to champion organ donation conversations across the UK.

Professor Gurch Randhawa, Director of the Institute for Health Research at the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a privilege to be implementing our research, connecting organ donor families, communities, religions and tackling the global problem of not enough organ donors from all communities - so we need to increase organ donation conversations via university student community ambassadors and using art to promote dialogue, specifically to tackle the lower rates of organ donation among minority ethnic communities.鈥

Dr Britzer Paul Vincent Paul Raj, who recently completed his PhD at Bedfordshire and will lead the student ambassador community project, added: 鈥淥ver the next two years, our project will be implemented based on detailed research on the barriers and facilitators toward deceased organ donation among the ethnic minority population.

鈥淵ounger generations are more open to engage in conversation on organ donation but lack the opportunity to do so. Hence, we have a pool of dedicated university student organ donation ambassadors from all faith and ethnic backgrounds who will be leading community conversations regarding organ donation.鈥

Alongside this project, the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 will be working in close partnership with Hospital Art Studio after securing funding to create the UK鈥檚 first community-led artwork, which will be based in Luton, dedicated to celebrating organ donation.

The Mandip Mudhar Memorial Foundation 鈥 an organ donor family charity established in recognition of Mandip Mudhar鈥檚 life-saving organ donation 鈥 is also working alongside the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 on this project.

Bobby Mudhar said: 鈥淭he Foundation are committed to building upon Mandip鈥檚 life-saving legacy. We bring positivity out of tragedy by sharing our family story as to why Mandip wanted to be an organ donor and why we as a family supported his decision. We are delighted to be working with the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 in enhancing community dialogue regarding organ donation.鈥

Mayor of Luton, Cllr Tahmina Saleem, also added: 鈥淪adly, many opportunities are lost every year in Luton and around the country because families don鈥檛 know if their loved one wanted to be a donor or not. We are delighted to be working with the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果 and Hospital Art Studio on a series of community dialogue activities over the next two years, that will encourage those much needed life-saving conversations to take place.鈥

telephone

新澳门六合彩开奖结果 switchboard
During office hours
(Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00)
+44 (0)1234 400 400

Outside office hours
(Campus Watch)
+44 (0)1582 74 39 89

email

Admissions
admission@beds.ac.uk

International office
international@beds.ac.uk

Student support
sid@beds.ac.uk

Registration
sid@beds.ac.uk

social media