Thank you for your interest in DonateLife Week 2012.

DonateLife Week (Sunday 19 – Sunday 26 February 2012) is Australia's national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation.

During DonateLife Week 2012, our aim is to encourage more young people to ask and know the donation wishes of their loved ones, and to make sure that their wishes are known.

This DonateLife Week, we need your help to engage young Australians to think about whether they would know what to say if asked "did they want to be an organ and tissue donor?".

To assist you, we have produced a Youth Supporters Kit. This resource includes a range of ideas, materials and templates that you can use to promote DonateLife Week and to encourage discussion among young people.

Did you know:

• Although more young people are discussing organ and tissue donation , one in two young people don't know their family members' donation wishes.
• 40% of young people are unaware that one day they could be asked to confirm the donation wishes of a family member, should the situation arise.
• Every family member needs to know each other's donation wishes. Why? Because in Australia the family will always be asked to confirm the donation wishes of the deceased before donation can proceed.
• One organ and tissue donor can save or improve the lives of 10 or more people.

We also want more young people to make an informed decision about whether they would be willing to become an organ and tissue donor and to share this decision with their family and close friends. 

To check out the inspirational stories of people touched by organ and tissue donation please visit the DonateLife Book of Life.

For more information on DonateLife Week please click here

You can access these resources by following the links below:

To register your events or activities for DonateLife Week please click here

To access the newsletter/media article template click here

To download posters, postcards and other resources click here

For ideas on how to get involved click here

For our organ and tissue donation thoughts of the day click here

What sort of help is available from DonateLife?

There is a DonateLife Agency in each state or territory. The Communications Manager at the agencies can assist you in planning your event, provide advice and information and pending availability make available possible guest speakers. You can find contact details for the DonateLife Agencies at www.donatelife.gov.au/the-network

To obtain DonateLife materials such as fact sheets, brochures and printed materials please visit the DonateLife Week Online Supporters Kit at www.donatelife.gov.au and the Community Speakers Guide at www.donatelife.gov.au

Additionally if you have any questions or require advice you can contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it