Who we work with

We work with a broad range of individuals, community and health organisations to encourage more Australians to talk about donation and register to become donors.

Our community

Our community includes individuals and families affected by organ, eye or tissue donation and transplantation. 

We work with multicultural, faith and First Nations trusted community leaders, organisations and communities.   

We also work with the general public. 

Our government

  • ACT Health 
  • Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (including the Therapeutic Goods Administration) 
  • Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council 
  • Australian Government Services Australia 
  • Department for Health and Wellbeing, South Australia 
  • Department of Health, Tasmania 
  • Department of Health, Victoria
  • Department of Health, Western Australia 
  • NSW Ministry of Health
  • NT Health
  • Queensland Health 

Our professional associations

  • Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
  • Australasian Donation and Transplant Coordinators Association
  • Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
  • Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Biotherapeutics Association of Australasia 
  • College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand 
  • Eye Bank Association of Australia and New Zealand 
  • Transplant Nurses Association 
  • Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand 

Eye and tissue banks

NSW

  • Australian Biotechnologies 
  • Australian Tissue Donation Network
  • Hunter New England Bone Bank 
  • NSW Tissue Banks
  • Rachel Forster Bone Bank 
  • Sydney Heart Valve Bank 

VIC

  • Barwon Health Bone Bank 
  • Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria 
  • Lions Eye Donation Service Victoria 

WA

  • Australian Allografts 
  • Lions Eye Bank WA 
  • PlusLife (Perth Bone and Tissue Bank) 

QLD

  • Queensland Tissue Bank

SA

  • South Australian Eye Bank
  • South Australian Tissue Bank

Our community engagement group

Community Engagement Group member organisations:

  • Eurobodalla Renal Support Group 
  • Ethan 'Jimmy' Foundation 
  • Gift of Life Incorporated 
  • Gift of Life Foundation 
  • James Ackerman Legacy 
  • Kidney Health Australia 
  • Liver Kids Australia Inc 
  • Lucky Stars Australia Transplant Cricket Inc 
  • Saffron Day (Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur) 
  • The Nathan Gremmo Community Fund Inc 
  • The Sweetest Gift 
  • Transplant Australia 

Our Community Awareness Grant recipients

  • Charlton Neighbourhood House
  • Loft Social
  • Make Mate
  • National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcaster’s Council
  • Nationwide News  
  • PRONIA
  • Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media  
  • Red’s Fishing Media
  • Melbourne Storm
  • Western Bulldogs
  • YouX (Adelaide University Union)

Donation and transplantation outcome registries

  • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry  
  • Australia and New Zealand Heart Transplant Registry
  • Australia and New Zealand Islets and Pancreas Transplant Registry  
  • Australia and New Zealand Liver and Intestinal Transplant Registry  
  • Australia and New Zealand Lung Transplant Registry
  • Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry  
  • Australian Corneal Graft Registry 

Other organisations

  • Australia Post 
  • Australian Red Cross Lifeblood 
  • inVita
  • Reconciliation Australia
  • Qantas 
  • ShareLife 
  • StarTrack 

International organisations

  • Canadian Blood Services  
  • Commonwealth Tribute to Life  
  • Donation and Transplantation Institute, Spain  
  • Gift of Life Donor Program, USA  
  • International Registry on Organ Donation and Transplantation  
  • International Society for Organ Donation and Professionals
  • MOHAN Foundation, India
  • National Health Service Blood and Transplant, United Kingdom  
  • National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation, India
  • National Transplant Organization, Spain
  • Organ Donation New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora)
  • Project Notify  
  • The Transplantation Society  
  • United Network for Organ Sharing, USA  
  • World Health Organization