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    ​​​​​​​Applications are now open for up to $400,000 (GST exclusive) in funding for community-based initiatives in 2024. Applications are now open for up to $400,000 (GST exclusive) in funding for community-based initiatives in 2024. Since 2009, we have provided over $6 million in community…
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    Applications for the DonateLife 2025 Community Awareness Grants program are now open.  Applications for the DonateLife 2025 Community Awareness Grants program are now open. Up to $600,000 in grants is available for community partners to work with DonateLife to raise awareness and encourage people…
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    Become a volunteer or advocate and encourage others to register to donate. Volunteers and advocates are needed across Australia and from all walks of life. Become a volunteer or supporter and help us increase awareness about donation, encourage people to talk to their families and friends and…
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    Ben was quiet, smart, witty and able to make you laugh. He knew what he wanted and worked hard to achieve it. He loved and cherished his wife and family. He was born with a congenital heart defect. Ben knew what challenges life had for him and worked hard to ensure he could live a full and…
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    The national protocol outlines a framework and ethical process for Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (previously referred to as Donation after Cardiac Death). The National Guideline has been developed by the Organ and Tissue Authority (OTA) and the DonateLife Network. The National…
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    Outlines the best practice approach for referral of potential organ and tissue donors and discussing donation with their families. This is the second edition of the guideline, which outlines the best practice approach for referral of potential organ and tissue donors and discussing donation with…
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    Talented dancer Bianca Valenti, 17, is thankful for 2 anonymous bone donors whose gifts have allowed her to dance again. In March 2017, at the age of 12, Bianca was diagnosed with a large aneurysmal bone cyst in her right femur after suffering constant, excruciating leg pain for many years…
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    In little over a year, Bill and his family members were faced with the difficult decision of choosing to donate bone and soft tissue on not one, but 3 occasions. Each time, they rose above their own pain, making the noble decision to donate so that some good may come from their otherwise…
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    I was merely existing before a kidney transplant 27 years ago. I was sick and tired and would sometimes turn a “funny colour” of a morning. But by the time those symptoms presented, I already had acute kidney failure. I was 33 when I started to get high blood pressure. The doctors…
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    This is a special 'Thank you'. My name is Brad I am 47 years old and when I was 6 years old I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I had a normal life with a loving family and then my wife Lorae and I went to live in Batemans Bay on the south coast of NSW. In the mid…
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We want all Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation. If you want to be a donor, make sure you tell your family and friends.

Registering is easy and only takes one minute. All you need is your phone, Medicare card and one minute to register.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, your medical history, your lifestyle, what country you’re from or how healthy you are — you can still register as an organ and tissue donor.

The Organ and Tissue Authority acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

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