£28,000 awarded to three community projects
Facts Not Fear from Black and Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP), Sustaining Discourse on Organ Donation from Chinese Educational Development Project (CEDP) and Creating BAME student-led opportunities to expand organ donation awareness across universities in England from University of Brighton – have received a share of more than £28,000 from the UK government to tackle health inequalities and promote blood and organ donation in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.The announcement of the funding aims to address the shortage of organs, particularly kidneys, for those waiting for a transplant from all Black, Asian, mixed heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds, while also highlighting the need for more blood donors.
