Donate blood during Ascension Week
A tip for your day off during Ascension Week: come and donate blood!
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Red Cross Week 4–10 May celebrates volunteers
Red Cross Week is an annual theme week organised by the Finnish Red Cross, celebrated in May from 4 to 10 May 2026. The week culminates on Red Cross Day on 8 May, the birthday of the organisation's…
The emergency messaging feature in the Donor app will be tested on 29 April 2026
The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service is testing an emergency communication tool (notifications in the Donor app and an emergency message banner appearing at the top of the website and app) on the…
Get into the May Day spirit with blood donation
May Day week has only four donation days, as our service points will be closed on Friday 1 May. Blood donors' help is therefore needed more than usual.
Doctoral dissertation: Red blood cell products may affect immune cells regardless of storage time
The doctoral dissertation of Licentiate of Medicine Eva Laurén examined the storage properties of red blood cell products and their effects on immune cells under cell culture conditions. In Finland,…
You can donate blood on Easter Monday
Patients need the help of blood donors also during Easter! On Good Friday, 3 April, blood donation centres are closed, but on Easter Monday, 6 April, you can donate blood at locations across Finland.…
Helena Länsimies appointed as Customer Relations Director at the Blood Service
Helena Länsimies has been appointed as Customer Relations Director at the Blood Service, effective April 1, 2026. In her new role, Länsimies will lead the Blood Service's clinical customer…
Whole blood product complements the Blood Service’s product range and prehospital patient care
Whole blood has been introduced into the Blood Service’s general product portfolio as of early 2026.…
The Finnish Reservists’ Association’s fifth blood donation campaign begins
The Finnish Reservists’ Association and the Blood Service are once again joining to organize the nationwide Reserviläinen ei luovuta – paitsi verta blood donation campaign. The campaign period…
Blood Donors celebrated at Superterassi event Sunday
This year, World Blood Donor Day will be celebrated in a new way, as the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service and Superterassi meet at Kasarmitori in Helsinki. The event, held on Sunday 14 June 2026 from…
The Blood Donation Bus at Assembly Winter
The digital festival Assembly Winter returns to the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre on 19–22 February. As usual, the event also features the familiar LastOnline blood donation campaign…
Presidential couple visited the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service
The President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, and his spouse, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, visited the Finnish Red Cross operations at the Blood Service’s headquarters in Vantaa on 3 February 2026.