Blood donors
The LifeWell blood donor directory is a list of people who chose to say publicly that they would consider donating blood, along with their blood group and the neighbourhood they picked. It is not a blood bank and it is not an emergency service. Nobody here has been screened, no blood group has been confirmed, and no listing carries a phone number, an email address or a surname. You send a request; the person reads it and decides whether to answer and what, if anything, to share with you.
What people use it for
Asking after the blood bank has been asked
A hospital blood bank and a national transfusion service both hold tested blood and both should be asked first. This directory is what is left when they have been asked and the answer was no — a small list of volunteers who each have to be contacted, travel, and be screened before anything happens.
Offering yourself without publishing your number
Listing yourself puts your first name and last initial, your blood group and an area on a public page. It does not publish a phone number, because there is nowhere on a listing to store one. If you accept a request you choose at that moment what to share, with that one person.
Reading what a listing does and does not mean
"Says yes" means somebody ticked a box at some point. It is not a promise, LifeWell has not asked them recently, and nobody has checked their blood group. Every donor page states that plainly rather than leaving you to assume a check was made.
Taking your listing back
You can pause requests or remove the listing entirely at any time, and removal takes effect on the next read of the page. A paused listing stays visible and marked as paused rather than vanishing, so somebody who saw you yesterday is not left wondering.
How it works
- Choose the exact group — Exact matches only. Which groups can safely receive from which depends on the patient and the component, and that is a decision for the clinician treating them rather than for a search box.
- Narrow by city or area — Donors choose how precisely they appear and most pick a neighbourhood. There is no street and no house number on any listing; the field that collects it refuses a digit.
- Send a request — The person sees your first name and last initial, the hospital, the date, and what you wrote. They do not see your number, your address, your surname or anything from your health record.
- They answer, or they do not — Declining needs no reason and none is asked for. A request can also go unanswered, which is why this page is a slow route and a hospital is the fast one.
- They choose what to release — If somebody accepts, they pick what to share with you and only you — a name, a number they type at that moment, a chat inside LifeWell, or a message. They can withdraw it afterwards, and it disappears from your side too.
Questions
Is this an emergency service?
No. If someone is bleeding or a transfusion is needed now, call your local emergency number and get to a hospital. Hospitals hold tested blood; this page holds people who have to be asked, travel, and be screened first, and nobody here can be relied on to answer in time.
Does LifeWell check anyone on this page?
No. We do not screen donors, do not test or confirm anyone’s blood group, do not check identity, and do not know whether a person is medically able to donate today. Everything on a listing was typed in by that person. Blood is always re-typed and screened by the hospital that receives it.
Why is there no phone number on a donor page?
Because there is no phone number on a listing at all. A donor’s number is not hidden behind a button; it is never stored on their listing. It exists only if they accept a specific request and type one at that moment, and then only the one person who asked can see it.
What exactly becomes public if I list myself?
Your first name and last initial, your blood group, the area you chose, and whether you are currently accepting requests. That is a public statement about your health tied to a part of a name and a place. It is a small amount of information and it is still information.
Can I take my listing down?
Yes, at any time, and removal is immediate. You can also pause requests instead, which keeps the listing visible and marked as paused so people are not left wondering whether the person they saw yesterday was real.
Will the directory find a compatible group for me?
No, and that is deliberate. Some groups can safely receive from others, but which ones depends on the patient and the component being transfused. That is a decision for the clinician treating them, so the search matches the exact group you ask for and lets you widen it yourself.
What happens to a request I never answer?
Nothing. It stays waiting and the person is told only that. They are not told when you read it, and you are never asked for a reason to decline. Asking the same person twice is not possible while a request is still open.
Do I need an account to look?
No. The directory is public and readable without signing in. An account is needed to send a request or to list yourself, because both are actions attached to a person rather than to a browser.
By Ahsan Mahmood · updated 2026-09-07
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