Become an Organ Donor ?

I'm co sponsering a motion to next weeks Leeds City Council meeting asking it to use all its exisiting publicity outlets to publicise Organ Donation. If anyone is interested check out www.uktransplant.org.uk and there is a infomation line on 0845 6060400.

Clearly whether people donate/register is a personal choice and i don't think its appropriate for a Council to try and persuade people. However we spend a fortune on external communications, much of it tat, and it often lacks a central focus and isn't about camapaigning.

Given the current shortage of organs for Transplant and the literally life saving out comes , I think Leeds City Council could help by using resources its spending anyway just to get the infomation out to people.

We've already had some success with a very prominent press article yesterday. My thanks to Cllr Bernard Atha (Lab, Kirkstall ) for working on this hopefully all party initative.