Shaz Saleem at his first blood donation session
A DUDLEY community champion has become a blood donor for the first time and is urging others to consider following suit to help save lives.
Founder of the Saleem Foundation, Shaz Saleem, has made a video of his experience to encourage others to consider giving blood to help the NHS meet the demand for donors.
Shaz, from Kingswinford, said of his experience: "I donated blood for the first time, I want to first of all say a huge thank you to staff of The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Blood Donation who made the experience very comfortable. It took 12 minutes and a pint of blood was donated. I was amazed to learn just one donation can save up to three lives.