Actively Promoting Organ Donation
We are the largest national charity promoting active recovery for transplant recipients and increasing awareness of the benefits of organ donation.
About
Transplant Sport are the largest national charity promoting active recovery for transplant recipients and increasing awareness of the benefits of organ donation. We actively promote the importance of more people telling their family and friends they wish to donate.
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As a charity run by volunteers, we rely on fundraising to deliver a programme of annual events that seek to encourage as many transplant recipients as possible to participate. We are always looking to increase fundraising and to find more volunteers! Find out how you can help!
BTG
The British Transplant Games are the flagship event of Transplant Sport and have been in existence for 40 years when the first “Transplant Olympics” took place in Portsmouth in 1978. The 2019 Games will be held in Newport, Wales on 25-28 July.
Upcoming events
05
Aug
2021
The Westfield Health British Transplant Games is taking place in Leeds 5th – 8th August 2021, at sports and social venues across the City. Transplant athletes aged from three to over 80 are due to travel from across the UK to West Yorkshire next summer to reunite after it was announced that the 2020 Games...
Latest News
24 July, 2020
Simon Perkins has kept us all entertained during lockdown with his #daily1minute challenge. See what Simon Perkins has to say here
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24 July, 2020
Information for solid organ transplant recipients The current pandemic with Covid-19 (more properly called SARS-Cov-2) has resulted in a worrying time for all but a particularly difficult time for those taking immunosuppressive drugs such as are needed following an organ transplant. Those on immunosuppression are not at greater risk of becoming infected but may be...
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16 June, 2020
Today (16 June 2020) Leeds welcomed the Westfield Health British Transplant Games, as it is announced that the event, organised on behalf of the charity Transplant Sport, will take place in venues across the city from 5-8 August 2021. Leeds is already warming up for the Games and has shown its support with a...
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