True Colours 2023

Donors have been showing their true colours as generous and kind people, eager to save lives.

Doing good never looked so good

We’ve been helping blood donors show their true colours on their arm. We partnered with some very talented artists, who designed fun, colourful, stunning and festive bandages.

Check out the past designs (and get excited about what’s to come!).

photo of camilla franks with a sky backdrop, she is wearing a pink patterned dress and has the bandage she designed around her right elbow

Give blood. Fight cancer.

To help raise awareness of the use of blood, plasma and platelets in cancer treatment, we teamed up with fashion designer and cancer survivor Camila Franks to create an iconic True Colours bandage.

February

photo of jenny kee standing in a room which looks out to trees, she is wearing a colourful t-shirt and red glasses and smiling, her left arm is raised and around her elbow is a bandage with her design on it

Celebrate the women who give

To coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March, we celebrated the women who change lives through Lifeblood with limited-edition bandage by iconic Australian fashion designer Jenny Kee.

March

photo of artist min pin smiling at the camera, she is wearing a multi coloured top and around her left elbow is the bandage designed by her

National Blood Donor Week, 12-18 June 2023.

Australia’s blood donors are pretty rare birds: this year we celebrated our donors with a stunning, limited-edition bandage designed by Min Pin.

June

a photo of artist blak douglas smiling and holding his right arm up in a flex pose, around his elbow is the bandage he designed

NAIDOC Week

We teamed up with Archibald Prize-winning Australian artist and musician Blak Douglas to celebrate the 2023 NAIDOC Week theme For Our Elders.

July

photo of artist geoff nees looking at the camera and folding his arms, around his right elbow he is wearing the bandage he designed

National Science Week

From medical breakthroughs to ground-breaking research, we’ve been at the forefront of innovation for decades. We celebrated National Science Week with a brand new, fun, and striking bandage.

August

Movember

Together with the world’s leading men’s health charity, Movember, Lifeblood wants to help shape a better future for men and those around them.

November

photo of artist Madeleine Stamer smiling at the camera and holding her right hand up, around her elbow is the bandage she designed

Christmas 2023

There were thousands of people across the country who depended on donated blood this year, and Australia’s blood donors were there for them. That’s pretty special.

December