The Northern Echo has launched its Lifeblood campaign to encourage more people to give blood.

These are some of the donor sessions planned for the coming week:

Tomorrow: 10 Salem Street entrance (behing Etam), North Street, South Shields, 2.30pm to 7pm; St Gabriel's Church, Allendale Road, Ormesby, Middlesbrough, 2.30pm to 7pm; Eastbourne Methodist Church Hall, Yarm Road, Darlington, 3pm to 7pm.

Friday: Community Centre, East Farm Terrace, Cramlington, 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm; Leisure Centre, High Street, Marske, 2.30pm to 7pm; Methodist Church Hall, Main Street, Shildon, 2.30pm to 7pm; Community Centre, Iris Crescent, Ouston, 2.30pm to 6.45pm.

Tuesday: Redcar URC Hall, Station Road, Redcar, 2.30pm to 7pm; Crook Central Methodist Church, Dawson Street, Crook, 3pm to 7pm; Community Hall, Haresford Way, Ingleby Barwick, 2.30pm to 7pm.

Wednesday, June 2: Community Centre, Durham Lane, Eaglescliffe, 2.30pm to 7pm.

Read more about the Life Blood campaign here.