Labour GROUP AMENDMENT

BONE MARROW, STEM CELL AND ORGAN DONATION

That the motion be amended to insert the text and add a new point 4 as shown in bold italics and to delete the text as struck through as shown below.

This Council:

1. Requests officers to take the necessary steps to allow staff to take time off work for bone marrow, stem cell or organ donation without having to use annual leave;

2. Commends the huge personal sacrifices that residents undergo to save the lives of others and sets out to assist in promoting that endeavour; and

3. Requests officers to put in place a communication campaign to all staff and residents of the city encouraging them to become blood donors and bone Mmarrow/stem cell Ddonors through the British Bone Marrow Registry (part of the NHS Blood & Transplant service) or the leading charities in the field - Anthony Nolan Charity and DKMS Foundation; and blood donors.

4. To target this communication campaign particularly at staff and residents who are under 40, and those of all Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, since these groups are most needed on the registries.

          Proposed by: Cllr Evans                                Seconded by: Cllr Williams

Motion to read if carried:

This Council:

· Requests officers to take the necessary steps to allow staff to take time off work for bone marrow, stem cell or organ donation without having to use annual leave;

· Commends the huge personal sacrifices that residents undergo to save the lives of others and sets out to assist in promoting that endeavour;

· Requests officers to put in place a communication campaign to all staff and residents of the city encouraging them to become blood donors and bone marrow/stem cell donors through the British Bone Marrow Registry (part of the NHS Blood & Transplant service) or the leading charities in the field - Anthony Nolan and DKMS Foundation; and

· To target this communication campaign particularly at staff and residents who are under 40, and those of all Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, since these groups are most needed on the registries.