Event Details

Date: 28 June 2025, Saturday
Venue: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Basement 2, Hall D and Hall E
Event graced by Minister for Health, Mr. Ong Ye Kung

Invited blood donors can join us for a fun-filled carnival and participate in our blood donation drive! You can also collect a special token on that day. Donors are welcomed to bring their family to join the carnival.

Carnival:

• Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Basement 2, Hall E
• Time: 10am to 6pm

Blood Drive:

• Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Basement 2, Hall D
• Time: 11am to 5pm

Award Ceremony:

All donor milestones awards including Blood Champion (Gold and Merit) and Adopt a Bloodbank awards (except Silver and Bronze) will be presented in the morning. Each award recipient can only be accompanied by 1 guest for the Ceremony. 

Time: 10am to 12pm (Registration starts at 9am at the Registration Counter outside Hall E)

* Please be seated at 9.45am to ensure that the ceremony proceedings will not be affected. Do note that you will not be able to receive your award on stage if you arrive after 10am.

Venue: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Basement 2, Hall D

Silver and Bronze Awardees:

There will be no afternoon ceremony for Silver and Bronze. Instead of the usual Afternoon Award Ceremony, Silver and Bronze award recipients may now collect their medallions at the dedicated collection booth set up outside Hall E. They will receive an invitation email sent by our appointed events management company. To collect the award, the recipients will need to show the email at the collection booths.

Bronze and Silver Medallion Collection Booth:

• Date: 28 June 2025, Saturday
• Time: 10.30am to 5pm
• Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Basement 2, outside Hall E

Pre-Event

RSVP for the Award Ceremony:

All Award recipients who have achieved the milestones as of 31 Dec 2024 would receive an invitation email to WBDD 2025. The invitation email will be sent by our appointed event management company.

Award recipients may follow the instructions on the email to RSVP.

• Recipient will receive an email and they can click on the RSVP icon to register
• Follow the instructions on the microsite to RSVP

For more instructions, please refer to the FAQ page here.

Event Day

Award Ceremony:

There will be 2 queues for the Award recipients who have RSVP: one for those with QR code (registered with email address) and the other one for those without QR code (without email address).

Award Recipients who RSVP With Email Address:

• Award recipients who RSVP via the registration link (in the email sent by the appointed events management company), would receive an unique QR code in their confirmation email for actual day registration.
• Award recipients may proceed to the Registration Counter outside Hall E for registration using the unique QR code (in confirmation email) on 28 June to register their attendance for the Ceremony.

Award Recipients who RSVP Without Email Address:

• Award recipients will have to bring the physical invitation letter for registration at the Assisted Registration Counter outside Hall E on 28 June.

The awards ceremony will start on time. Award recipients are advised to be seated 15 minutes before the awards ceremony. Those who are not seated before the start of the awards ceremony (9.45am) will not be able to receive their awards on the day.

Assigning a Proxy:

• If the Award recipients are unable to attend the ceremony on 28 June to receive their awards, they are able to assign someone (a proxy) to collect the awards on their behalf (proxy collection) or receive the award on stage on their behalf.
• The proxy collection can take place on event day 28 June at basement 2 outside Hall E or at the Red Cross office at Bloodbank@HSA.
• Please send us an email to inform us of the request. For more instructions, please refer to the FAQ page here.

Carnival:

To enter the carnival, invited guests have to flash their email invitation or SMS at the carnival registration counter. Guests can re-enter the carnival as long as they have the wristbands on.

Community Blood Drive:

The mobile blood drive does not accept walk-ins; it is by appointment only.

Post-Event

Award Collection:

• Award recipients who are unable to attend / miss the awards ceremony can email to donate.blood@redcross.sg to request for collection. If an awardee is not able to collect personally, a proxy letter (with awardee’s SIGNATURE) is required upon collection of the award.

Collection date*: 14 July to 30 August 2025, (excluding Mondays, Sundays and Public Holidays)
Collection time: 10:30am to 4:30pm
Collection venue: Bloodbank @ HSA - Blood Donor Programme, 11 Outram Road, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore 169078

*Please note the collection date may be subject to change. 

• Medallions and certificates will be ready for collection approximately 1 to 2 weeks after 28 June 2025.
• For more instructions, please refer to the FAQ page here.

General FAQs

1. How do I get there?

There is a directional map printed at the back of the invitation letter. Following directions can be found on the website.

Location Map to World Blood Donor Day 2025 at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre Basement 2 Hall D and Hall E

Address: 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956

2. Is the ceremony and carnival open to the public? 

No. The ceremony is only for those receiving the below milestone awards:

• Youthphoria
• Ruby
• Gold
• Diamond
• Champion of Champion
• Titanium
• Medal for Life
• Blood Champion Gold and Merit
• Adopt a Bloodbank

Bronze and Silver award recipients will collect their medallions from 10.30am to 5.00pm outside Hall E and are eligible to participate in the carnival too.

The carnival is for invited donors only (10am to 6pm).