Black and Asian Celebrities Join Forces for an Inspiring U.K. Blood Donation Anthem

Grime Artist Lady Leshurr Fronts Camapign for NHS Give Blood

Published On
Oct 27, 2016

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A star-studded campaign featuring some of the U.K.'s best known black and Asian people is aiming to boost the numbers of people from these communities donating blood.

Less than 3% of people who have given blood in England in the last 12 months come from black and Asian communities -- however people from these communities are more likely to have rarer blood types and conditions such as Sickle Cell Disease, which require regular blood transfusions.

NHS Give Blood has teamed up with the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards for the video, which is fronted by grime artist Lady Leshurr performing an original rap. Celebrities including Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams, TV presenter and wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan, Labour Party politician Chuka Umunna and Muslim model Mariah Idrissi appear alongside singers in a gospel choir and NHS staff in the video, as Leshurr's inspiring lyrics encourage people to becoming anything -- including a donor.

The campaign is by Mullen Lowe London, and the video was filmed by director Rohan Blair-Mangat for Iconoclast. Richard Denney, MullenLowe London executive creative director, commented in a statement: "When you see a statistic as shocking as the one in this film our job becomes clear. It's not just to advertise our clients, but to use creativity to reach a community that aren't otherwise engaged and inspire them, with the simple act of registering and giving blood, to save lives."

Credits

Date
Oct 27, 2016
Agency :
MullenLowe-London
Brand :
NHS Give Blood
Client :
NHS Give Blood
Executive Creative Director :
Rich Denney
Creative :
Ewan Harvey
Creative :
George Walters
Creative :
Adam Sears
Creative :
Bernard Burton
Creative Planner :
Tom Lindo
Account Team :
Charlie Hurrell
Account Team :
Paul Wilde
Account Team :
Hunter Evans
Agency Producer :
Nicholas Kurs
Agency Producer :
Rose Reynolds
Broadcast Affairs :
Simon Sole
Designer :
Ryan Self
Production Company :
Iconoclast
Director :
Rohan Blair-Mangat
Director, Photography :
Ben Thomas
Executive Producer :
Anna Smith
Producer :
Tom Knight
Editing House :
Speade
Editor :
Ellie Johnson
Post Production :
MPC
Audio Post Production :
Wave
Lyrics :
Lady Leshurr
Music Production :
Sky Beats
Recording Studio :
Krafthouse

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