Edinburgh's City Chambers to light up in pink for Organ and Tissue Donation Week
The annual campaign runs from September 21 to 27
Edinburgh City Chambers will be lit up pink this week to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.
The building will be illuminated from Monday, September 21 to Friday, September 25 as part of Organ and Tissue Donation Week 2026.
The annual campaign, which runs from September 21 to 27, aims to encourage people to make a decision about whether they wish to donate their organs and tissue and discuss their wishes with family and friends.
This year's theme is “Don’t Leave your loved ones in doubt”, with people aged 16 and over being encouraged to record their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register and tell those closest to them.
Councillor Lezley Marion Cameron, chair of Edinburgh Integration Joint Board, said more than half of people in Scotland have now registered their decision about organ and tissue donation.
However, she said many people have still not made their wishes known.
She said: “Everyone has a choice when it comes to organ and tissue donation - to be a donor, or to opt out.
“Whatever your decision may be, what matters most is that you make it, talk about it with those close to you and record it.”
The campaign also coincides with National Eye Health Week, which highlights the need for cornea donors.
There is currently a shortage of donor corneas, with long waiting lists for those in ned of a transplant.
People aged 16 and over who have not yet recorded their decision are being urged to do so and discuss their wishes with loved ones.