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We communicate about our activities and contact you to support us. You can tell us how you prefer us to contact you. All information can be found here

How do we raise funds?
We communicate about our mission to (potential) donors in a variety of ways, asking them to support us financially. You can read how and why we do this here.

Tours

Are you a school*, company, youth or student association and would like to learn more about "the way of blood"? With a guided tour of donor center Mechelen, you can come take a look behind the scenes and gain insight into the process from donor to patient.

Practical:

  • Donor Center Mechelen, Sango, Motstraat 42, 2800 Mechelen
  • Wednesday or Friday morning only with start between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
  • Duration 60 to 90 minutes
  • Maximum 25 and minimum 10 people per tour
  • Ability to donate blood or plasma yourself afterwards

*Please note: only schools with paramedic training, or a high school 3rd grade with courses in the health sector.

Interested?

Please use the button below to request your visit. Please do so at least 2 months in advance.

Tours

Service to sentinels

Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, located at Motstraat 40, 2800 Mechelen, is the Flemish Community of the Belgian Red Cross, a public utility institution with legal personality under the law of March 30, 1891, with its registered office at Papenvest 78, 1000 Brussels, registered in the CBE with number 0406.729.809.

The marketing number and description of the service: 0900 10 512, Dispatch Belgian Red Cross-Flanders service to waiting station GP outpost Antwerp Home

The URLs used by the service: rodekruis.be/contact

The total price of the service (= price per minute): 0.5 euros/minute.

The contact address, e-mail and national telephone number whose per-minute call charges do not exceed those for a call to a geographic number, in case of complaints about this service, please contact the number 105 or by mail dispatch@rodekruis.be, address: Motstraat 42 - 2800 Mechelen.

Service start date and end date: 27/10/2005 - 30/12/2099.

License number according to the law of May 7, 1999 on gambling, betting, gaming establishments and player protection and its implementing decrees. Not applicable.

Data listed above that were applicable in the past 6 months, if different from current data. Not applicable.

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Blood collection and processing

Making an appointment

Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. // Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. // Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

0800 777 00

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Blood Service: MEDICAL SECRETARIAT

Info about giving blood or a previous donation in East or West Flanders:

09 244 56 65

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Blood Service: MEDICAL SECRETARIAT

Info about giving blood or about a previous donation in Antwerp, Limburg or Flemish Brabant:

015 44 57 44

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9000 Ghent

+32 9 244 56 81

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Donor Centers

Donor Center Aalst

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Wednesday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Thursday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 15:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 15:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is free at the post site (Vaartstraat 18). Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Beringen

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 16:00 - 19:45
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 19:45
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 19:45
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 19:45
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 13:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

6 parking spaces in front on the street side of Koolmijnlaan. If full, parking is available in Sint-Barbarastraat (free parking). 

Alternatives: 

  • part of Station Street, Church Street (blue zone)
  • Long-term parking in:Parking Theodardusplein
  • Parking Mine Stadium
  • Parking Noordwijkstraat
  • Parking Kiosk Square

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Bruges

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is available next to the donor center at "parking Center Station. Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Brussels

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday: 09:00 - 13:00
  • Thursday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday: 09:00 - 13:00
  • Thursday: 11:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m.
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Coming by car? Your parking ticket from nearby Interparking Albertina will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Edegem

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

To reach the donor center, turn off Three Oaks Street next to Hotel Three Oaks. Parking is free in the parking lot between the hotel and the donor center. Your parking ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Geel

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 12:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 12:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is free in the underground parking lot Ecodrome (Werft 61). Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025


We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Genk

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is free in the hospital parking lot. Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Ghent

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 19:30
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 19:30
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 19:30
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 19:30
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

You will find us on the corner with Hoveniersberg. Parking is free in the Sint-Pieters parking lot. Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Kortrijk

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

The donor center is located in shopping center K and can be reached via Zion Street.

The shopping center's underground parking lot has room for 1,150 cars. You can reach the parking via the entrance in the Romeinselaan or via the Zwevegemstraat. The first 2 hours of parking are always free! The underground car park is operated by Parko. For questions you can always contact us at 056 28 12 12.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Leuven

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

The donor center is located on the Gasthuisberg campus, follow the signposts to the donor center. At the donor center itself, you can sign up for your donation. Parking is free at the donor center. View the map of Gasthuisberg campus (.pdf).

The works on Gasthuisberg are completed and the detour is also cancelled. This is route to our donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Mechelen

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 15:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 15:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 15:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 09:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 15:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours platelets

Collection by appointment. Platelet donation is by appointment only, as needed.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is free at the donor center, entrance via Molle Street (no ticket required).

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Roeselare

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

The donor center is located at the end of the shopping-mall street and near the train station. The donor center is easily accessible by bicycle.

Park for free in the station's underground parking lot (200 meters from the donor center). Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Donor Center Sint-Niklaas

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Wednesday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Thursday: 16:00 - 19:30
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 13:30 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:30 - 11:30 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is free in P1: Parking Station (Leopold II avenue 20, at the Siniscoop). Your ticket will be validated at the donor center.

From the parking lot, this is the best walking route: leave the parking lot through the first floor and choose the door at the back. You'll be on a path next to the station with stairs going down at the end. Those stairs lead to the station square and the entrance of our donor center.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

We also open the doors extra long several times on Fridays. The donor center is then open until 8 p.m:

  • Oct. 25, 2024

Donor Center Turnhout

Opening hours blood

  • Monday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For blood donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Opening hours plasma

  • Monday: 08:30 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 16:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 13:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
  • Saturday: closed (exceptionally open June 1, December 28 and January 4)
  • Sunday: closed

* For plasma donation, you are required to make an appointment.

Info

The donor center is wheelchair accessible.

The donor center is accessible via the West Wing of the Sint-Elisabeth campus of AZ Turnhout, entrance Spoed.

Our donor center is open several times a year on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm:

  • Oct. 26, 2024
  • December 28, 2024
  • Jan. 4, 2025

Discrimination, racism and transgressive behavior hotline

Because Belgian Red Cross-Flanders wants to help everyone in a neutral, humane way, discrimination, racism or transgressive behavior cannot be condoned. However, have you yourself been a victim of discrimination, racism or transgressive behavior by one of our volunteers or staff? Or did you witness other people being treated this way? Report it to us so we can continue to help as we should!

This hotline aims to be an accessible point of contact for anyone who feels discriminated against or abused, or witnesses such behavior by someone from the Red Cross. The hotline wants to address reports in a targeted way.

This hotline is specifically for reports of discrimination, racism and transgressive behavior by anyone in the Red Cross. For other reports, please contact the e-mail address of the relevant service. You can find these on the right.

Are you a volunteer? If so, please refer to myrodekruis.be.

      General contact

      Belgian Red Cross-Flanders

      Motstraat 40
      2800 Mechelen

      105.110.102.111.64.114.111.100.101.107.114.117.105.115.46.98.101@nospam.com

      T +32 15 44 33 22

      BE28 0960 0000 9620