External Advocacy

At Body Buddies, we’re more than just a social enterprise - we’re a passionate voice for health education, organ donation, and inclusive care in communities across Australia.

Our advocacy efforts go beyond our cuddly organ-shaped toys. We believe in using storytelling, education, and community collaboration to create lasting change. Here’s how we champion health awareness and equity across the country:

Parliamentary Friends of Organ Donation Victoria

In partnership with Transplant Australia and HASA (Hospital and Health Services Association), Body Buddies was honoured to help launch the Parliamentary Friends of Organ Donation group in Victoria.

This cross-party initiative brings together Members of Parliament, healthcare leaders, and advocates with a shared goal: to elevate the conversation around organ and tissue donation and drive meaningful policy and community change.

The group's key goals include:

  • Raising awareness of the life-saving impact of organ and tissue donation
  • Promoting equitable access to transplantation services across Victoria
  • Supporting donor families and recipients through improved health literacy and community engagement
  • Encouraging bipartisan support for future initiatives that grow Australia’s donor register

Body Buddies is proud to represent the youth and education lens in this space, reminding policymakers that early conversations and creative health education can have a long-term impact on saving lives.

Core team of Body Buddies, Transplant Australia and HASA meeting with Anthony Cianflone MP and Annabelle Cleeland MP, the co-chairs of the new parliamentary friends.

DonateLife Organ Donation Campaign

🗓️ In July 2024, Body Buddies was honoured to be part of DonateLife's national campaign for organ donation awareness! As part of DonateLife Week—an annual initiative that runs every July—our plushies were proudly featured alongside young organ recipients across several major news channels. It was an incredible opportunity to amplify the voices of transplant recipients and promote the life-changing impact of donation through powerful, child-friendly storytelling.

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DonateLife Community Forum

Body Buddies is incredibly fortunate to be part of the DonateLife Community Program, a powerful initiative uniting donor families, transplant recipients, clinicians, and community advocates across Australia.

We're thrilled to be an integral part of the inaugural DonateLife Community Forum in Melbourne on Friday 16 May 2025, where conversations will centre around advancing organ and tissue donation. The forum will explore clinical innovations, global perspectives, and emerging opportunities to increase life-saving transplants.

As part of this growing community, Body Buddies is proud to support DonateLife’s mission by raising awareness through storytelling, education, and our iconic plushies—each one created to spark curiosity and compassion around organ donation.

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Past Events

  • World Transplant Games 2023

    Body Buddies & the team travelled to Perth to join the WTGs. They engaged with over 3000 transplant recipient athletes from across the world & interviewed over 50 of them.

  • Blood Drive 2023

    Conducted and run a successful blood drive in Melbourne in collaboration with Lifeblood.

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Supporting Good Causes

Body Buddies has an open & honest relationship with several organisations, youth groups, university health clubs, health-related charities. We believe by supporting these local organisations, their causes and events, we will be able to strengthen the global approach towards health literacy. These collaborations include raffle prize donations, discount code to health-related organisations & clubs, sponsoring health-related events, representing at health conferences.

Social Media Campaigns

We use our social media platforms to make health education easy & accessible for all! We have run structured online campaigns including a blood donation campaign, deathly diseases, organ donation stories campaign, case competitions, breaking the stigma as well as introducing fun, short, health education videos on our social media regularly!

Check out our social campaigns below!