Miss Heather Cleland, Head of the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred Hospital, knows only too well how donated skin can save the lives of patients with complicated burn injuries.

When Myles died unexpectedly at age 15, his family were in no doubt about his wishes to become a tissue donor.

A corneal transplant can change someone’s life. Without donors, many people would simply lose their sight, and often their livelihoods forever.

Former Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner and sculptor, Bruce Esplin, talks about the process of creating the “Giving Hands” sculpture as his way of giving something back to the DTBV.