A KENDAL woman has received a Donor Achievement Award after giving blood 75 times.

Retired Anne Graham, 67, has been giving blood since she was 20 after thinking She said: “Other people I knew were donating blood and I thought "it would be a good thing to do”.

Mrs Graham donates blood around three times a year, and said: “I find it a very rewarding thing to do and I always feel good when I’ve been, like I’ve done something useful.”