News coverage is a fantastic way of creating awareness, recruiting people to the register and fundraising - all of which directly helps our lifesaving work. It's something we've embraced from the beginning, ever since our founder Shirley Nolan ran a TV campaign in the 1970s to help her son Anthony find a bone marrow match. It's still a powerful way of finding matches for those who desperately need a stem cell transplant, especially for those running donor appeals. Here are some of the highlights from recent news coverage:
25 AUGUST - Miss Portsmouth is also calling on local residents to join the register for Jasmine Andrew's appeal.
25 AUGUST - Anthony Nolan's first ever Royal Romp winner received her weight in wine after powering through the Regent's Park 5k course.
20 AUGUST - Jasmine Andrew’s campaign keeps on growing – her appeal now has the support of Olympic star, Katy Sexton.
17 AUGUST – A North East campaign to recruit cricket players to the register is making waves among the cricketing community.
16 AUGUST - Portsmouth North MP, Penny Mordaunt, joins Jasmine Andrew’s appeal for more donors.
12 AUGUST – Proud father, Mark Fish, will tackle the three peaks challenge after his daughter received a matching donor through Anthony Nolan.
12 AUGUST – Oliver Diaz Mills’ appeal for a donor was met with good news this week, as his family learned that a transplant from a cord blood match will go ahead.
11 AUGUST – Kelly Stone embraces our 4x4 campaign to increase our register.
11 AUGUST – Jasmine Andrew’s campaign in Portsmouth gains more weight as the local council leader pledges to join the register.
10 AUGUST – The Manchester Evening News has been supporting the ongoing patient appeal to find a match for Oliver Diaz Mills and this latest article thanks the 300 people who have joined the Anthony Nolan register during the campaign.
7 AUGUST – Former Portsmouth footballer, Linvoy Primus, has pledged his support for an appeal for Jasmine Andrew and will join Anthony Nolan’s register.
5 AUGUST – Look out, Leicester! Former 5000m world record holder, Dave Moorcroft, is fundraising for Anthony Nolan in the Round Leicester Relay in September.
5 AUGUST - Some of TV’s more familiar faces used their football skills to raise funds for Anthony Nolan.
5 AUGUST – An appeal for Portsmouth baby, Jasmine Andrew, has raised stacks of awareness thanks to support from the Portsmouth News.
30 JULY – Transplant recipient Phil Hair will help Anthony Nolan save more lives by taking part in a zip slide for Anthony Nolan later this month. Good luck, Phil!
24 JULY – A woman who overcame leukaemia after being diagnosed during pregnancy is fundraising for us – a truly inspiring read.
24 JULY – Our charity partnership with Wilkinson is proving a roaring success in raising awareness in regional press.
15 JULY - The announcement of our partnership with University Hospitals Leicester to open new cord blood collection centres was widely covered in the East Midlands region with BBC TV and radio and regional papers.
9 JULY – An appeal for donors in Harrow brought 37 new people to the register after support in the local media.
8 JULY – Eve Kelly’s appeal in Leicester was publicised by local news reports and queues of people came along to join the register.
8 JULY – Anthony Nolan’s local newspaper, Ham & High, offered its support to our saliva campaign. Turn to page 14 on this electronic version.
1 JULY - There is some great coverage of our move to recruiting donors to the register through our new saliva kits. We have coverage in the BBC’s health section and also a BBC filmed interview with Henny Braund, Anthony Nolan’s chief executive. Readers in Scotland have heard about the news via an article in the Scotsman. The Independent have highlighted the importance in our move to saliva in their article also.
23 JUNE - Nursery nurse Lauren Gladden is appealing for people in Oxfordshire to join the register to help her find a donor. Her appeal has been covered in the Oxford Mail and Oxford Times among others.
20 JUNE – Amun Ali’s plight was once again highlighted with some coverage on Sky News. Prof. Goldman was interviewed about the need for more donors from ethnic minority communities.
14 JUNE – The Grampian Country Fair was featured in several local Scottish papers, including the widely read Aberdeen Press and Journal. The huge event aimed to raise thousands for Anthony Nolan and was attended by the cast of Emmerdale.
14 JUNE – After featuring in the Manchester Evening News, The Metro and The Sun, hundreds of new donors joined the register in an appeal for four year old Oliver Diaz Mills.
10 JUNE – Our partnership with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue service was recognised with an award from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Congratulations to all of those involved.
8 JUNE – 10 year old Amun Ali was featured in the Independent. Anthony Nolan is working with Desi Donors to find him a match. Prof. Steven Marsh was also interviewed about the difficulty in finding a match for people from Asian backgrounds.
7 JUNE – Oliver Diaz-Mills’ hunt for a matching donor was featured in the Manchester Evening News and a shorter version appeared in the Metro and the Sun (late edition) on 8 June.
31 MAY – We sent a letter to the Guardian calling for a UK stem cell strategy. This was in response to an article about the potential for bone marrow transplants to treat mental illnesses.
30 MAY – Anthony Nolan has been running a patient appeal for Candice Colley for some time. She is now set to receive a transplant of two cord blood units.
