Our lifesaving work is only possible because of your help.

Last year, the generosity of our supporters helped us give two people the chance of a lifesaving stem cell transplant per day. But we always aim to do better.

We want to help twice as many people as we currently do. By giving a gift today, you can ensure that this year we can save even more lives. 

We match people suffering from leukaemia and other serious blood disorders with volunteers willing to donate their healthy stem cells. Joining our register and donating stem cells is much easier today thanks to our scientific advances, but we need funds to recruit more donors. The more donors we have the more lives we can save. A gift from you could help us save more lives. 

Here’s how your support makes a difference: 

Bryce Close on his son, Jack aged 7. Jack was diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disorder in September 2006. After one false start, Jack has now found a donor.

“Jack was on two lots of medication and then steroids, so he swelled up like a balloon. By January the hospital said we should start looking for a stem cell donor. My 12 year old daughter had a one in four chance of being a match for Jack, but she wasn’t. She was devastated. After that the hospital contacted Anthony Nolan to see if they could find us a donor.

We’ve had so much support. The people from Anthony Nolan have been great – really helpful. They helped us set up a clinic for people to join the register and they’ve supported us with fundraising ideas as well”

“One night Jack said: “Dad, am I going to die?” I couldn’t handle it. It’s pretty hard to explain to a seven year old what’s going on. 

If we don’t find a donor, Jack might be ok for a few years, but any infection can be fatal. A bone marrow transplant would cure him.”

In October 2007, we found a donor for Jack and a transplant took place in February 2008. 

Laura, Jack’s mum said: “He had a few problems with getting his appetite back. He needed to have a tube feed for a while, and even when that was taken out, he still only ate very little. He’s more than making up for it now!”

Please support us today to help thousands of people like Jack get the chance to survive and live their lives.