Over the past 35 years, we’ve saved thousands of lives by matching the right donors to people in need of a stem cell transplant. We’re the most successful stem cell register in the UK but for every person we help, there’s another who misses that chance. That’s why we need to expand, grow the register and raise the funds to put our ambitious vision into action. Your money will help us to try and save each and every life.
Since we first began the register in 1974, we’ve come a long way. From only a handful of staff and donors, we’ve now got around 171 staff and over 400,000 people on the register. Shirley Nolan’s tireless fundraising made it possible for us to move to our first official laboratory in 1978. Since then, with help from the Round Table we were able to grow the register and build our research institute in 1993. Fusing science and research with our work has been an invaluable part of helping to save more lives. We cemented this by opening the UK’s first dedicated cord blood bank in 2008, expanding the ways in which we can provide transplants.
As an independent charity, we rely on financial support from individuals and organisations. The funds you donate and help raise go directly towards helping to save lives. Here’s the breakdown:
For every one pound we spend:
- 82p goes to help save lives. This 82p includes finding overseas donors, recruiting new donors and providing donors.
- 9p goes to research. This includes cord blood research, and finding ways to make stem cell transplantation more successful.
- 8p goes to raising more money. This includes fundraising activities.
- 1p goes to administration. This includes the day-to-day running of the charity.