Students at Chace Community School were encouraged to sign up as lifesavers as part of a national campaign to educate 16-18 year olds about blood, organ, and bone marrow donation.
On Friday 7th February, local volunteer Iana Vidal visited the school as part of our Register and Be a Lifesaver (R&Be) education programme.
We set up this programme to encourage more young people to sign up to our register. It works by training volunteers to give inspirational presentations to 16–18-year-olds, explaining how they could save a life through bone marrow, blood and organ donation. After the presentations, young people have the chance to register as donors.
Nick De Bois, Member of Parliament for Enfield North, attended the presentation to highlight the importance of education about donation.
Nick De Bois said, ‘I am so pleased that Chace Community School invited R&Be to host their presentation. On this day young people learnt from other young people about bone marrow, blood and organ donation and showed them that they have the potential to help save a life. Chace School has pioneered this in Enfield and I hope that other schools will follow.’
Katie Day, Register and Be a Lifesaver Programme Lead at Anthony Nolan, said, ‘It’s fantastic so see students from Enfield so engaged with the cause. We know that young people are the most likely to be chosen as donors so it’s very important that they know how they can potentially save a life. We hope that more local schools will sign up to our education programme and help us to educate their students about becoming lifesavers.’
How you can help
Want to help us spread the word and save more lives?
You can host an R&Be presentation or volunteer to help the programme. Find out more here.