Become a lifesaving school!
We would love for your school to be our heroes and raise lifesaving funds for Anthony Nolan. Every 13 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with blood cancer and for someone with blood cancer or a blood disorder, a stem cell transplant from a stranger on our stem cell register can be their only hope of survival.
By raising funds, your school will be making a difference to patients lives by supporting our groundbreaking research, adding potential donors onto our stem cell register, funding the time of our transplant doctors and nurses, our Anthony Nolan Patient and Family Education Days (and SO much more!).
Take a look below at our some of our fundraising ideas that your students can use to start raising lifesaving funds!
Superhero stride to save lives
Be a superhero for Anthony Nolan and raise funds to save lives! Plan a sponsored walk dressed as superheroes to raise lifesaving funds. Ask each superhero to raise £40 (the cost of adding a potential lifesaving donor to our stem cell register).
Mismatch for a match
Wear a mismatched clothing item to raise awareness of the need for a lifesaving match. How about wearing two different types of shoes, odd socks, or even your clothes inside out? Ask each pupil for a suggested donation of £1. Aim to raise at least £100 which would go towards funding an Anthony Nolan Patient and Family Education Day.
The Lifesaver 40 Challenge
This challenge revolves around the number 40, as it costs £40 to add a potential lifesaving donor to our stem cell register. Take it on solo, or spread the target among your classmates – how about walking 40km, cycling 40 miles, or baking 40 different cakes for your college bake sale? It’s up to you!
Choose Anthony Nolan as your charity of the year!
Make a big impact by choosing Anthony Nolan as your school’s charity of the year. When you support Anthony Nolan for a whole year, you can raise more money and save more lives. We can help you plan out your fundraising, from non-uniform days and sports days, to bake sales and carol concerts.
We can provide you with resources to help you fundraise, from collection tins to posters. We’ll support you throughout the year with a dedicated fundraising contact and send you a certificate at the end of the year so you can share your fundraising triumph with everyone.
Resources
The Hero Project
The Hero Project is a free education programme, delivered nationally by Anthony Nolan, educating 16 to 18-year-olds about the importance of stem cell, blood, and organ donation.
Our amazing volunteer speakers, often with their own powerful stories to share, will come to your school at a time to suit you. They'll explain the facts about donation and encourage students to make an informed choice about signing up as potential stem cell donors.
We'll then return the following week to host a donor recruitment event- where students can register as potential lifesavers if they wish to.