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The mum of a nine-year-old girl with a blood cancer, is calling for more people to sign up as potential stem cell donors, with blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. She has been told that her daughter will need a stem cell transplant, from a stranger, if she is to be cured.

A grandmother of seven from Birmingham is appealing for young people across the UK to consider joining the Anthony Nolan stem cell donor register to give patients in need of lifesaving transplants a second chance of life.

Sheila has received treatment for Hodgins’s Lymphoma four times. Earlier this year she was active, free and enjoying doting on her grandchildren. But in July, after experiencing pain and fatigue Sheila was given the news that she had MDS, a type of rare blood cancer which means she doesn’t have enough healthy blood cells.

Anthony Nolan Chief Executive Henny Braund responds to publication last week of the Danny Kruger report.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us how important trust is – in Government, healthcare systems and in each other. It’s also exposed a lack of trust and connection many people feel to big institutions.  As life moved onto digital platforms, the importance of connections between people became even more important. It’s true that for many people, a stronger sense of community emerged.

“It was my wife who made me pick up a camera a few years back but never in my wildest dreams did I envision that one day I’d capture such a pivotal moment in our history. I hadn’t met Darcy, the subject here, before taking this picture but I was immediately struck by her – there’s an undeniable purpose and passion in her expression. In one split second, I captured a young woman fighting for her future, holding up what is a seemingly simple question, a question I hope the next generation won’t need to ask.

Cancer charities offering a lifeline to increasing numbers of vulnerable children and young people are having to turn them away as the true impact of coronavirus is felt across the sector.

Survey of children and young people’s cancer charities finds:

Arya, who lives in Cambridge, has recently started school after the summer holidays. But following a diagnosis of aplastic anaemia, a serious condition that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells, she will also be starting immunosuppressant treatment. This means her immune system isn't working as it should, putting her at a greater risk of infections.

The family of an eight-year-old girl with a rare blood disorder, are calling for more people to sign up as potential stem cell donors, with blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. They have been told that there is currently no one on the stem cell donor register who is a perfect match for their daughter, after her only match was unable to go ahead with the donation.

The family of eleventh-month old baby with a life-threatening illness are urgently appealing for strangers to sign up to the Antony Nolan stem cell register, and potentially save his life.

The charity Anthony Nolan is today announcing proposed changes to its organisational structure in response to the new operating environment and to reduce costs  in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the loss of income the organisation has experienced.  These changes would  enable the organisation to continue to be there for patients now and in the future through support services  and continue its research and lifesaving work matching stem cell donors with people in need of transplants.