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The House of Commons hosted Anthony Nolan’s annual Supporter Awards on Tuesday 22nd November. The ceremony was the fourth occasion of its kind, with inspirational supporters, campaigners and fundraisers attending to celebrate the achievements of the previous year.

Supporters from across the country were recognised in fifteen categories – ranging from Donor Champion of the Year to Individual Fundraiser of the Year to the Shirley Nolan Award for Special Recognition.

More than 100 police officers and staff members from Police Scotland have joined the stem cell donor register to give people with blood cancer a second chance at life.

Police Scotland has recently launched a partnership with Anthony Nolan to increase the number of people on the stem cell donor register. Recruitment events have been held at the Police Scotland College in Tulliallan, Fife and at the Information Management Unit in Dalmarnock, Glasgow.

The family and friends of Hollie Clark, a Welsh girl who passed away in 2014 after a brave battle against a bone marrow disorder, have raised an astonishing £125,000 in her memory.

Hollie’s appeal for a stem cell donor, the last option to cure her myelodysplastic syndrome, went viral after her family used social media to recruit more people to the Anthony Nolan register. They posed for photos with pants on their heads, and the craze spread after Welsh football star Gareth Bale and rugby captain Sam Warburton joined in.

A Harpenden man who had a stem cell transplant from a stranger has formed a close friendship with the man who saved his life.

Mike Felton, a 49-year-old fund manager and father of two, had the transplant in 2010 to cure his acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. With no suitable sibling donor, blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan found him a perfect match from the register – specialist pipe welder Trevor Tinkler, 56, from Newton Aycliffe in County Durham.

Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has hailed the ‘significant and magnificent’ support of the Jack Petchey Foundation, which has donated over £1,000,000 since 2011 in support of the charity’s lifesaving work.

Established in 1999, the Jack Petchey Foundation award grants to programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11-25, and has been instrumental in helping Anthony Nolan deliver their Register & Be a Lifesaver programme (R&Be) in London and Essex.

Over 100,000 potential stem cell donors have been recruited at universities across the country by student volunteer groups since 1997, blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has revealed.

We’re delighted to announce the shortlist of nominees for the Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards 2016.

The prestigious Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards are back for their fourth year to recognise and thank the outstanding achievements of volunteers, fundraisers and campaigners whose support helps us to save more lives.

This year we have had an unprecedented volume of nominations from all over the UK.

Our judging panel considered all the worthy entries and it was very difficult to narrow down all of these incredibly selfless and deserving nominees into the shortlist below.

Jack and Michael Whitehall are bringing their popular BBC Two talk show ‘Backchat’ to Wimbledon Theatre for one night only, on Sunday 20 November.

As fans will recall, the TV series has attracted an extremely impressive line-up of celebrity guests. 

This live show, staged to raise funds for Anthony Nolan and The Royal Marsden, will be no different.

Anthony Nolan is embarking on a partnership with the Round Table to raise awareness of the need for young male stem cell donors.

The partnership will reach out to young men aged 16-30 and encourage them to sign up as potential stem cell or bone marrow donors.

Young men are most likely to be chosen to donate but make up just 15% of the donor register; many more are needed to ensure that everyone in need of a transplant can find a match.

Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has set out an ambitious research strategy to increase the number of people who survive a stem cell transplant.

The charity, which matches people with blood cancer and blood disorders in need of a transplant with strangers willing to donate their stem cells, facilitates approximately 1,200 transplants a year.