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Anthony Nolan welcomes an increase in young men on the bone marrow register. Men aged 16-30 now make up 14% of the register, up from just 11% last month.

Ann O’Leary, Head of Register Development at Anthony Nolan, says, ‘Having more young men on the register makes a huge impact on our ability to provide the best donors for patients in need of bone marrow transplants. It’s a huge challenge to change the percentage of any group on the register and we are very pleased with this significant progress.’

Just four weeks after his friend passed away from leukaemia, Jack Paulson got a call saying that he was a match for someone in need of a bone marrow transplant.

Hampshire Police are working with Anthony Nolan to recruit police officers as bone marrow donors. The drive was set up by police officer Celine and husband police inspector Steve Bowen whose toddler, Joseph, is recovering from leukaemia.

The Bowen’s are holding a force wide donor recruitment drive between April and August 2013. The three events so far have seen an incredible 69 police officers and staff sign up to Anthony Nolan’s bone marrow register.

Actress Joanna Lumley OBE has swapped shoulder pads for a lab coat in support of Anthony Nolan.

Furniture Village are supporting Anthony Nolan by introducing ‘Sofa of Change’ collection boxes at each of their 39 branches.

It is estimated that over £42 million pounds is found under the cushions of sofas in the UK. Furniture Village is asking customers to use their spare change to help Anthony Nolan save lives.

Peter Harrison, Chairman of Furniture Village, has been a Trustee of Anthony Nolan since 2007, and the company is pleased to support the life-altering work carried out by the charity.

We’re delighted to announce that Anthony Nolan supporter Kas Basra has won a LABA Women’s Award. The aim of the awards is to recognise outstanding and unsung heroines who have made a special contribution to the Leicestershire community.

Rik and Kas Basra will meet His Royal Highness Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, when he officially opens The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre at De Montfort University (DMU) today.

Since March 2012, Peter has been volunteering as a courier, transporting bone marrow (or stem cells) from donation centres to UK patients in need of a transplant. He is part of a team of 40 volunteer couriers who help Anthony Nolan transport and pick up stem cells from all over the world.

Ryan Ferguson was just three when he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life. Ryan’s family would like to say a big thank you to all of the volunteers who fundraise to support Anthony Nolan’s lifesaving work.

Stuart, Ryan’s father, says, ‘I would like to thank everyone who takes the time to fundraise for Anthony Nolan because even the smallest amount of money can help save someone's life.

Donor Barry Crackett, who last month flew to the US to meet his seven-year-old recipient Ryan Compton, has inspired hundreds of other young men to sign up to the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register.
 
In the week of Barry’s trip to Los Angeles, 754 people signed up to the register online – an 80% increase on the week before. Around 44% of applicants were male, compared to a typical weekly average of 30%. There were also nearly 12,000 website hits that week, an increase of 55% on a normal week.