You can only join the Anthony Nolan register if you live in Northern Ireland. If you live in the Republic of Ireland, you can join the Irish Unrelated Bone Marrow Registry.

Legally, you can only give ‘informed consent’ to join when you’re over 16. 

A stem cell donation is voluntary and wouldn’t directly benefit you, so your parent/guardian can’t give consent on your behalf. 

Our upper age limit is 30 because our research has shown that stem cell transplants work better if the donor is younger so we focus our limited funds on recruiting donors aged 30 and under

Ready to register? Join now! Once you're on it, you could be asked to donate until you turn 61.

Aged 31+?

Young men aged 16–30 make up only 18% of our register but provide over half of all donations. We need more young men to sign up as they're underrepresented - even though hospitals are much more likely to choose them to donate.

You should be open to considering both methods of donation but do not have to agree to definitely donate via both methods when you join the register.
The options of donation will be discussed with them further if you come up as a potential match with a patient.

Anthony Nolan, The British Bone Marrow Register (operated by NHS Blood & Transplant), The Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry (operated by the Welsh Blood Service) and DKMS UK all recruit donors in the UK.

All these organisations add their donors to a single UK registry, the Anthony Nolan and NHS Stem Cell Registry, which Anthony Nolan manages.