We run our cord blood bank as a public bank to help anyone around the world who needs a stem cell transplant. It doesn’t cost anything to donate cord blood to our programme.

Commercial cord blood banks charge to collect and store babies’ cord blood for private family use.

You can join our register by completing this form. Please mention that you’ve been tissue typed before.

We’d appreciate it if you could forward us a copy of your HLA tissue typing results by email to donor.support@anthonynolan.org .You should be able to get the tissue typing report from the hospital that did your testing.

If you have any questions, please do give us a call on 0303 303 0303.

The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has information on cord blood collection for parents on their website.

We always keep the mother’s name confidential and protect you and your family’s privacy. Names are never shared with any patient or transplant centre.

As the cord blood unit is identified only by number, you and the transplant patient will also not be able to exchange any personal information.