Who we are

Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer and blood disorders.

For someone with blood cancer, a stem cell transplant could be their last chance of survival. Your support could help us give that person, their family and their friends a second chance of life.

Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between people with blood cancer and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells. We’re saving lives right now. Three lives a day, in fact.

By growing the stem cell register, carrying out ground-breaking research and providing the best post-transplant care, we’re giving families a future.

But we can’t do it without you. Without you, there is no cure.

Our vision: To save and improve the lives of everyone who needs a stem cell transplant.

This is our fundamental vision and, if you’ve known us a while, you’ll notice it hasn’t changed. That’s because our cause is as relevant now as it was 45 years ago when Shirley Nolan first started the charity to find a matching stem cell donor for her son, Anthony.

Our aims:

1. Together, we can provide outstanding services to patients and the clinical community
2. Together, we can drive lifesaving research and turn it into action for patients
3. Together, we can harness the collective power of our supporters to champion and enable our lifesaving work
4. Together, we can be a stronger voice for patients to ensure they receive the best possible care
5. Together, we can

Our 2019-2022 Organisational Strategy

In April 2019, we launched our new strategy, ‘Together, we can save lives’. This strategy sets out what we want to achieve in these three years and beyond, as we lead the way into a future of new treatments and new ways of working.

You can read the strategy booklet to find out more about why this work can’t wait, how we’re going to work, and why collaboration is key to achieving our ambitious aims.

We know that with the help of a diverse community of staff, volunteers, funders, supporters, patients, donors, researchers, the clinical community and international registries, we can save and improve the lives of more patients

Because together, we can.

Our impact

Patients have always been, and continue to be, at the heart of our work. Watch Ava’s Anthony Nolan Story to see how thanks to your help, she was given a second chance of life.