Do something AMAZING tomorrow!

If giving up 20 minutes of your time tomorrow might save someone's life, would you come and join the bone marrow register?

20 minutes to fill out a form and spit in a pot; it's that simple. And if you're a match, you really could save someone's life.

This picture shows someone donating their stem cells via the blood. In 80% of cases, if you are a match for someone, this is how you will donate. It really is as easy and painless as it looks!

Don't forget that you will only ever be called up to donate stem cells or bone marrow if someone needs YOU to save their life. Even if a procedure did leave you in a bit of discomfort, wouldn't it be worth it?

So please give up those 20 minutes of your day tomorrow and come along. Even if you're not sure about joining the register, you're welcome to come to the event and find out more. It should be a fun day, with live music and a bake sale, so bring your friends and family.

We're looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

5 days to go!

There are now just 5 days to go until the event this Saturday! Do something amazing this weekend and come to join the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register. It really is as simple as filling out a form and spitting in a pot. It's quick and easy, and it might save someone's life.

Tell all your friends, colleagues and family! Let's make this event a real success for Alice and all the others out there whose life depends on finding a match.

Alice's Mug

One of the wishes on Alice's bucket list was "To design an Emma Bridgewater mug to sell for charity" and this is the finished product! You can get the mug NOW from the Emma Bridgewater website. All profits will go to the Torbay Holiday Helpers Network (THHN), a charity Alice chose which gives free holidays to families who have children with life threatening/ limiting illnesses, or who are recently bereaved. Click here to have a look!

We have a poster!

We now have a poster for the event with all the information you need! If you can display some posters at your school/ workplace/ organisation, please leave a comment and we will organise for some to be delivered, or emailed to you as an attachment. Please keep spreading the word!

Give A Spit, Save A Life

Please take a few minutes to watch this video and see the difference you could make by joining the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register. You could be that one in a million who can save someone's life.

Charlie Brooker's Video Appeal

Men aged 18-30 URGENTLY needed to join the register! We need as many as possible to come and sign up. It's easier than you think... PREPARE TO SPIT!

About the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Register

Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer by matching them to people willing to donate their stem cells for lifesaving transplants. A transplant is usually the last hope of life for someone with blood cancer. On average, 65 people a day are diagnosed with a blood cancer – that’s one person every 23 minutes. However, Anthony Nolan can currently only find matching donors for half the people who need them.

We urgently need more men aged between 18 and 30 to join the register. Men of this age are more likely to be chosen to donate, as transplant consultants prefer them as donors. It costs Anthony Nolan £100 to recruit each new donor, so the charity aims to concentrate its resources on the people who are most likely to save lives. 

To join the register, you must be aged between 18 and 40, weigh over 8 stone, be in general good health and be willing to donate to anyone, anywhere in the world.

At the recruitment event, you’ll be asked for some medical information and a small saliva sample. Before giving the sample, Anthony Nolan asks that you do not eat, drink, smoke or chew for 30 minutes beforehand.

Donating blood stem cells is simple – it’s much like giving blood. 80% of donations take place via PBSC – peripheral blood stem cell collection. Your blood is taken from a tiny tube in your arm, passes through a machine to be filtered and goes back into your body via a tiny tube in the other arm. The processes takes about 4 or 5 hours.

The other 20% of donations take place via an operation under general anaesthetic, during which the bone marrow is taken from your pelvis. There is a general misconception that this method is extremely painful, but donors usually report nothing more than some back ache.

But by donating, you could save a life.

Find out more at www.anthonynolan.org or by calling 0303 303 0303 and if you can’t make it on the day, you can register online.