I was very suddenly diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in 2015 & am extremely lucky to be alive because AML is an extremely aggressive blood cancer which progresses rapidly.  

Bloodwise are funding many researchers, scientists and projects which will mean that more people will survive blood cancer in the future.  Without the research that has been done in the past I wouldn't be here today.  But there is still a lot more work to do

I met the wonderful & inspiring Calendar Girls in 2016 and their fundraising starting with friends getting together to do something to raise a bit of money to help others 

In 1998, when John Baker, husband of Angela Baker, sadly passed away a few short months after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Angela and her friends set about creating the famous ‘alternative’ Women’s Institute calendar to give themselves something to focus on during this difficult time. Since that first calendar in 1999, the Calendar Girls have continued their amazing fundraising efforts and have raised nearly £5 million for Bloodwise.

The Calendar Girls’ story is one of hope and friendship. 19 years ago they started something extraordinary to celebrate life and beat blood cancer. Now it’s our turn!