Those of you closest to me know that my mom is a fighter who kicked cancer's butt with a stem cell transplant not too long ago. Anthony Nolan were incredible, they sourced a donor from Germany and they offered ongoing support from start to finish.

I am not a runner, I can't run, my activity level is sedentary so of course I have decided to embark on my running journey by completing 30 miles throughout February.

I would be extremely grateful for donations to this amazing charity who are struggling massively throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.

ANTHONY NOLAN URGENT RESPONSE WORK

Emergency Handover Hub

Our emergency ‘Handover Hub’ has been set up to keep lifesaving donations moving. This means international couriers, who can’t go into hospitals due to quarantine rules, can handover stem cells to one of our UK volunteers for the final lifesaving leg.

Increased health-checks for donors

To keep immunocompromised patients safe, we’re paying to carry out increased health checks in relation to the coronavirus for every new donor.

Critical patient support

Patients who are Shielding are under increasing strain as they cope with long periods in isolation. We’ve introduced emergency grants to help with financial pressures and a new Telephone Emotional Support service to provide expert psychological care.  

Vital donor search

For every international matching donor that’s found for a UK patient, we’re searching for potential back-up donors here in the UK and paying to prepare cord blood units from our Cord Blood Bank from donated umbilical cords as a viable alternative.

WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THERE IS NO CURE