WMUK is the only charity in the UK focused solely on Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia (WM), a rare type of blood cancer. My wonderful Nan, who luckily survived this cancer and has been in remission for many years benefited massively from help offered by WMUK. My Nan was originally diagnosed with the wrong condition and was being monitored by haematologists who struggled massively to work out what was going wrong in her blood. When she got in contact with WMUK which at the time was run by a man affected by WM, they encouraged my Nan to ask for a second opinion and got her an appointment with Dr D'sa who is on the board of directors. Dr D'sa gave my nan the correct diagnosis and got her on a treatment plan as soon as possible. They also supported my nan to still take care of my Grandad who had multiple sclerosis while receiving treatment by arranging for her to receive treatment close to home.

The charity's vision is that people affected by WM live long, good quality lives, supported every step of the way by WMUK.

Your support helps them to provide expert information, drive research and understanding in, and give personal support to empower patients and families to live well with WM.

I want to raise money for WMUK to ensure that they can continue to provide people affected by the condition and their families to live a good quality of life. The help and support they offer is directly informed by the WM community and they rely solely on donations. They have a support line run by trained professionals, provide WM support groups, provide information and resources in their online library, are able to help with diagnosis, and can offer advice from qualified health professionals. They are also always working towards advancing knowledge around WM and treatment strategies. This year they provided a winter fuel fund as well to help people unable to meet their heating bills.