Ep7 - Inspiring Opportunities for All Communities

In this episode we hear from Charlotte Cunliffe, Head of Register Development with Anthony Nolan, Sabrina Jarrett, National Development Manager with the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and Krishna Gokani, Volunteer with the National Marrow Programme through Anthony Nolan.

Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells.

Shirley Nolan founded the charity in 1974 and her son, Anthony's legacy has given hope and a second chance of life to thousands of blood cancer and blood disorder patients.

In 1999 Daniel De-Gale became the first black individual in the UK to receive a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.

After Daniel passed away, his parents, Beverley De-Gale and Orin Lewis made a conscious decision to continue the work of ACLT, keeping Daniel’s legacy alive and saving many more lives in his name.

We talked about donor recruitment, the process and the ways people are recruited to the register and the important partnerships with ACLT and the Marrow Programme and how they work in educating and inspiring more people from all communities to sign up.

It was a real privilege, as always, to speak with people with so much knowledge around the topic of stem cell donation and I'm profoundly grateful for my guests' time and responses to the many questions put to them.

You can find out more about Anthony Nolan at www.anthonynolan.org

You can find out more about the Marrow Programme through Anthony Nolan via this link here: https://www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-life/volunteer-find-your-lifesaving-role/youth-volunteering/marrow

You can find out more about the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust here: www.aclt.org