Category Archives: Donor Drive

Record London donor drive

May 17, 2019Donor Drive, Events, News & updates, Stem Cell Donationblood cancer, donor, donor drive, donor registration, London, Race Against Blood Cancer, saving lives, stem cell donorJulie Child

This week saw the team do their first donor drive with Starcom, who are based in the BBC Televison centre in White City London.

The team set up for two days due to the number of occupants in the building and it was well worth it. There was a steady flow of people over the course of the event and everyone there was helpful and friendly.

In the end they managed to sign up a whopping 266 people!!!!! This is an incredible number and couldnt have been acheived without all the help we received. A massive thank you to Amy Kean and Lorena Di Lello for organising the event, Jayde Jarret, Ellis Parsons, Sarah Robson, Neville, Darren and Alex for helping out over the course of the two days. A special thank you to Emily Carroll from Homeslice for providing us with food over the two days and everyone who came down to sign up and continues to raise awareness.

Two of the Starcom team that signed up at the event

Tagged under - May 17, 2019Donor Drive, Events, News & updates, Stem Cell Donationblood cancer, donor, donor drive, donor registration, London, Race Against Blood Cancer, saving lives, stem cell donorJulie Child

Thank you Telford

May 5, 2019Donor Drive, News & updates, Patient Appeal, Stem Cell Donation, Volunteeringdonor drive, Ihsan Khan, Midlands, patient appeal, stem cell donorJulie Child

What an awesome turnout on Friday and Saturday at local Mosques in Telford where we signed up people to the stem cell register in the hope of finding a donor for 6 year old local boy Ihsan Khan.

Our amazing team of volunteers led by our community engagement manager, Gemma Elsmore, managed to register 200 people in a combined time of just 6 hours!

Thank you to everyone involved and to all those from the community who registered and showed up to support Ihsan and his family – you have given hope to them and many others searching for lifesaving matches

We would also like to say a special thanks to both venues for allowing us to hold the donor drives at short notice, Imran (Ihsan’s Dad) and the amazing team that helped register on the day – you continue to blow us away with your generosity.

We’ve had an amazing response from the local community who have come together to spread awareness of this important cause – keep your eyes peeled for further donor drives. Or, if you’d like to register as a potential donor online, please click here

Tagged under - May 5, 2019Donor Drive, News & updates, Patient Appeal, Stem Cell Donation, Volunteeringdonor drive, Ihsan Khan, Midlands, patient appeal, stem cell donorJulie Child

URGENT – Can you help Ihsan find a donor?

April 30, 2019Donor Drive, Events, Patient Appeal, Patient Story, Stem Cell Donationdonor registration, drive, events, Ihsan Khan, Midlands, patient appeal, saving lives, stem cell donor, upcoming eventsJulie Child

Six year old Ihsan Khan, from the Telford area, urgently needs a stem cell/bone marrow match to help treat his Aplastic Anaemia.

We are working with Ihsan’s family to recruit potential donors at events being held this week. These being:

Friday 3 May 2019 4.30-7.30pm
Jamia Masjid Ghousia, Regent Street, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1PF

Saturday 4 May 2019 – 12-3pm
Telford Central Mosque 88-90 King Street, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1NZ

If you are unable to get to either event but still want to sign up, you can do so here. Please help: even if you aren’t a match for Ihsan, you could be for one of the other 2,000 people in the UK currently waiting for a match.

Photo shows Ihsan Khan and his Mum Assia

Tagged under - April 30, 2019Donor Drive, Events, Patient Appeal, Patient Story, Stem Cell Donationdonor registration, drive, events, Ihsan Khan, Midlands, patient appeal, saving lives, stem cell donor, upcoming eventsJulie Child

Little lifesavers – Allscott Heath FC

April 28, 2019Fundraiser, Fundraising, News & updates, VolunteeringAllscott Heath FC, ASDA, Fundraising, Gemma Elsmore, saving lives, shropshire, upcoming eventsJulie Child

Thank you so much to the Allscott Heath FC U9s team for raising money for our charity at their bag pack fundraiser at Asda in Donnington, Telford last Saturday. They raised an impressive £420.45 for Race Against Blood Cancer which will enable us to continue our work saving the lives of people with blood cancer.

We are so proud of the whole team of little lifesavers – and their siblings – for taking on this momentous challenge and giving up their time to support the charity Also thank you to Marcus, Morgan, Simra and Khalis for helping out too!

We’d also like to say a big thank you to ASDA Donnington for having us and to our community engagement manager Gemma Elsmore for co-ordinating the event.

Tagged under - April 28, 2019Fundraiser, Fundraising, News & updates, VolunteeringAllscott Heath FC, ASDA, Fundraising, Gemma Elsmore, saving lives, shropshire, upcoming eventsJulie Child

Our newest volunteer – Rebecca Richards

April 18, 2019Donor Drive, Events, News & updates, Stem Cell Donation, Thank you, Volunteeringdonor drive, donor registration, events, Midlands, saving lives, volunteeringJulie Child

Our grateful thanks to Rebecca Richards – the newest member of our volunteering team -who ran her first two donor drives for us last week. Her first took place at Bloor Homes (Midlands branch) where she signed up 20 potential stem cell donors and she then registered a further 20 at Sunday’s UK Triathlon Events Birmingham Run. Many thanks to Rebecca for a great week of sign ups, those who allowed us to host our donor drives and to all those potential lifesavers who registered with us.

We would also like to show our appreciation to Amie, James, Jen and Afy for volunteering their time last week and helping to help raise awareness of the work we do. Thank you everyone!

If you’d like to find out more about volunteering for the charity and running your own donor drives on our behalf, please contact us.

Tagged under - April 18, 2019Donor Drive, Events, News & updates, Stem Cell Donation, Thank you, Volunteeringdonor drive, donor registration, events, Midlands, saving lives, volunteeringJulie Child

Race Against Blood Cancer hosts donor drive at Sikh Temple

April 17, 2019Donor Drive, Events, News & updatesdonor drive, eventsJulie Child

Thank you to the Darbar Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in Walsall for a wonderful experience on Saturday where we went along to register potential stem cell donors.

We’d also like to show appreciation to our team Gemma Elsmore, Sophie Gemma, Beth Elsmore and Joanne Wade for giving up their time on the day to help spread awareness and register potential lifesavers!

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Celebrating our life-saving impact

March 15, 2019Celebration, Donor Drive, Impact, News & updates, Thank youblood cancer, celebration, Diversity, donation, donor, donor registration, impact, stem cell donor, successJulie Child

Race Against Blood Cancer is delighted to confirm that twelve potential stem cell donors recruited by the charity have now gone on to give transplants to patients affected by blood cancer, giving their recipients a second chance at life!

In the four years since the charity’s inception, our small team have inspired more than 6400 people to sign up as potential donors, giving hope to blood cancer patients in the UK and beyond. Not only did we have twelve donors go on to donate their stem cells, a quarter of these were people from a BAME background, which is significantly higher than the national average.

We would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you to everyone that has registered with us and to all of our registration partners – because of your support, many lives have now been saved.

If you still haven’t registered to become a potential life-saver, you can do so by clicking here.

Tagged under - March 15, 2019Celebration, Donor Drive, Impact, News & updates, Thank youblood cancer, celebration, Diversity, donation, donor, donor registration, impact, stem cell donor, successJulie Child

Race Against Blood Cancer finds another donor match!!!

July 8, 2018Donor Drive, News & updates, Stem Cell Donationblood cancer, Charity, donor, donor drive, rabc, Race Against Blood Cancer, stem cell donorRace Against Blood Cancer

After all of the excitement over the England World Cup match yesterday, the team at Race Against Blood Cancer is even more excited to share our match news with you. One of our donor sign ups has been called to donate to a patient in need of a lifesaving transplant!

Meet Stuart Freeman, the guy who registered with us as a donor a few years ago and has now been called up to become a potential life saver. You can see from these photographs that the fantastic medical staff have been coming out to prepare him for his procedure – even whilst he was at work and sat watching the footy! ? ⚽️

Stuarts procedure will take place this Monday 9th July – watch out for live updates across our Facebook and Twitter channels to hear from the team and Stuart about his donation journey.

We wish Stuart the best of luck tomorrow and hope the process runs smoothly for him. We are also thinking about that special person who is about to receive this priceless gift – the impact Stuart will be having on this patients’ life is impossible to put into words! THANK YOU!

If you would like to become a real life superhero like Stuart, you can register here: www.raceagainstbloodcancer.com/join

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5-year-old Kaiya Petal in urgent need of a lifesaving stem cell match

June 8, 2018Donor Drive, Patient Appeal, Patient Story, Recruitment#match4kaiya, blood cancer, donor registration, patient appeal, stem cell donorRace Against Blood Cancer

Kaiya Petal, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia earlier this year, is desperately trying to find a blood stem cell match outside of the family to give her the best chance of survival.

The family of Kaiya are appealing to members of the Asian community across the Warwick district to get tested to see if they could be a match for their 5-year-old daughter.

Kaiya’s aunt said “All focus is on getting that match not just for Kaiya but for so many other people who might need it in the future. The campaign has gotten so big and we are so incredibly grateful to have the support.”

If you live in the area there is a donor drive being held in Leamington which will take place on Sunday 10th June at the Community Centre at Shree Krishna Mandir at 10B High Street, Leamington from 9.30am to 5.30pm.

Don’t forget if you can’t make any donor drives but would like to join the register to help blood cancer patients like Kaiya, you can check your eligibility and register online for a home swab kit. See our website for more details www.raceagainstbloodcancer.com/join

www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/stem-cell-donor-drive-being-held-in-leamington-in-hopes-of-helping-five-year-old-kaiya-1-8526582

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Race Against Blood Cancer supports Flagz Mas Band

May 27, 2018Donor Drive, Events, RecruitmentAlex Morrison, blood cancer, Celebrations, Charity, donor, donor drive, events, Flagz Carnival, London, rabc, Race Against Blood CancerRace Against Blood Cancer

Last Sunday Race Against Blood Cancer held a donor drive supporting Flagz Mas Band at Wandsworth Arts Fringe in London, where the team worked hard to sign up more potential lifesaving donors to the blood stem cell register.

We would like to thank all those that showed up to register and to the organisers for allowing us to pitch up and engage with the community. We would also like to give a special thanks to the work of our team members Alex Morrison and Lenah Lang who continue to help those people needing lifesaving transplants.

Tagged under - May 27, 2018Donor Drive, Events, RecruitmentAlex Morrison, blood cancer, Celebrations, Charity, donor, donor drive, events, Flagz Carnival, London, rabc, Race Against Blood CancerRace Against Blood Cancer