100 miles in a month to raise awareness of Multiple Myeloma

A couple embarked on a gruelling challenge to complete 100 miles in a month to raise money for our charity – after one of their parents was diagnosed with life-threatening Multiple Myeloma. Jonny Turner and Nichola Harrower from Wigan walked, ran and cycled to clock...

The importance of supporting second-hand fashion

It takes a staggering eight billion cubic metres of water to produce all the new clothing bought in the UK every year. According to Oxfam, producing a single cotton t-shirt requires 5,400 bottles of water and a pair of jeans needs 16,000 bottles of water – enough to...

New funding awarded to support vital blood cancer education

We’re thrilled to announce that our charity has been awarded £8,800 of National Lottery funding to support our work educating people on the common signs and symptoms of blood cancer to help encourage earlier diagnosis. Despite being the fifth most common cancer in the...

Improving the efficiency of treatment for blood cancers

We’ve awarded a £40,000 grant to support research examining why some patients treated with chemotherapy for blood cancers continue to suffer very low blood counts, even after the disease has been successfully treated. The funding has been awarded ahead of World Cancer...

Watch our blood cancer awareness video

There are over 100 variants of blood cancer. The three main types are Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. At LMRUK, we’re passionate about highlighting the different forms to raise awareness, educate people, and encourage earlier diagnosis. In our new video, members of...

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