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Couple’s 10k fundraiser for Leukaemia research
Jacob Riley and his girlfriend Lydia Heaton have raised more than £1,500 for our charity after completing a 10k sponsored run following a blood cancer diagnosis for Jacob’s sister. Megan Porter, 27, was working as a primary school teacher in South Korea when she...
Restaurant founders named Fundraisers of the Year
Founders of Lunya restaurant and deli, Elaine Kinsella and her husband Peter have been named as our Fundraisers of the Year for their incredible work on behalf of our charity. This is the second time that the duo has been named winners of the award, after jointly...
Four colleagues band together to raise awareness of a rare form of blood cancer
Four friends and colleagues successfully completed a 13-mile fundraising walk in memory of their former colleague who passed away from a rare type of blood cancer. Pam Roach, Lynne Ryan, Alison Smith, and Kelly Spink braved the brisk autumnal weather to walk from...
New mothers share why they’re banking their babies’ cord blood stem cells
Three new mothers have described the importance of storing their babies’ umbilical cord blood stem cells for potential use to treat life-threatening diseases in the future. Our charity established the Model Cell Biobank to store stem cells and on World Cord Blood Day...
Rozgar’s story
A mother-of-three has said storing her new baby’s cord blood is “extra protection” against the risk of disease as the child grows – and one she hopes she will never have to use. Rozgar, from South East London, gave birth to son Heizan in May 2024, and had arranged to...
A primary school fundraising for blood cancer after Deputy Head diagnosed with Leukaemia
Staff, governors and parents from a primary school in County Durham have raised over £1,000 for LMRUK with a 13-mile sponsored walk. They were inspired to support our charity after sisters Becca Knox and Lauren Gilbert, who both work at Chester-le-Street CofE Primary...
Your chance to run in the 2025 London Marathon
We’ve secured ONE place in one of the most prestigious marathons in the world – could it be yours? We have one charity place available for a keen runner to take part in the 2025 London Marathon – one of ‘The Big 5’ global marathons! If you’ve always wanted to take...
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...
