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Paul’s half marathon to support friend with myeloma
Retired college lecturer Paul Breheny has raised almost £700 for LMRUK – running his second half marathon in 29 years, and in the same pair of shoes he wore the last time! Paul, 65, chose to raise money for our charity in support of his friend Charles Montlake who is...
Lucy Abbey completes the London Marathon in aid of LMRUK
Courageous runner Lucy Abbey went ahead with her planned London Marathon run in aid of our charity, despite an injury to her hip that left her unable to train for a month before the event. Lucy, 37, from Hartlepool was inspired to run in aid of the blood cancer...
Snap up an unmissable auction prize – and help in the fight against blood cancer
Football shirts signed by two Premier League teams, a boot signed by footballing legend Lionel Messi and a jacket worn by Team GB’s Olympic snowboarder Zoë Gillings-Brier are among a range of auction prizes on offer to raise vital funds for blood cancer research....
Family, friends & fellow patients are so important when dealing with a myeloma diagnosis
Support from family, friends and fellow patients, along with a positive attitude, are so important when it comes to dealing with a diagnosis of Myeloma. That is the view of members of the West Lancs and Merseyside Myeloma Support Group which has been helping patients...
Brave Julie’s year-long battle with Multiple Myeloma
Julie Waines knew something was wrong with her health when she started falling asleep at work and had to spend her lunch breaks taking a nap in her car. But the 65-year-old data processor, who works for Northern Powergrid in Stockton on Tees, had never heard of...
Storing our baby’s cord blood stem cells
The death of a work colleague from Leukaemia and another friend’s diagnosis with the disease was the spark mother Natalie Harrop needed to prompt her to bank the stem cells from her new baby’s umbilical cord. Natalie and partner Gary Hardwick-Bishop from Newport,...
Our research grant recipients call for more women in science
Women who are leading the way in researching treatments for blood cancers have thrown their backing behind the tenth anniversary of International Day of Women and Girls in Science and said it should be a spur to attract more females into the sector. Professor Cristina...
Colleague’s Myeloma diagnosis prompts Lucy’s marathon fundraiser
Training is well underway for Lucy Abbey, 37, from Hartlepool in Teesside, who is preparing to run the 2025 TCS London Marathon this April on behalf of our charity. Lucy, who works at Northern Powergrid, is no stranger to running, having previously participated in the...
Protecting the next generation through cord blood banking
Luna Sage, a new parent from North London, discovered the importance of storing umbilical cord blood stem cells when their mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and needed to find a suitable match for a life-saving transplant. Luna said: “When my mother fell...
Celebrating 10 years of LMRUK
Our charity was founded in 2015 with the aim of raising awareness of the different forms of blood cancer and helping to find more effective treatments by investing in specialist new research. Thanks to the support of our incredible fundraisers and wider community,...
