In 2015, we want to tackle a massive inequality in London. If you have blood cancer or a blood disorder and you come from a white Northern European background, you have a 60% chance of receiving the best matching stem cell donor. But shockingly, if you’re from a black British or minority ethnic background, this falls to just 20% to find a perfect match. That isn’t right.

We are SGUL Marrow, a student group who work with Anthony Nolan, the UK’s leading blood cancer charity. And we’re fighting against inequality in London, with events in over ten universities, on Thursday 26th February 2015.
 

Every year, about 2,000 people in the UK with blood cancer or a blood disorder will find themselves in need of a potentially lifesaving stem cell transplant from somebody outside of their own family. Anthony Nolan matches those people with remarkable donors, using a nationwide register.

And that’s why, this year, Marrow is running a campaign to sign up as many students from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethinicities (BAME) groups to the Anthony Nolan register as possible. We want to tackle this inequality, to find more matching donors, and to save as many lives of people from the BAME community as possible.
 

The event will be held on Thursday 26th February at St Georges and will run from 10am to 4:30pm outside the university library located on level 1 of Hunter wing. There will also be a number of other events across London being held by local Marrow groups. To find out about your nearest Tackling Inequalities Recruitment Event please check out this FB event.

All persons aged 16 to 30 are welcome to join the register, but we especially encourage young men as well as donors from ethnic minority backgrounds as they are under-represented on the register.

For more information, follow us on Twitter and Facebook or email stgeorges@ukmarrow.org.