(CLICK THE CLAPPERBOARD ABOVE FOR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THIS CAMPAIGN)
What’s worse than having Leukaemia?
Being Black and having Leukaemia
We’re all the same underneath aren’t we?
Not when it comes to Leukaemia
How many leukaemia patients die because they're black?
If you’re unlucky enough to get leukaemia
We hope you are lucky enough to be white
So what…if you are Black or Mixed race?
It’s shocking but it’s true, your chances of finding a lifesaving bone marrow donor ARE much more worse if you’re BLACK
…because there are 24 times more white people than black people on UK bone marrow registers.
Have Your Say
We want to better understand the huge increase in apathy and reluctance of the public, starting with the Black & Mixed Race community. We urge people from these communities to have their say and submit your thoughts in a short opinion poll.
Are you aware of the issue?
Are you bothered?
Is this a priority concern for you today?
We must understand people’s motivations and act now to try and prevent the lack of donors having a detrimental impact on the lives of those sufferers in urgent need.
Please take 5 minutes to send us your views to:
info@aclt.org
PLEASE SIGNPOST TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND WORK COLLEAGUES
so we can get to the heart of this urgent issue.
Unite to Fight Leukaemia
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE 2 DONATION PROCEDURES
Be a lifesaver - Register as a potential bone marrow donor
Please click here for upcoming ACLT's 2011 Recruitment drives dates & venues or click here to order a Saliva application pack from Anthony Nolan, which will be sent to you within three working days. Each pack will contain a simple saliva testing kit which you use to send a small sample back to Anthony Nolan. That is all you need to join the register and help save leukaemia patient’s lives.
Alternatively, If you are unable to attend any of the ACLT drives please (before you go off on holiday especially to a country with a high risk of Malaria) click here for details of the:
Be a lifesaver - Give blood
Visit your local NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE SESSION OR BLOOD DONATION CENTRE
Tel 0300 123 2323 or go to www.blood.co.uk
Thank you for reading the above information and we hope that this campaign inspires you to register as a donor and that you will also support the ACLT because our life saving work is self funded.
Uniting the world's communities in the UK - saving the world one life at a time
What if I live outside the UK?
Can you register as a potential bone marrow donor in your country?
The ACLT can only register eligible UK residents as donors. However, you may be able to register if your country has a bone marrow registry, and depending on your location and their local rules and health criteria to join up. To find out, enter the keywords below into your internet browser or search engine:
‘bone marrow registry' + name of your country
Alternatively, you can also search the list of internationally accredited participating registers by visiting:
Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide: www.bmdw.org
Click here to view the international list of participating registries
Can you be a blood donor?
To find out about ways to give blood in your country, enter the keywords below into your internet browser or search engine:
‘blood donation' + name of your country
You can give in so many ways
You can help us meet the costs needed to support more patients in need and so give the Gift of Life
Your donation helps to fund patient appeals and ongoing media campaigns, donor registration drives, educational and community outreach programmes
Click here to find out what the ACLT charity does to create a better future for patients in need
Click here to see the ACLT's challenge to find more lifesavers
If you would like to support the ACLT charity's work, you can:
• Give £3 via a text donation (UK only) click here
• Give an online donation click here
• Give a regular donation (UK only) click here
• Give as a fundraiser click here
