Give A Spit, Save a Life At The Printworks Match4Martin Stand
| 5th August 2015
Spit into a tube to see if you’re a match for someone in need of bone marrow.
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with blood cancer. For many, a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant is their only chance.
This Saturday, 8th August, 12-5pm, The Printworks is urging the people of Manchester to spare five minutes of their day to potentially save a life by joining the Anthony Nolan bone marrow transplant register.
The Printworks is supporting Match4Martin, an awareness campaign run in partnership with The Anthony Nolan Trust, a charity for those suffering with blood cancers such as leukaemia. The aim is to get as many people as possible to sign the register by providing a small saliva sample, to see if they are eligible to donate bone marrow and save the life of another.
If you are aged between 16 and 30, weigh over 50kg (7st 12lbs) and are in good health, you could be a match. Simply visit the Match4Martin stand in The Printworks Pump Yard on Saturday 8th August, any time between 12pm and 5pm. All you have to do is spit in to a test tube to join the Anthony Nolan register as a potential bone marrow donor.
Fred Booth, Centre Director at The Printworks said: “The process of joining the Anthony Nolan register is so simple, and we are hoping to recruit as many people as possible to try and find more matches for those suffering with blood cancers.
“There are at least 360,000 individuals waiting for a match worldwide, with only one in 1,000 chance of finding a match. This figure reduces even further if you are from an Afro Caribbean, Asian or other ethnic minority group, as the register has a shortage of people from these minorities.
“We urge ethnic minority groups in particular to come along and “Give a Spit” to save a life, but the more people we can recruit, the better our chances of saving lives.”
www.anthonynolan.org/8-ways-you-could-save-life/donate-your-stem-cells