Parents who lost two-year-old daughter to cancer issue emotional plea for bone marrow donors

The parents of a two-year-old girl who died of cancer have issued an emotional appeal to get more people to become stem cell donors.

Margot Martini tragically lost her battle with leukaemia in October last year.

She had previously had a bone marrow transplant in February 2014 after a match was found, but devastatingly, the cancer returned.

A new campaign called 'Just One More' has been released by Team Margot and explains the desperate need for more donors in Britain.

Her family wrote: "There are more than 37,000 people worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant.

"And like Margot, they urgently need your help to find a matching donor.

"On average, only half of those seeking a matching donor will ever succeed in finding one.

"And only 20% if the patient has an ethnic or mixed family background."

Team Margot encourages everyone in good health between the ages of 17 and 55 to register as a stem cell donor, then encourage Just One More person to do the same .

Margot's family have also announced that a Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day will be held on October 7 this year - exactly two years after her diagnosis.

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Parents who lost two-year-old daughter to cancer issue emotional plea for bone marrow donors