St Albans leisure centre hosts recruitment event this evening to find donors for stem cell transplants

12:02 20 January 2015

Madeleine Burton

A stem cell donor recruitment day to find lifesavers for people suffering with blood cancers is being held at Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre today.

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The recruitment day, which runs from 5pm to 8.30pm, has been organised by the Everyone Active team at Westminster Lodge in support of their colleague Chris Spencer who underwent a stem cell transplant through the Anthony Nolan charity after being diagnosed with bone marrow failure in June 2013.

Anyone aged 16-30 and in good health can become a donor and to register, participants just need to drop into Westminster Lodge on the day, fill in a short medical form and provide a saliva sample.

Once registered, donors will remain on the register until the age of 60, unless they chose to be removed from it sooner.

Everyone Active general manager, Lesley Garner, said: Were looking forward to hosting a recruitment day to raise awareness and help support Anthony Nolans invaluable work,

For thousands of people with blood cancers such as leukaemia, their only hope of survival is a donation of healthy stem cells. Were giving the public the opportunity to see whether theyre a match.

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