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The Anthony Nolan Trust is an independent charity. We continually rely on generous financial support from Registered charIty no. 803716 / SC038827 the general public, companies and trusts. If you want to make a donation, please make your cheques payable to The Anthony Nolan Trust, and return to THE ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST FREEPOST PO Box 1767 London NW3 4YR If you would like to know more about The Anthony Nolan Trust To be on the donor register; it’s such a simple thing and how you can support its lifesaving work please complete and return this card. Please tick the box(es) to receive the information you want. for us all to do. And you can save a life. What’s more Becoming a bone marrow donor (if aged 18-40) How my employer can support The Anthony Nolan Trust Making financial donations important than that? It’s fantastic.” Leaving a legacy Dan Snow Fundraising events The Anthony Nolan Research Institute The Anthony Nolan Trust Histocompatability Laboratories Full financial statements for 2008 Name The Anthony Nolan Trust Address Heathgate Place VHBio is proud to supply The Anthony Nolan Trust Agincourt Road with HLA tissue typing reagents, vital tools in the London NW3 2NU bone marrow transplant process. The publication Postcode of this annual review was made possible by the It is more cost effective for the Charity to phone or e-mail you from time generous financial support of VH Bio Ltd. to time. By completing the details here, you confirm that you are happy 020 7284 1234 for the Charity to contact you in this way. Telephone www.anthonynolan.org.uk Mobile Email Your Data We value your support, and confirm that the data that is held by The Anthony Nolan Trust and Anthony Nolan Marketing Ltd will be held and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will use your data to keep in touch with you concerning our activities as a All information in this review is correct at time of going to press. All figures quoted in this review refer to the calendar fundraising charity, blood stem cell register and scientific research year 2008, except those on page 20 which refer to the Charity's financial year ended 30 September 2008. institute. We will not, without your consent, supply your details to any third party except where this is necessary to carry out our activities or Design: The Surgery; Copywriting: Suzanne Kershaw; Printing: Suffolk Offset; required by law. Further details of how we use your data can be found at Paper Supplies: We thank the James McNaughton Group for their generous help with the supply of Perfect Image. www.anthonynolan.org.uk This publication contains fibre from forests certified according to the principles of the Forest Stewardship Council. Registered charity nos. 803716/SC038827 Company no. 02379280 1 With grateful thanks Corporate Supporters The Anthony Nolan Trust continually relies on support of Scotland Manufacturing HR Department, Edinburgh, from business and other organisations. Here is a cross The Sands Venue, T-Mobile, Torrent Trackside, section of our corporate supporters during 2008. Translink, Travelex, Travis Perkins UTV, VH BIO Ltd, Our sincere thanks go to these and many others. VU Ltd, Wilkinson 2 3C Technology, Aegis, APS Group, Art & Soul Glasgow, We are grateful for the personal involvement Associated Newspapers, Astus UK Ltd, Baker Tilly, in our lifesaving work of these high profile Barclays Bank, Belfast Telegraph, BGC Partners, supporters: Brenmo Plants Cash & Carry, Cargill Cotton, Charles David Aaronovitch Leon Lopez Hurst Group, Cheshire Building Society, Coolfun Ltd, Christina Bailey Tim Lovejoy Circus Starr, CVD Ltd, Deloitte, Dunfermline RFC, Richard Blackwood Orlaith McAllister Dunfermline Round Table, Eastern Airways, Eastern Georgina Bouzova Aiden McCardle Digital Exhibition and Display, easyJet, ETM Limited Edith Bowman Liz McClarnon Manchester & Mr Derek Acorah, Europackaging Ltd, Dominic Brunt Michael McKell Feckin Whiskey, Flybe, Funds Europe, Furniture Will Carling OBE Scott Mills Village, Greybar Design, Grosvenor House, The Cheeky Girls Neil Oliver Handelsbanken, Halfords, Hastings Hotels, Hotels4U, Adrian Chiles Omar House of Dorchester, Incisive Media, John Lewis, Chris Chittell Belinda Owusu Kingsbarns Golf Links, Kleinwort Benson, Lagan Olivia Coleman Femi Oyeniran Holdings, Legal & General, Lifetime Mortgages, Rachael Cordingley Craig Phillips Llanllyr Water, Lloyds Pharmacy, Long Rake Spar, Penelope Cruz Patricia Potter Lothian Estates, Jedburgh, Man Group plc, Mark Lawrence Dallaglio OBE Cassie Powney Ramprakash Benefit Year, Mars, Metro, Minghella Les Dennis Mark Ramprakash Ice Cream, Mirabaud Securities, Mulholland Contracts Sara Dhada Julian Rhind-Tutt Ltd., Musgrave Group, National Museums Northern Noel Edmonds Dougray Scott Ireland, National Sporting Club, NJO Leds, North East England Rugby Squad Kellie Shirley THE ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST FREEPOST PO Box 1767 London NW3 4YR Telecommunications Ltd, Oase UK Ltd, PalletFORCE Jessica Fox Dan Snow plc, Parkstone Bay Marina, Pennine Print Ltd, Pernod Angus Fraser Snowboy (Mark Cotgrove) Ricard, Powerboat Training UK, Press & Journal, Mark Goodier Di Stewart Protherics plc, Pure Recruitment Solutions, Robert Will Greenwood James Sutton Dyas, Royal Bank of Scotland, RT Marketing Ltd, Mel Guidroyc Meera Syal Scottish Borders Council Museum and Gallery Service, Amanda Hamilton Hannah Tointon Selsius Ltd, Speedy Hire, Stena Line, Steve Thompson David Harewood Kara Tointon The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Secretary of State for Health takes pleasure in opening the Anthony Nolan Cell Benefit Year, Suffolk Offset, Sunningdale Golf Club, Richard Hill MBE Kevin Mark Trail Licence No. PAM5257 Therapy Centre, Nottingham Trent University. This marks the setting up of the UK's first charitable cord blood The Glenmorangie Company Limited, The Royal Bank Greg James Brian Turner CBE programme — both a cord blood bank and a research institute — which will complement the Anthony Nolan BUSINESS REPLY SERVICE Jeremy Lewis bone marrow register. Photo: Steve Hickey We are determined to save lives by providing donors to as many patients as possible whose only hope is a bone marrow transplant. Contents 4 Dan Snow 6 Chairman’s foreword 7 Dr Steve McEwan 1960-2008 8 Bone marrow donors saving lives 14 In at the birth 15 Searching for those vital matches 16 World class research; life saving advances 18 Raising funds; raising hopes 20 Financial summary 21 Trustees and senior personnel 22 With grateful thanks Front cover: Paulette was amongst the first mothers to donate their cord blood at King’s College Hospital to the Anthony Nolan Cord Blood Programme (See page 14). Photo: Adrian Meredith Dan Snow becomes a potential lifesaver Historian, broadcaster and TV presenter, “It took all of 20 minutes, and all I had Dan’s story... Dan Snow is one of the latest well-known faces to do was fill in a medical questionnaire, to join the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register. understand what was involved and give a “I told my family, several of them are Dan, who first appeared on our screens in 2003 small blood sample from my arm. That was thinking about joining. It’s important presenting a military history series with his it, I was on the register as a potential donor. to be on the register. There are not father Peter Snow, says; “I first heard about The whole process was quick and painless.” enough donors, you have it in your The Anthony Nolan Trust through Adrian Chiles, power to save someone’s life.” with whom I’m on ‘The One Show’. He’s been Dan has a natural and infectious enthusiasm involved for quite some time. I was shocked, for all that he does in life. This is the man actually quite embarrassed, I hadn’t really who famously once said “History is the most heard of it. To be on the donor register; exciting thing that has ever happened to anyone it’s such a simple thing for us all to do. And on this planet!” Fortunately for us, this extends you can save a life. What’s more important to his relationship with The Anthony Nolan than that? It’s fantastic.” Trust, he’s already spreading the word about our work. “I told my family; several of them Since that first appearance Dan has gone on to are thinking about joining. It’s important present ‘Battlefield Britain’, ‘Twentieth Century to be on the register. There are not enough Battlefields’ and more recently ‘Hadrian’. Along donors. You have it in your power to save the way he’s picked up a BAFTA and written someone’s life.” two books to accompany the BBC series. Dan’s burgeoning TV career keeps him constantly on Is he scared that one day he may get that call the move — filming for ‘Hadrian’ took him to and be asked to donate? Not a bit. “I’m waiting seven different countries, and his involvement for the phone to ring. I’m not scared about the in the early evening magazine programme procedure itself. I’d be nervous if I was asked ‘The One Show’ takes him all over the UK. When to donate. But I hope I’d be proud to do my bit.” not filming he’s writing his next book, a serious history tome on the eighteenth century siege Follow Dan’s example, do your bit and support of Quebec. So how did he find time to sign up The Anthony Nolan Trust today. to the register? 4 As part of his joining the Anthony Nolan Register, Dan has a small blood sample taken by Lynsey, Donor Recruitment Manager. Photo: Chris Gloag 5 First and Foremost Chairman’s foreword I am delighted to “…The Anthony Nolan Trust, for over thirty uncertainty until a permanent new Chief report that in 2008 years, has saved countless lives, not just through Executive could be recruited. The Anthony Nolan campaigning but also through matching potential Trust enjoyed its most donors with leukaemia sufferers.