Registration drives with ACLT
ACLT is a charity that recruits potential lifesavers onto the UK donor registers by partnering with Anthony Nolan, DKMS, and NHS Blood and Transplant.
Anthony Nolan, The British Bone Marrow Register (operated by NHS Blood & Transplant), The Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry (operated by the Welsh Blood Service), and DKMS UK all add donors to the single UK registry.
Want to know more about our partners? Get to know them – here.
Or want to volunteer at one of our registration drives? Sign up – here.
What is a registration drive?
A registration drive is an opportunity for us to talk to a large group of people to help educate them and raise awareness on the challenges that individuals living with blood cancer, blood disorders and other illnesses – and how by registering to a blood, stem cell (bone marrow) or organ register you could potentially save someone’s life.
As part of the drive, we address the audience with information about the work we do and ask those interested to sign up to the blood, stem cell (bone marrow) and organ registers.
Do I donate blood or stem cells (bone marrow) at a registration drive?
No. If you decide to register to donate blood, at our registration drive you will fill out an application form and from here you will be contacted by one of the organisations we partner up with to come and donate blood. If you become part of the stem cell (bone marrow) you will fill out an application form and three cheek swabs will be taken from you – only if you are a match to someone needing a stem cell (bone marrow) will you be contacted again.
Our drives are designed to educate on why people of Black African and Caribbean heritage need to register to become donors. So, this is us helping you make the first step.
Can I register without attending/organising a registration drive?
Of course. If you would like to register to be a potential donor you can register with our partners.
Who have ACLT done registration drives with?
Faith Groups
Organisations & Workplaces
Schools
These are just a few people we have organised drives with – if you don’t fall within any of the categories, contact us so we can work out how we can best work with you. Whatever the scenario, ACLT would like to work with you to encourage donor signups.
If you’re an education provider…
ACLT do a lot of work within schools, colleges and universities, holding sessions that highlight our work, the donation process and why ethnicity should not be a factor in the survival rates of people from ethnic minorities. To arrange a registration drive for your education establishment, you can contact our National Development Manager, Sabrina Jarrett by email; Sabrina@aclt.org
You can take a look at a sample presentation – here.
Find out more about how we register our donors....
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STEM CELL (BONE MARROW)
