Race Against Blood Cancer

02/11/2026

💙🧔 IT’S MOVEMBER! GROW A MO. HELP FIND A MATCH. 🧔💙

This November, we’re asking you to grow your moustache, spread awareness and help us make a difference!

Movember is all about men’s health, but at Race Against Blood Cancer, we want to shine a light on the men living with blood cancer who may be waiting for a potentially lifesaving stem cell match.

Behind every diagnosis is a real person, a family and a future worth fighting for. ❤️

So here’s how you can get involved this Movember:

🧔 GROW A MO – Get involved, share your moustache selfies and tag us!

🧬 BECOME A POTENTIAL LIFESAVER – Find out if you’re eligible to join the stem cell register. You could be the match someone is waiting for.

💷 RAISE SOME DOUGH – Make a donation through our JustGiving or PayPal pages to support our work.

📲 SPREAD THE WORD – Share this post and encourage the men in your life to get involved.

You don’t need a moustache to make a difference!

Let’s get talking, raising awareness, raising funds and helping more people find their lifesaving match.

GROW A MO. RAISE SOME DOUGH. HELP SAVE LIVES.

❤️ Race Against Blood Cancer

31/10/2026

🎃👻 THIS HALLOWEEN, GIVE SOMEONE A LIFE-SAVING TREAT! ❤️

Halloween is all about tricks, treats and a little bit of magic… but imagine being able to give someone the greatest gift of all – the chance of life.

Behind the costumes and pumpkins, there are people living with blood cancer who are desperately waiting for a life-saving stem cell donor.

This Halloween, you could make a real difference! 🧡

🩸 SIGN UP: Join the stem cell register. It only takes a few minutes, but could one day save someone's life.

🎃 DONATE: Every donation, big or small, helps Race Against Blood Cancer continue our work recruiting life-saving donors and raising awareness.

👻 SHARE: Help us spread the word. You never know who might be someone's perfect match!
Let's make this Halloween about more than tricks and treats. Let's give someone hope of another tomorrow.

Sign up. Donate. Share. Be someone's hero. ⬇️
www.raceagainstbloodcancer.com

28/10/2026

❤️🩸 WHAT IF YOUR NAME WAS THE ONE SOMEONE WAS WAITING FOR?

Somewhere, someone living with blood cancer is hoping to find their lifesaving stem cell match.

That match could be someone who hasn’t even joined the register yet. It could be YOU!

At Race Against Blood Cancer, we’re working to get more people on the register and give more patients hope. 🌍❤️

🙌 Want to find out how you could help? Comment TELL ME MORE or share this post to spread the word.

You never know whose life you could change. ❤️

26/10/2026

🎉🏃‍♀️ LET’S CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF WALTON WOBBLE! 🏃‍♂️🎉

We’re calling on all our Race Against Blood Cancer supporters to join us for the Walton Wobble 5K & 10K on 31st January at 10am at Walton High School, Stafford ❤️

Our amazing partners JC Race Solutions are celebrating their 10th anniversary, and we couldn’t be prouder to have been part of their journey. They’ve supported Race Against Blood Cancer since 2018 and have raised an incredible over £15,000 to help us raise awareness and get more people signed up to the stem cell register! 🩸🙌

Now, we’d love YOU to join us to celebrate the amazing support they’ve shown us over the years!

Whether you want to walk, jog or run, there’s a place for you. A team of our volunteers and our Community Engagement Manager will be taking part, and we’d love to see as many of our supporters as possible there alongside us! 💪❤️

Let’s show Walton Wobble how much their support means to us and make this 10th anniversary one to remember!

🎽 Choose your challenge: 5K or 10K
📅 Date: 31st January
⏰ Time: 10am

👉 Register for one of the runs - https://www.entrycentral.com/Walton-Wobble-10k-Winter-2027

Get your friends and family involved, and come and celebrate with Team Race Against Blood Cancer!

10 years of Walton Wobble. Over £15,000 raised. One incredible partnership. Let’s celebrate in style! 🎉❤️

The Walton Wobble WINTER EDITION Sunday 31st January 2027 Race start: 10:00 am Address: Walton High School, The Rise, Stafford ST17 0LJ Parking: there is ample parking on the school grounds. Please follow direction signs and marshalls. Meda

24/10/2026

🎄❤️ COULD YOUR WORKPLACE BE A CHRISTMAS HERO? ❤️🎄

This Christmas, Race Against Blood Cancer is launching our ✨ A MATCH FOR CHRISTMAS ✨ campaign, and we need YOUR help!

We’re asking businesses and workplaces to dedicate just ONE DAY in December to supporting our cause. ❤️

🧬 Help us recruit more potential stem cell donors.
🎅 Hold a Christmas jumper or Wear Red Day.
💷 Raise vital funds through staff fundraising or a company donation.
📲 Share our campaign and help spread the word.

Every workplace, no matter how big or small, can make a difference. One day of support could help us reach new people, raise essential funds and encourage more potential lifesavers to join the stem cell register.

🙌 Here’s where YOU come in!

Could you ask your employer, manager or HR team to get involved? Perhaps you could share this post with them or tag your workplace in the comments!

Let’s get businesses working together to bring hope to people affected by blood cancer this Christmas. Because behind every search for a stem cell match is a real person, a family and a future. ❤️

📩 Would your workplace like to take part? Tag your work colleagues, send us a message and let’s make it happen!

🎄 Together, we can make this Christmas count.

23/10/2026

This week, we’ve been out and about delivering our HERO Project, attending a Black History event and raising awareness of blood cancer, while encouraging students to join the stem cell register.

We’ve visited Coventry, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Dudley colleges, meeting some amazing students along the way! 🙌

A key part of our message has been our campaign, sharing John’s real-life story as someone living with blood cancer who urgently needs a matching stem cell donor.

John’s story touched so many students’ hearts, inspiring them to sign up there and then. It’s a powerful reminder that behind every campaign is a real person, a family and a life waiting to be changed. ❤️🩸

A huge thank you to all the colleges, staff and students who welcomed us and helped spread this vital message.

Could you be someone’s hero? 🦸 Join the stem cell register and help give patients like John hope! www.raceagainstbloodcancer.com

BloodCancerAwareness

22/10/2026

Sometimes the biggest difference starts with the smallest act. ❤️

Blood cancer touches so many lives: parents, partners, children, friends, colleagues. At Race Against Blood Cancer, we’re determined to change that story, and we can’t do it without you.

We’ve made giving quicker and easier than ever. In just a few seconds, you can donate £5 by texting RACE to 70085 or scanning the QR code below.

Every gift, however small, keeps us moving forward. Thank you for supporting us. 💪

Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting into hearing more from us. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from us, please text RACENOINFO instead.

20/10/2026

Behind every funded project is a great application. ✍️

Grants help Race Against Blood Cancer reach more patients, support more families and move research forward. Your words could unlock that funding.

We're looking for volunteer grant writers to join our team. Give a few hours a month, from home, and make a real difference.

Interested? Drop us a line - we'd love to hear from you!

16/10/2026

🚨PLEASE SHARE: 🚨

“I'm struggling to find a suitable donor, particularly due to the ongoing challenge of finding donors from South Asian communities.”

63-year-old Trushar urgently needs your help. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and urgently needs a stem cell transplant to give him another chance at life. There is currently no match for him on the stem cell register.

"The word cancer conjures up many nightmares and my journey in dealing with this has been an emotional rollercoaster.”

Following consultations with a Haemotologist, and after numerous blood tests, Trushar was diagnosed with warm haemolytic anaemia. He managed to live with this condition with regular blood transfusions and taking a range of medication.

Towards the end of 2025, his health deteriorated and a bone marrow biopsy showed his condition had progressed to Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and has now progressed to acute myeloid leukaemia.

“This diagnosis was very difficult to come to terms with, particularly as the only curative solution is a stem cell transplant."

Trushar is now asking people with South Asian heritage, particularly those from the Lohana community he is part of, to join the stem cell register.

“I'm asking everyone, particularly those in the South Asian community to consider joining the stem cell register to help me, and others in a similar situation, find a suitable donor to improve our chances of leading a normal, healthy life in the future.”

❤️If you’re aged 16-55 you could be that lifesaving match someone like Trushar is waiting for. Sign up today: https://www.raceagainstbloodcancer.com/register

🔁Unable to sign up? Please share this post far and wide 🔁

16/10/2026

❤️🏆 We’re incredibly proud of our Gemma! 🏆❤️

Tomorrow evening, our Community Engagement Manager, Gemma Elsmore, will be attending Local Hero Awards, where she has been nominated for the Charity Champion Award! 🌟

Gemma’s journey with Race Against Blood Cancer began in 2017, when she became a volunteer to help find a stem cell match for her friend’s son, Khaleel, who sadly lost his life to blood cancer.

What started as a personal mission grew into a passion. Gemma went on to work part-time alongside her full-time job before becoming our full-time Community Engagement Manager.

Since then, she has helped thousands of people join the stem cell register, offering hope to families affected by blood cancer. Seven of those people have gone on to donate their stem cells and help save lives. ❤️

Gemma’s dedication and compassion make a real difference, and we couldn’t be prouder of everything she has achieved.

Good luck, Gemma! Whatever the outcome, you’re already a champion to us! 🥹❤️