Golf tournament raises over £3.5K for the Anthony Nolan Charity

A Dersingham mother organised a golf tournament in her son's memory.

A fundraising golf day recently raised over £3.5k for the Anthony Nolan Charity which holds a register of people who have offered to be donors of bone marrow transplants or stem cells. The register was set up in 1974 when it is was virtually impossible to find stem cell donors. It is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary this year and has facilitated over 25,000 transplants across the world.

Chloe Thulborn’s son, Jack, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at a young age and as she proved to be a 100% match, Chloe donated two lots of bone marrow. Sadly, as Jack had one of the most aggressive forms of Leukaemia, the transplants failed and he died aged just sixteen in 2010.

In Jack’s memory, Chloe organised the fun packed golf tournament and fundraising day at Searles Golf Club - attended by over 100 people throughout - to raise money for Anthony Nolan, realising how invaluable their work and research is for Leukaemia, blood cancer and blood disorder sufferers.

There is a pressing need to recruit people from more diverse backgrounds to the Anthony Nolan register. Blood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK and third biggest cancer killer, accounting for 9% of all new cancer cases diagnosed in the UK. To check if you are a suitable donor and to register, please visit www.anthonynolan.org .