Blood Cancer UK

📣 Big News! We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been named a Best Company at the Best Companies to work for awards, and secured multiple awards recognising our commitment to creating a fantastic workplace! 🎉 🏆 1st Place - Best Regional Company to Work For (Mid-Sized, London) 🏆 3rd Place - Top 25 Charities to Work For (Sector Award: National) 🏆 13th Place - Top 100 Mid-Sized Companies to Work For (National) And that’s not all! We’ve retained our 3 Star Accreditation, for a world-class level of workplace engagement 🌟 Being ranked as one of the top 5 charity employers in the UK is such an incredible honour. It highlights the importance that we place in our employees, knowing that a happy, engaged, and supported team is pivotal to our success, helping us achieve our mission: to beat blood cancer.

Dr Rubina Ahmed, our Director of Research, Policy, and Services talks about the injustices of rare blood cancers, the lack of research investment, and how people can face limited treatment options 👇 https://lnkd.in/edz_SisJ

It's never too early to start planning Christmas! 🦌 🎄 Join us for an unforgettable evening at St Paul's Cathedral for Blood Cancer UK's Carol Concert. Taking place on Tuesday 17th December at 6.45pm, this enchanting event promises an evening of festive cheer and world-class music. Every ticket purchased supports our work for new, kinder treatments and life-saving research. Get yours now! ✨ https://bit.ly/48BlZoN 🔗

Exciting news – yesterday Minister Stephen Kinnock outlined the UK government's commitment to a National Cancer Plan. Blood cancer is the 5th most common cancer but as Clive Jones MP said during the debate, historically there's been a lack of strategic direction in blood cancer policy. Now is the time to address this and to create a brighter future for people with blood cancer, as outlined in our UK Blood Cancer Action Plan. Thank you to Clive Jones for raising this debate, and Max Wilkinson MP for sharing your experience of being affected by blood cancer.

Exciting news – yesterday Minister Stephen Kinnock outlined the UK government's commitment to a National Cancer Plan. Blood cancer is the 5th most common cancer but as Clive Jones MP said during the debate, historically there's been a lack of strategic direction in blood cancer policy. Now is the time to address this and to create a brighter future for people with blood cancer, as outlined in our UK Blood Cancer Action Plan. Thank you to Clive Jones for raising this debate, and Max Wilkinson MP for sharing your experience of being affected by blood cancer.

To improve the lives of those with a type of blood cancer called follicular lymphoma, we’ve teamed up with the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation to support a world-class trial taking place at The Christie in Manchester 💊 This project which forms a sub-set of an ongoing clinical trial will give us a better understanding of how the drug, rituximab, could improve outcomes for people with the disease.    Many people with this type of blood cancer can be treated but currently follicular lymphoma cannot be cured and will eventually come back. 👩🔬 In this trial, Dr Kim Linton and her team are identifying people who’ve not previously received treatment for their disease from around 65 NHS locations across the UK. They plan to closely monitor them for five years, looking at what order treatments are given to people, and to who, and how they respond.  🤝 Funding this trial in partnership with the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation is crucial for understanding and improving the delivery of treatments to people with follicular lymphoma. It will help us avoid giving people unnecessary toxic therapies, something that people with this blood cancer desperately need.  Thank you to our community for helping us fund this research. More here: https://bit.ly/3Uueiel

Some types of blood cancer can be more common in certain ethnic groups. However not many people from ethnic minorities access blood cancer clinical trials. We want to change this and need your help. Are you from a Black or Pakistani background and have been affected by blood cancer? We need your help to make trials and research more accessible for your community. You'll be invited to participate in an interview or workshop to share your insights and experiences of blood cancer. It will take about 1-2 hours and you will be paid for your time. We are looking for people who: 🔴 Are from a Black or Pakistani background 🔴 Have a lived experience of blood cancer 🔴 You will be based in or work in London. If you're not based in London but received blood cancer treatment there, we'd love to hear from you. 🔴 Are over the age of 18 https://lnkd.in/eCF-Fa2S

Did you know Dr. Charles R. Drew, often called the 'Father of the Blood Bank,' transformed medicine with his groundbreaking work on blood storage and transfusions? During World War II, he pioneered large-scale blood preservation methods, which became the foundation for blood banks worldwide. His contributions revolutionised medicine and laid the groundwork for today’s life-saving blood donation systems. With around 20% of donated red blood cells being given to people with blood cancer, this feels particularly pertinent to our community this Black History Month. More on his story here 👇 https://bit.ly/3A5iVV9

❗ 📢 We are recruiting an E-commerce and Marketing Coordinator 📢 ❗ As an E-commerce and Marketing Co-ordinator, you will lead on the development and management of our online shop, which will include the marketing, day to day running and continuous optimisation and improvement. You will be part responsible for delivering the e-commerce strategy for this important income stream.   Whilst ownership of the online shop is the main focus of this role, our fundraising covers a number of other channels and products such as Direct Mail, Social Media, Lotteries, Face to Face and Single and Regular Gifts which you may also be supporting on as required.    You will be a highly organised and self-motivated person with strong communication skills. You will have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and make decisions based on results, trends and insights. 👇 If you are interested, find more details below 👇 or if you know someone who would be a great candidate for this role, please share with them this post or our link. https://lnkd.in/dd3R-Pet

Some types of blood cancer are more common in certain ethnic groups. However, not many people from these communities access clinical trials. Are you from a Black or Pakistani background and do you have experience with blood cancer? Share your experience and join us for a workshop/interview to help make clinical trials more accessible to your community. The workshops will take 1-2 hours and you will be paid for your time. For more info and to sign up, please visit www.bloodcancer.org.uk/cr #TSIP #BloodCancer #HealthEquity Blood Cancer UK