Freeth Cartwright adopt The Anthony Nolan Trust as charity for the year
FREETH CARTWRIGHT ADOPT THE ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST AS CHARITY FOR THE YEAR
Regional law firm Freeth Cartwright today launched a new partnership with charity The Anthony Nolan Trust, which manages and recruits to the UK’s most successful bone marrow register, in memory of one of their young solicitors, Paul Richardson, who died last year aged just 30. Paul had been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), which is an aggressive form of cancer affecting the production of white blood cells in the body’s bone marrow.
The Charity of the Year partnership was officially launched at the firm’s city centre offices in Nottingham by Freeth Cartwright Chairman Colin Flanagan and Guy Parkes of The Anthony Nolan Trust. A Charity fundraising day was then held by staff across all offices in Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Manchester and included a dress down day, raffle, cake sales and much more.
Over the year, Freeth Cartwright staff will have the opportunity to take part in Anthony Nolan fundraising events, such as dragon boat racing, running and cycling events, as well as specially set up challenges, possibly including a parachute jump. The charity also aims to set up recruitment sessions to give staff the opportunity to join its bone marrow register.
Colin Flanagan said: “The loss of Paul was felt throughout the firm, and so it gives me great pleasure to announce The Anthony Nolan Trust as our Charity of the Year 2010/11. We have set ourselves an ambitious fundraising goal as well as targets to raise awareness, recruit potential donors to the register and share skills to ensure that we can support this fantastic cause in as many ways as possible.”
Henny Braund, Chief Executive of the charity added: “We are delighted that Freeth Cartwright has chosen The Anthony Nolan Trust as their Charity of the Year 2010/11. We are committed to ensuring a successful partnership that will not only raise vital lifesaving funds but will also build awareness of our charity. The partnership will allow Freeth Cartwright employees the opportunity to make a difference through exciting fundraising events and to join our register of potential donors. Anybody joining the register could be the lifesaving match for a patient in desperate need of a stem cell transplant.”
The Anthony Nolan Trust saves the lives of men, women and children with leukaemia and other blood related diseases in the UK and across the world. Every 21 minutes someone is diagnosed with leukaemia. It is indiscriminate and can affect anyone at any time regardless of age, race or sex. Leukaemia is particularly prevalent in children and young adults and is the biggest cause of death by disease of children in the UK. For many the only hope of survival is a bone marrow transplant from a complete stranger. The Anthony Nolan Trust finds that stranger.
In 2008, The Anthony Nolan Trust established the world’s first purpose built public cord blood bank and research facility on the Nottingham Trent University campus. Stem cells in umbilical cords have the potential to save countless lives, but they are currently simply thrown away. The Anthony Nolan Trust’s cord blood programme, unique in the UK, is a pioneering initiative to collect and bank precious stem cells from donated umbilical cords, to use in lifesaving transplants for patients suffering from leukaemia and other serious blood disorders, and in ground-breaking medical research.
ends - 18 March 2010