Marrow is a volunteer student organisation based in medical schools across the UK. It works in association with The Anthony Nolan Trust, taking back lives from leukaemia and raising the charitable funds needed for these lifesaving activities.
Marrow has been running in the UK since 1998. The project was initially set up by James Custow and group of student doctors from the University of Nottingham following the death of a friend from leukaemia. By organising donor recruitment clinics in universities across the UK, Marrow’s ultimate aim is to allow every student in the country the opportunity to join the bone marrow register. This is particularly important as students are an ideal target group as they are generally young, healthy and represent a broad cross section of ethnicity.
The success of our partnership with The Anthony Nolan Trust continues to grow every year. As of this year, there around 30 active Marrow groups based in universities across the country. Marrow groups have recruited 25 % of the total number of new donors who joined the register and raised many thousands of pounds for The Charity.
