The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMTU) was the final home for the Pass It On flag from our September drive… it has taken pride of place in the unit where we hope it gives hope to the many patients who go through its doors. The flag was officially unveiled by John Adler (Chief […]
Pass It On
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At the end of 30 days and 31 events we were understandably very tired… but not too tired to celebrate an amazing month of activities…the aim was to raise awareness of the tremendous work of Anthony Nolan and ensure people understood just how easy it is to register and donate stem cells… We think we […]
Fosse BBC had their annual charity walk… this year we were their chosen charity, big thanks to them for the fantastic generosity.
Big thanks to Walkers for promoting Pass It On…
Rik will be at the Madani High School to talk during assembly as a prior to the Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) event being held Friday…
I was interviewed on the Kamlesh Purohit show together with our friend Nisha Ravat who having donated stem cells herself gave a donors perspective to listeners… Kam as always was brilliant and we talked about the Pass It On campaign… BBC Radio Leicester are hosts on Wednesday 2nd September and have a games day planned […]
We were at the Sky Ride Leicester to promote Pass It On… met a lot of friends along the way, it was great fun. A very big thanks to Andy Salkeld cycling coordinator for Leicester City Council for his tremendous support… take a look at the event it was a fantastic day!
We had delivery of some of the Pass It On print/posters/flyers… ready for the big September campaign, watch this space.
Take a look at our Pass It On van… it will be used to transport event paraphernalia etc from event to event. A very big thanks to Parkway Volkswagen in Leicester for their extremely generous vehicle loan… we think it looks amazing, we hope you agree!
We were at Leicester Town Hall Square from 11am to launch Pass It On… the media were there in force together with a selection of our Pass It On hosts, a very big thank-you to all of them. There was a fantastic atmosphere and we really enjoyed the morning, take a look at some of […]
The De Montfort University team getting ready for Pass It On… Brilliant day at De Montfort University outside the Campus Centre, we had a procession up to the previous hosts Regent College… in the entourage were the University’s gospel choir, they were amazing, the walk up to collect the flag was just too short…we even […]
Getting ready for their event… Regent College was an amazing day, we were so busy… big thanks to Aaron Winterton for her tireless support and organisation…
Getting ready for the ‘QE’ Event… The QE Event… The flag handover to Regent College…
Getting ready for the event…
Leicester riders here we come… We had a great evening with Leicester Riders, there was a big friendly crowd… Rik went on at half time together with representatives from riders and the next host The Leicester Royal Infirmary for the flag exchange… Rik was interviewed in front of a packed house and spoke about the registration process… […]
Getting ready for a great event… We set up outside on the grounds of the King Power Stadium…very busy… Rik did a talk on the pitch at half time with Leicester City legend Alan Birchenell, fantastic Leicester crowd too…
Getting ready for a fantastic event… Beauchamp students collect the flag from Leicester University… Beauchamp College was absolutely amazing, we were so busy… big thanks to Ryan Pemberton and the many student volunteers, they did an excellent job… To finish off a brilliant day Beauchamp College did something extra special, 500+ students filled the sports […]
Event preparation is under way… Leicester University collect the flag from Girlguiding Leicestershire… Event day was full of singing, music and lots of registrations!
Getting Ready for the event… Girlguiding Leicestershire held a great day of recruiting… Leicester University came the following day to collect the flag…
Getting ready for event day… Two polo ponies were brought along to open up the morning of event day…wow! We were so busy…it rained but the intrepid team of volunteers continued regardless, trudging the streets to hand out leaflets to prospective lifesavers… At the end of the day Girlguiding Leicestershire came along to collect the […]
Getting ready for their event… The flag was collected from Leicester Tigers in style during half time in the Tigers V Newcastle Falcons game… Event day was fabulous at the GTB Sikh Gurdwaras, there was a health day laid on inside, we were there as well as setting up tables outside on a warm sunny […]
Getting ready to hold their event… Tigers collected the flag from St Pauls Catholic School… Tigers in the Park was the venue for the Tigers registration event it was brilliant… It was an absolute honour for Rik to be asked to start the game between Leicester Tigers and Newcastle Falcons by taking on the match […]
Getting ready to host a great event… Event day was amazing, big thanks to Veronica and Beth Mickleborough for their immense support and of course to all the volunteers who made it such an enjoyable day… At the end of a very busy day we had a visit from Leicester Tigers team mascot ‘Welford’ who […]
Getting ready for the event… Event day was in two locations on the Next headquarters site in Enderby Leicestershire…
Preparing for the event… We were with the Leicester Progressive Jewish Community in the evening for their registration drive… A big thanks for making us feel so welcome…
Preparing for the event… What an amazing start… Leicestershire fire and Rescue collect the flag from Highcross Shopping Centre in style… The amazing LFRS registration events, we had a great time… That’s not all… while the events were going on fireman Pete Nicholls was busy cycling around every fire station in Leicester and Leicestershire with […]
Getting ready for the event… Highcross runners collect the flag from Leicestershire County Cricket club… Fantastic event at the Highcross Shopping Centre, big thanks to Highcross and Tina Barton who heads up ‘Wotbox’ in the Highcross for hosting and looking after us for the registration event… At the end of the day Leicestershire Fire and […]
Getting ready for the event… The match was rained off but that certainly didn’t dampen our spirits, we had a great day and the players even had time to sign-up….fantastic! Big thanks to Leicestershire County Cricket Club for their usual very kind and enthusiastic support… Highcross Shopping Centre collect the flag 15th September…
Getting ready for the event… We were at the Highcross Shopping Centre where East Midlands Ambulance Service brought along a vintage ambulance, a brand new state of the art ambulance, a fantastic dog rescue team and a lot of other fun things for members of the public to get involved in including resuscitation dolls… the […]