BATTLING campaigner Adrian Sudbury is a man in the spotlight.
So much so that the Royal Mail were able to track him down when a parcel arrived from France simply addressed “to the man who met the Prime Minister”.
It landed on the Examiner newsroom desk of the brave journalist who is spending the last months of his life campaigning to save others.
The delivery was all the more remarkable, given that the parcel didn’t even have Adrian’s proper name, nor any link with Huddersfield.
The label read: “Mr Adrien Subury, (The Man Who Met The Prime Minister), Sheffield, England”.
It was sent by a well-wisher from Normandy, who said: “Saw your spot on TV news, well done that man.”
Adrian, 26, has gone right to the top in his fight to alert people to the Anthony Nolan Trust and its campaign to get people to enrol as potential bone marrow donors.
He has held high-profile meetings with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson, with both offering to help in any way they can.
Adrian, who underwent a bone marrow transplant in May last year, said: “It’s amazing that the Royal Mail found me and so quickly.
“The parcel was sent only on May 22, but despite having the wrong name and only Sheffield as the address they got it through to me at my desk in Huddersfield.”
Adrian’s campaign is still gathering pace, with 3,846 signatures on a petition on the No 10 website. It calls for the Government to require all sixth-form students to be educated about bone marrow donation.
If you want to support the petition you can sign by visiting http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/bone-marrow
Anyone can sign up as a bone marrow donor if they are aged 18 to 40, in good health and weigh over eight stone. Potential donors need to be willing to give their bone marrow to anyone in the world and on an anonymous basis.
They should also be prepared to stay on the register until the age of 60 and keep the Anthony Nolan Trust informed of changes in address, contact details or medical circumstances.
The National Blood Service operates the British Bone Marrow Register.
You only need to join one of the registers, as they work together and both are searched when a patient needs a donor.
To find out more visit the Anthony Nolan Trust website www.anthonynolan.org.uk or the National Blood Service site at www.blood.co.uk or call 0845 7 711 711.
