Boost for Adrian’s campaign

Oct 15 2008 by Katie Campling, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THOUSANDS of pounds of Government cash could be put into pilot schemes for education about bone marrow donation in schools – and Huddersfield will be one of the ground-breaking areas.

The Government is expected to confirm next week whether it will pump money into the pilots which are part of journalist Adrian Sudbury’s campaign to raise awareness about bone marrow donation.

The scheme could start as early as next month, and would also include Nottinghamshire where Adrian was born.

The pilot schemes would be a joint venture between the Anthony Nolan Trust, which runs one of the UK’s two bone marrow registers, the Department of Health and the Department of Education.