Season 2 - Ep 1 - Someone Amazing!

In this episode we hear from Caroline Richardson, Head of Fundraising and Georgina Brookes, Community & Events Fundraising Manager from DKMS. We talked about the crucial role fundraisers play in the work of DKMS; and the stories of hope behind fundraisers' motivation. It was a real privilege, as always, to speak with my guests and I'm grateful for their time and expertise. DKMS began after Peter Harf's wife, Mechtild Harf was told the only treatment for her leukaemia was a bone marrow transplant. At the time, she had no matching family members. On 28 May 1991, Peter founded DKMS with his wife’s transplant physician, Gerhard Ehninger. In their first year, they expanded the registry to 68,000 donors. After Mechtild sadly passed away, Peter and daughter, Katharina continued to be motivated by Mechtild and by 1995, they built DKMS into the world’s largest stem cell donor register. DKMS celebrate 10 years in the UK this year and continue to work hard to raise awareness and bring more people to the stem cell register. You can find out more about DKMS and signing up to the stem cell register at www.dkms.org.uk