Please keep donating to this page- the Anthony Nolan trust and my incredible donor, Jan, are responsible for me still being here today. I owe them, my doctors and family everything. Every day, someone else like me is diagnosed with a blood disorder, and needs this fantastic charity's help.

I have had this page running for several years now, and want to thank you all who have donated so far, and those of you who are considering donating- you really are helping make a huge difference to people suffering and their families.

Anthony Nolan has saved thousands of lives, and I cannot thank my friends enough who have joined the register since learning of my illness. I understand it's a big deal to join the register, so if you can just spare a few pounds to donate to the cause, you'd be doing a really great thing. A breakdown of how the money is spent by Anthony Nolan below.

Thank you,

Ashling.

For every one pound we spend:  

• 74p goes to help save lives, recruiting donors and providing transplants for people in desperate need.

• 14p goes towards raising more money, including our fundraising activities, to help us do even more for the  future.

• 7p goes to our research to help make our transplants even more successful

• 4p goes on our education programmes

• 1p goes on our governance