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An August Christmas

Read about how we worked with Elodie's family to create our Christmas Appeal video, and what we learned from them about how The Aplastic Anaemia Trust can support families.
Give generously

To support friends
Help Ronan raise money for fighting aplastic anaemia- Ronan's Charity Dip

A friend of mine's brother has Aplastic Anaemia, unfortunately he is away travelling and was gutted he be around to help support an important cause. Want to do my part in raising awareness.
Katie and Becky's Dip-a-day December

To help towards more research for Aplastic Anaemia and to help more people and their families who are living with this condition.

Serum Sickness

An immune reaction
Watch and wait

A treatment approach
Transfusions

When a person with AA is provided with new blood cells
Steroids

Drugs often used to treat AA
Stem cells

Cells at an early stage of development
Pancytopaenia

When you have too few of all types of blood cell
Immune system

A network in your body designed to protect you from infection
Haematology

A clinical speciality
Fatigue

A common symptom or side effect
Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

Often your main point of contact

Tasha's story

I'm Tasha Townsend, I'm an Olympic rower, and I kicked aplastic anaemia's butt! Read more

Macy's story

The touching story of Macy who survived aplastic anaemia Read more

Rikki: my rollercoaster experience of aplastic anaemia

Nothing can quite prepare you for the emotional and physical rollercoaster that is aplastic anaemia. There’s no best-selling book that can teach you how to deal with the turmoil of an illness that wasn’t there yesterday but is very much there today... Read more

Investing in support for aplastic anaemia patients

We're investing in our team, to make sure every aplastic anaemia patient is supported. Read more