LIBRA Charity

Supporters from Lions Clubs far and wide made a special visit to @KingsCollegeNHS this week. Professor Roopen Arya, Clinical Director for Haematological Medicine and members of his team were presented with donations of over £3,500! Supporters enjoyed presentations and a tour.

Congratulations to our team of fundraisers who completed the 100km South Coast #UltraChallenge earlier this month! Jack Chambers, Joel Chambers, Tom Steiner and Matt Voyce raised over £2,500! #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth @KingsCollegeNHS #southcoast

Throughout #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth you can help us raise awareness of the work we do to raise vital funds for the haematology department at King's College Hospital, benefitting blood cancer patients. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/3vaw5zw6

If you entered the ballot for the London Marathon 2024, good luck! Your should receive the results by the end of June! If you are lucky enough to secure a place, we would be so grateful if you would raise sponsorship for LIBRA! #londonmarathon #londonmarathon2024 #charitymarathon

LIBRA Trustees and our amazing supporter Col Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) joined #haematology experts and patients to celebrate the official opening of a newly refurbished #bloodcancer unit at King’s. Read more in our celebration #newsletter here: bit.ly/45koBoW

We are pleased to reveal our new LIBRA stress balls, created for haematology patients at King's and to help us raise funds! Find out more in our new blog here: ow.ly/aiT250NfYIa @KingsCollegeNHS #stressballs #stressfree #balls #charityballs

LIBRA Trustees and fellow members of Lions Clubs International recently gathered for the organisation’s annual South East convention. We were joined by NHS Clinical Director Roopen Arya, Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis @KingsCollegeNHS Read more ow.ly/R7cc50N0uOn

Gavin Douglas has been living with Aplastic Anaemia for more than two decades, receiving lifesaving treatment under the care of @KingsCollegeNHS haematology team. You can read his incredible story here: ow.ly/lLwq50MEewB #Inspiration #PatientStory #AplasticAneamia #Charity

Happy New Year! If you would like to make 2023 a year to remember, there are plenty of exciting ways that you can support LIBRA and make a positive difference to the lives of patients with blood cancers and blood disorders. Visit libralionscharity.org to find out more! #NewYear

Here is another wonderful entry for our charity greetings card competition, by Felix age 10. There is still time to enter as we don't close the competition until midnight on 31st December. Find out how you can enter here: ow.ly/Ti2850McCN8 #competition #charity #art

Wishing you a happy and peaceful Christmas from LIBRA. Thank you to all of our fantastic supporters, the staff at King's College Hospital, along with the patients and their families for what has been a very positive year. We look forward to fundraising in 2023! #ThankYou

Following our recent visit to King's, we wanted to share a little more about the amazing medical experts we met and the presentations that they gave. Read the full story about our visit here: ow.ly/l6g950M4nut @KingsCollegeNHS #medical #bloodcancers #therapies #patientcare

Competition: We need you to come up with a nature inspired design for our A5 charity greetings cards to help us raise funds. The winner will receive a £50 voucher! Here is one of the fantastic entries we have received so far. Find out how to enter here: ow.ly/U6mn50LUQpX

we visited @KingsCollegeNHS yesterday and met with a fantastic team of experts who updated us on progress across both malignant and non-malignant haematology. We heard about great advancements that are being made - from treatments through to the entire patient experience!

The refurbishment of the Derek Mitchell Unit @KingsCollegeNHS is underway and LIBRA is delighted to support this exciting project with £100,000 of funding which will be of huge benefit to in-patients with a range of blood cancers. Find out more: ow.ly/60l150LOxob #charity

Today we remember the fallen, those who returned, and the sacrifices they all made to protect our freedom. #ThankYou #Remembrance #LestWeForget

Competition: We're calling on artists of all ages to come up with a nature inspired design for our new charity greetings cards and you could win a £50 voucher! Read more: ow.ly/YSrl50LvcEp Your design could help us raise funds to tackle blood disorders @KingsCollegeNHS

October is Free Wills Month! If you're aged 55 or over the campaign enables you to have your Will written or updated for free by using participating solicitors. You can also provide for loved ones and leave a gift to a charity such as LIBRA. freewillsmonth.org.uk/ #charity

Do you know that around 250 blood donations are needed every day to help treat sickle cell patients across England? Find out why in this BBC news article ow.ly/H6Ir50L3Tk2 #sicklecelldisease #sicklecell #blooddonors