Magical Match, West Sussex (2026)

30/12/2025

Wishing you all a very happy festive season.

In recent weeks, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Sarah Rogers, Head of Patient Involvement and Liam Rooney, Patient & Families Manager from about two wonderful events in the calendar are involved in: Family Camp in partnership with charity and .

Thrilled to share the episode here. Hope you enjoy the listen. Please share far and wide. Thank you.

In this episode I chatted with Sarah Rogers, Head of Patient Involvement and Liam Rooney, Patient and Families Manager from Anthony Nolan. We had a lively and meaningful conversation around two amazing events for families that Team Anthony Nolan participate in; Family Camp which happens each year, i...

30/09/2025

I'm thrilled to be sharing another episode of Magical Match podcast.

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month and in this episode, I chatted with Donor Recruitment Development Officer, Melissa Harvey from ACLT – The African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. Melissa explained about her role within the organisation and talked through what Sickle Cell disorder is and how it affects those diagnosed with what has become the fastest growing inherited genetic condition in the UK.

We talked about the sorts of symptoms you might expect someone with sickle cell to be experiencing and the importance that education and awareness plays, enabling others to act quickly, should someone be experiencing pain and potentially a life-threatening sickle cell crisis.

We talked about ACLT’s short film, One Drop – parts 1 and 2, which you can find on YouTube and the importance of blood donation. You can watch it here: https://lnkd.in/era7cN9N - part one and here: https://lnkd.in/ekTYct_9 for part two.

We also talked about the possibility of a stem cell transplant being part of the treatment pathway for someone with sickle cell disorder.

I hope you enjoy the listen.

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yhxrm-197cc09

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month and in this episode, I chatted with Donor Recruitment Development Officer, Melissa Harvey from ACLT – The African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. Melissa explained about her role within the organisation and talked through what Sickle Cell disorder is and how it ...

23/09/2025

New episode is out now!!

https://magicalmatchpod.podbean.com/e/s3-ep8-natasha-reid-and-bronagh-hughes-from-dkms-chain-of-hope-the-big-cheekender/

Happy listening, folks and if you or someone you know has a stem cell story they'd like to share, please do get in touch.

In this episode I chatted with Donor Recruitment Manager and Lead Organiser of The Big Cheekender, Natasha Reid and PR and Media Officer, Bronagh Hughes from DKMS. We talked about their roles within the charity and their big event coming up on 27 and 28 September, the Big Cheekender! We also chatted...

11/07/2025

A brand new episode of Magical Match has just landed and you can listen here:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-se3g9-1902649

In this episode I spoke with Andrew Foster about the stem cell journey and subsequent loss of his son, Rycroft at sixteen months, who had a rare inherited condition, called Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. At the time we recorded this, it was only nine months after Rycroft had died and as you might imagine, it’s an emotional and heartfelt discussion.

Andrew is a passionate campaigner for change and we talked about the importance of education and the opportunity to drive up the numbers of people of the stem cell register in the UK and beyond. For listeners who are coming to terms with loss or who are in early stages of grief, a great resource for those needing support is www.thegoodgrieftrust.org

You can find out more about Rycroft’s story at www.rycroftforever.com

In this episode I spoke with Andrew Foster about the stem cell journey and subsequent loss of his son, Rycroft at sixteen months, who had a rare inherited condition, called Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. At the time we recorded this, it was only nine months after Rycroft had died and as you might imagi...

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