Radio mini-package on the speed dating in Shoreditch:

A new speed dating concept in Shoreditch called Game Dating allows singles to play a series of games, each designed to reveal more about their potential partner than a normal speed dating event or dating app. But with tickets at £25 a head, is this now the price you pay to find love?

Game Dating Radio Package

Every twenty minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer like Leukemia. For these people a stem cell transplant could help treat or even cure them.

In order to have a stem cell transplant your tissue type has to closely match that of your donor and so a matching donor has to be of a similar ethnic background. The lack of people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage registering as potential donors makes it a lot harder for them to find a match. 

Earlier this year Lara Cassalotti found a stem cell donor after a celebrity-backed viral campaign. Since then similar campaigns have begun such as Match for Tommy that is looking for a stem cell match for a 4 year old who has Leukemia. Only 3% of donors on the UK stem cell register are mixed ethnicity, making Tommy’s chances of finding a donor extremely difficult.

Nina Hodgson looks into why there is such a lack of diversity on the stem cell donor register and how we can move to a long term solution.


Match For All: The lack of diversity on the stem cell donor register

Every twenty minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer like Leukemia. For these people and sufferers of blood disorders, a stem cell transplant may help treat them or could even be a cure.

To have a stem cell transplant your tissue type has to closely match that of your donor so a patient-donor is more likely if you’re of similar ethnic backgrounds. The lack of people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage registering as potential donors makes it a lot harder for them to find a match.

Earlier this year Lara Cassalotti found a stem cell donor after a celebrity-backed viral campaign. Due to her mixed Chinese, Thai, Italian ethnicity Lara had a one in 25 million chance of finding a donor. This campaign made an impact on the diversity of the donor register but there are still only 3% of donors on the UK stem cell register who are mixed race.

Nina Hodgson looks into why there is such a lack of diversity on the stem cell donor register and how we can move to a long term solution.

Match4All (BJTC Awards Mixdown)

Illustrated Two-Way for City News on controversy surrounding the Jack the Ripper Museum in Whitechapel, the launch of the East End Women's Museum and expert witness talking about cultural and literary reactions to violence against women.

City News Package 2 - Jack The Ripper, East End Women

Radio Package for City News on controversy surrounding the Jack the Ripper Museum in Whitechapel, the launch of the East End Women's Museum and expert witness talking about cultural and literary reactions to violence against women.

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