Stem cells / bone marrow
You can get started as a potential stem cell donor online straightaway and have a DIY registration kit sent to you.
How to Register
Our Mission
To help save and improve lives by educating, inspiring and motivating people, especially from ethnically diverse communities, to register as blood, organ and stem cell donors.
About
‘Team Margot’ has been campaigning for more donors since December 2013 however the charity, Team Margot Foundation was officially established in January 2015. Initially, Team Margot was known as a recruiter of people to the stem cell register, however during treatment Margot needed many blood and platelet transfusions and because Vicki and I considered donating Margot’s organs (after she was declared incurable), we also encouraged more blood and organ donors too.
Three paths to give
Team Margot works with all the UK organisations in the stem cell / bone marrow arena & we are reaching out to the international organisations too – we don’t mind how you choose to register, only that you do please register !
Blood
Become a blood donor. Blood and platelet donations are ideally regular, ongoing commitments.
Become a blood donorOrgan
Register as an organ donor. Organ donation, more often than not, can be our final gesture as human beings.
Register as an organ donor
Margot’s story
Margot had an extremely rare dual lineage Leukaemia with both Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) & Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). The consultant haematologist told us that he had only seen 3 such cases in 10 years.
Latest blog posts
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13 August 2026 · Personal Reflections
Happy 14th birthday, Margot x
29 July 2026 · APPG & Policy · Mixed Heritage & Equity
A Generational Opportunity – Why the independent review of UK stem cell supply must deliver real change
[caption id="attachment_157" align="alignleft" width="225"] Margot, Summer 2013[/caption] When my daughter, Margot was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia in 2013, we discovered the hard way that the UK’s stem cell system was not built for everyone. Margot was mixed heritage. Finding a…
12 June 2026 · APPG & Policy · Mixed Heritage & Equity
The Second APPG Inquiry Report has been published – ‘Fit for Everyone’: Rebuilding a Resilient and Equitable UK Stem Cell Supply
[caption id="attachment_15526" align="alignright" width="211"] Click here or on the image above to view and download the report[/caption] Following the second inquiry conducted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion, the 'Fit for Everyone' report was officially published earlier this week. Much like…
Advocacy
Where are our nation's donors?
That APPG was established by Team Margot and its first inquiry report, 'Where are our nation's donors?', published in December 2023, laid bare the double inequity faced by minority ethnic and mixed-heritage patients: higher need for transplants in some communities and significantly lower chances of finding a well-matched donor.
A note from October 2024
While the charity, Team Margot Foundation is drawing to a close, our personal and individual dedication to these causes will continue, albeit outside the formal structure of a charity. Team Margot will continue to advocate for donation and fight the health inequalities that minority ethnic and mixed heritage patients face with transplant and transfusion treatments.
