African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust

The ACLT (African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust) has been diversifying donation and saving lives since 1996. They’re a leading charity, with an aim to raise awareness and register potential lifesaving donors onto the stem cell (bone marrow), blood, and organ registers. Over the last 28 years, they have (cumulatively) registered over 200,000 stem cell donors including finding over 240 actual lifesaving stem cell donors, plus registered thousands of new blood and organ donors.

ACLT was formed after co-founders Beverley De-Gale OBE, and Orin Lewis OBE received the devastating news their son Daniel De-Gale was diagnosed with leukaemia in April 1993 – he was just six years old.

Daniel De-Gale touched the hearts of a nation as he overcame incredible odds of 1 in 250,000 to become the first black individual in the UK to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor in June 1999.  Daniel beat his fight against leukaemia and lived a happy life alongside his family and friends for several years whilst receiving numerous blood transfusions, however on 8th October 2008, Daniel sadly passed away due to complications with his health which caused multiple organ failure.

ACLT’s mission is to ensure no-one dies waiting for a matching donor to be found.