We walk to shine a light on blood cancer

Your Impact

You can help bring blood cancer out of the shadows

On 29th March 2025 thousands of people across the country will be taking on their own Walk of Light to raise funds for vital blood cancer research. As the sun sets, we will walk together to shine a light on blood cancer.

Survival for people with blood cancer in the UK is being overshadowed by similar nations and needless lives are being lost. To help shine a light on the third largest cancer killer we're asking you - our community - to come together on 29th March and take on your own Walk of Light.

We walk to shine a light on the strength of our community and what we can achieve when we come together. We walk to bring blood cancer out of the shadows. We walk to light the path for a brighter future for people living with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all blood cancers.

Because together we can be the generation to beat blood cancer.

How your money will make a difference

Support services user with phone and Blood Cancer UK brochure in hand.

£45

Could fund our blood cancer support team to provide emotional and practical support to your loved ones in need via the phone, email or LiveChat for one hour.

Researcher smiling and sitting in a busy lab.

£150

Could fund a researcher to analyse 120 blood cell samples. Because of you, any one of them could hold the key to a new discovery.

Five researchers standing together in a lab. All wearing white or burgundy lab coats

£300

Could fund a PhD student to conduct vital research for three days. PhD students are sustaining the UK’s world-leading blood cancer research, and thanks to your support this is possible.

A clinical nurse specialist standing next to a patient in hospital bed wearing her uniform

£500

Could fund a clinical trials nurse specialist for three days, giving your loved one that vital care and a hand to hold while they’re testing new treatments.

Close-up of Nadine smiling in a Blood Cancer UK t-shirt

Nadine’s story

“I took part in Walk of Light to raise money for Blood Cancer UK and to shine a light on every person with blood cancer.

I found out I had Hodgkin lymphoma (a type of blood cancer) in January 2024, but it took several weeks of going back and forth between the GP, urgent care and A&E before I got the diagnosis. It was a long and stressful journey.

I want to take my diagnosis and make something good out of it. That means stepping out of my comfort zone and using my experience to raise awareness of blood cancer, especially among the black community. I want people to know what symptoms to look out for and that they’re not alone.

I enjoyed being part of the Walk of Light community, sharing my experience and understanding other peoples’ experiences. I invited my friends and family and we had a really good time.

I hope that by doing this walk I can inspire hope in others.”