The origins of The Leukaemia Society (U.K.) go back to 1994 when leukaemia sufferers John Triteos and Anna Georgiou, who needed bone marrow transplants to save their lives, began making a desperate appeal for bone marrow donors to come forward.

Friends and family of the two young people got together and in conjunction with the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust worked very hard in organising clinics to try to enlist more Greek and Cypriot donors in order to find matches for John and Anna. Since then many donors have come forward and their names have been added to the register of names held by the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, although many more are needed.