The Cause

Team GTF is cycling in aid of the Geoff Thomas Foundation

In 2003, Geoff Thomas, the ex-England and Crystal Palace footballer was diagnosed with leukaemia.  A bone marrow transplant from his sister saved his life.  Other blood cancer sufferers aren’t so lucky. They need new state-of-the-art drugs to save their lives and that’s where the Geoff Thomas Foundation is trying to help.

The UK is the world leader in medical research and the aim of the Geoff Thomas Foundation is to fund blood cancer nurses who will help get new drugs from the scientist’s lab bench to the patient’s hospital bedside.  

Billions of pounds have been spent on medical research and scientists have invented a host of potentially life-saving therapies.  But getting them to the patients who need them is a slow process.  The Foundation wants to help speed up the delivery of these new drugs to the patients who need them. 

The GTF wants to help save lives and increase the availability of life-changing drug therapies for blood cancer.  We have the magic bullets to zap leukaemia – they’re just not hitting their target yet.

For further information visit the Geoff Thomas Foundation Website: www.geoffthomasfoundation.org

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