This event will take place on Saturday 10th December.  If you’re looking for a lasting memorial to your loved one, you may be interested in planting a Memory Tree. Each tree planted becomes part of our woodland memorial, while helping us continue of vital work.  Bright Red have secured a site at Weetslade Country Park to have our own woodland memorial. We will have the opportunity for our supporters to have their own tree to

Although volunteering is unpaid; the help that is received is priceless. While it can also help you make friends, learn new skills, advance your career, and even make you feel happier and healthier. Why volunteer for us? With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering can be limitless. Volunteering with Bright Red offers vital help to blood cancer patients in need and benefits those directly in

Whether you tour a city or follow a nature trail, you’ll discover things you’ve never seen before by walking – and why not do it all for a good cause too. The Lowland Leader Scheme is designed for people who wish to lead groups on day walks in lowland countryside and woodland areas. The majority of the UK, and much of the North East, is made up of this type of landscape so you’ll never

Chairman Mark Thompson first became close to Bright Red many years ago when his wife suffered from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Since his initial involvement, he has shaped Bright Red – from its infancy as a small regional charity, to what it is today. Mark Thompson says: “I was invited to become a trustee of the former charity Marrow Stem Cell Transplant (now Bright Red). I became chairman, when the previous chair retired. We decided to take