The African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) was established in June 1996 by Beverley De-Gale and Orin Lewis, the parents of former Leukaemia sufferer Daniel De-Gale. The ACLT is a voluntary charity, whose main aim, alongside the Anthony Nolan Trust and the National Blood Service, is to increase the number of Black and Mixed Parentage people on the UK Bone Marrow Register. The members of the ACLT freely volunteer their time in attempting to raise awareness in the Black community, enabling potential donors to come forward and be involved in the process of offering hope and a healthy future to someone whose disease may otherwise prove fatal. The likelihood is that finding a matching donor is considerably greater in donors from the same ethnic background. This involves organising and conducting numerous recruitment registration clinics throughout the UK, specifically in predominantly Black populated cities and towns. At present out of a register of approx. 735,000 on the four UK Bone Marrow and Cord Blood registers the ACLT has recruited approximately 20,000 potential donors of African, African Caribbean & Mixed Parentage descent. This needs to be more in line with the proportion Black people in the United Kingdom. A figure of around 60,000 would be more fitting. Leukaemia affects both Black and White people but unfortunately in the Black community it is not thought of as a Black illness in the same way Sickle Cell Anaemia, High Blood Pressure or Lupus has been. Black sufferers who need a Bone Marrow Transplant for example are at a disadvantage due to the lack of awareness of the problem in the community and consequently lack of suitable Black donors.