{"id":2276,"date":"2017-08-11T08:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T08:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2017-08-11T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T08:13:24","slug":"will-you-marrow-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/2017\/08\/11\/will-you-marrow-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Will you Marrow me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halfway through my internship with the Anthony Nolan Team. I\u2019m surprised how quickly I got used to working here! Got used to my desk, colleagues and places for lunch around.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what am I actually doing in the office? <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My first week was focused around inductions, so meetings with different teams. Anthony Nolan hires around 350 people. It may seem quite a lot as for a charity. It is not. Individual teams are small, thus, let\u2019s say \u2018Politics and Public Affairs\u2019<\/strong> in Register Development counts only 4 people. They deal with everything connected to MPs, affairs connected to stem cells, blood cancer etc. This year they\u2019ve put extreme amount of work to change government\u2019s attitude towards second transplants. Successfully!<\/strong> Another example – communication team. Again, just a few people. They talk with patients and donors, make interviews, write stories – they are constantly on their phones. They get close with some patients, follow the most emotional stories of donors, organise campaigns. I had a pleasure to be a part of one of them- we are targeting young people and BAME to join the register. We made a photo-shoot<\/strong> that was promoting the idea of students donating stem cells. Another team- studio. They are incredible. And their computers are incredible too. They are the designers, producing anything connected to graphics. I am creating an interactive map<\/strong> with them at the moment, which is meant to help the whole office navigate between different regional managers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last Friday I had a pleasure to participate in the \u2018Summer in the City\u2019 festival with AN team<\/strong>. That was my first recruitment event and my first recruited donors. It is actually an amazing feeling to sign up the form of someone who thanks to you decided to be a potential lifesaver. You honestly feel like a hero<\/strong>. Summer in the City is the biggest YouTube festival in the UK, so\u2026 that was a fun day at work ;). I\u2019ve then learnt a lot about the donations and processing donors\u2019 data with the Operation Team, where we analyse all the forms and correct the mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

My favourite projects so far were: organising the Away Day, planning a team trip to Barcelona for the International RAG conference, creating a presentation for Marrow AGM.<\/strong> Although each of them took loads of time, me staring at the computer screen for hours and replying to tons of emails, \u00a0submitting the reports to my coordinator was really rewarding. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fun facts about office life<\/em><\/strong>. Everyday there\u2019s something to celebrate. Either someone is going for a maternity leave, or someone has birthday, or someone is getting married. There is a cake everyday. I am not kidding. Sometimes when there isn\u2019t anything particular happening, the team gathers for \u2018High Fives\u2019 – they share their new achievements, give each other high fives and \u2026 eat cake. Can\u2019t complain. We have an hour break for lunch everyday. People pair up or go in groups to different places and wherever we go they know their tricks (10% discount for our office in one place, 50% discount on Tuesdays in the other place\u2026). I am working, but I am also having an amazing time. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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