Dear BSBMTCT member,

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy Festive Period. May it be Merry and Bright! It has been an incredibly busy and productive year here at the BSBMTCT. We are looking forward to continuing with work we have already got underway and also seeking to develop new partnerships and new ways of working, as we launch and set in motion our new 5 Year Strategic Plan.

Firstly, we would like to say a Huge Thank You to our current and exiting President; Professor Eduardo Olavarria for his passion and drive these past 2 years. We are extremely grateful for everything that we have been able to achieve under his leadership. He will stay on the Executive Committee for another 2 years as Past President and will be as a supportive role for the handover to the new President of the BSBMTCT.

From the 1^st January 2025, we welcome Dr Deborah Richardson as our New President, we are excited for a New Chapter and the New energy that all change brings.

We would also like to express our deepest gratitude to Professor John Snowden who has been with the Society for over 12 years, John has been our President (Elect, Current and Past) as well as Secretary and has been a key contributor to all society business. We wish him the best in his next ventures and hope we can continue to work closely together.

We would like to sincerely thank Dr Fiona Dignan for her incredible support as BSBMTCT Secretary and welcome Fiona to her new role as President Elect in the new year.

 Thank you to all our trustees, our interim CEO, all our executive committee and sub-committee members, our registry staff, Collaborative Conferences, our Partners, our sponsors, and a special Thank You to You – our members. Thank you for all you do, bring and contribute!

 More changes happening within the Executive from next year where will be announcing our new BSBMTCT Secretary, voting has commenced and will conclude on the 20^th December.

The 2024 15^th Edition of the Commissioners Centre reports are now available and have been sent to all centres that have paid the membership subscription. The centre reports are more simplified this year, the data registry has not been able to include all data points due to them not being available to us in the EBMT registry. Thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please send feedback to Registry Head, Julia.lee@kcl.ac.uk regarding these new reports, we want to make sure that the data is as accurate and reflective as possible, we are aware that working with a new registry may have thrown up some discrepancies which we will try to resolve. Deadline to receive feedback is 31^st January 2025. The main report is still working progress, and we hope to be able to share that with you before the end of the year.

We are delighted to announce that we are holding another meeting grant round to support attendance to the 51^st EBMT Annual Congress in Florence in 2025. Full details, guidance and application forms can be found at the following link: https://bsbmtct.org/bsbmtct-meeting-grants/ Please note that applications close on the 29^th December 2024.

Other organisations also offer travel grants for their members:

• EBMT: https://www.ebmt.org/annual-meeting/ebmt-annual-meeting-travel-grants
• BSHI: https://bshi.org.uk/members/bshi-information/about-bshi/
• EBMT Nurses group : https://ebmt.co.uk/scholarships/

NHSBT in collaboration with Anthony Nolan are delighted to announce its 2^nd Cord Blood Residential. This will be a 2-day event on Thursday 8^th to Friday 9^th May 2025 at NHS Blood and Transplant in Bristol. More details can be found here: https://bsbmtct.org/events/2nd-cord-blood-residential-nhsbt-in-collaboration-with-anthony-nolan/

BSBMTCT Dates for your Diary for 2025

• BSBMTCT Scientific Day – Wednesday 21^st May
• BSBMTCT Scientific Showcase Day – Wednesday 25^th June
• BSBMTCT Education Day – Tuesday 4^th November

Our Very Best Wishes, Eduardo Olavarria, John Snowden, Deborah Richardson, Fiona Dignan, Harpreet Kaur, David Reynolds & Julia Lee