After being successfully treated for Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2007, Martin spent four years cancer free, but found out he had relapsed in August 2012. Doctors have now told his family that a bone marrow transplant is his only chance of survival.

Martin was about to enter the 3rd year of his Biomedical Science degree at Newcastle University before he received the news.

The chance of finding a match if you’re mixed race like Martin is just 40%, compared to 90% for white northern European patients. 

His family have launched a Match4Martin campaign, encouraging donors from mixed race and ethnic minority backgrounds to join the register.