Sep
07
By John Fenwick, Friend of the NGDT, who’s running the Great North Run to fundraise for the NGDT Most people are very fortunate, and they meet someone, fall in love, get married, have a couple of children, maybe a dog too, and then grow old together watching their children blossom. I have been very lucky …
Jan
30
In the Chinese year of the Dragon, many couples are trying to have a child because it’s considered a lucky year to be born. The same applies to people who need a donor. Bevan Chuang from Auckland is hoping to get pregnant through sperm donation and her request for a donor has attracted interest from …
Dec
25
By Laura Hughes, Trustee This is an advent calendar that I made for the kids when they were little – it has both their names at the top. I made it as I was so utterly overjoyed after 10 years of infertility and a total of 19 cycles of fertility treatment to have the pair …
Aug
08
On the 13th July, I set off on a week long cycle trip – a total of 473 miles around Scotland to raise money for the NGDT. Fuelled by gunpowder coffee and a jammy croissant second breakfast, I sped off, excited by the fact I had reached my £3000 target that morning. Over the next …
Jul
13
Today, Selina Warner is starting a (long!) sponsored bike ride around Scotland. She is so close to her target – please help support her fundraising for the Trust. Life doesn’t always work out the way you think it will. There are diversions, crossroads and sometimes an enormous boulder can block your path! This is how …
Jun
27
This week please welcome guest blogger Selina Wagner, who is doing a bike ride to raise funds for the NGDT. Here she explains why. Last year my husband and I started on a journey. We had decided to start trying for a baby. But our journey ended up being much more complicated and far harder …
Jun
20
Most egg, sperm and embryo donations in the UK are anonymous. This can mean donors don’t realise just what a huge impact their generous gift has had. The Trust is running a project to collect thank you letters from parents to their donor – things they wish they could have said. These will be published …
May
09
When you think of the kind of people who need donated sperm to have a child, do soldiers returning from war come to mind? Like all soldiers on active service, Sergeant Rick Clements was briefed by the army about the possibility of losing limbs in Afghanistan. The possibility of losing his fertility was never raised. …
Apr
04
Have you ever wondered whether your donation of eggs or sperm could really make a difference to someone’s life? Ever thought that it seems like a lot of hassle to go through for someone you don’t know? The Guardian recently ran a piece in their Letters you always wanted to write series, from a woman …