About

Our Timeline

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5th June 2020

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We lose our beloved and beautiful boy, Noah

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15th July 2021

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Noah’s Pink Balloon Leukaemia Fund was formed

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5th January 2022

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Launch of our first website

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26th July 2022

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Announcement of our first research project: Noah’s Pink Balloon Fellowship with the MRC Centre of Mycology at the University of Exeter

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26th September 2022

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Commencement of our Fellowship

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8th September 2023

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Online Auction of Hope to mark Blood Cancer Awareness month

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16th December 2023

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Dr. Alyssa Hudson, Noah’s Fellow graduates with a Master of Research (MRes) in Fungal Immunology and Mycology

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15th October 2024

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Publication of Dr. Alyssa Hudson’s work in the Medical Journal of Infectious Diseases

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January 2024

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Announcement of base editing project with Professor Waseem Qasim and GOSH

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7th March 2024

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Launch of our second website

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15th July 2024

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Charity’s 3rd birthday

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7th December 2024

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Noah’s keyrings – first official Charity merchandise

Meet the volunteers and parent led team

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Susan Tesselaar Trustee & Chair

Chair of the fund and mother of Noah. Susan founded the fund and it is her vision which has driven the direction of the charity since its inception. She binds all elements of the charity together.

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Diederick Tesselaar Trustee

Diederick, Noah's dad, co-founder of the fund together with Susan is a trustee member who helps guide the strategic direction of the charity and ensure the charity maintains its integrity.

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Dr. Anna Winship

Anna is BMedSci MRCP FRCR, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Guy's Cancer Centre in London and advises us on research projects with her immense medical knowledge. Anna's children were Noah's first friends in London after he moved from the Netherlands in 2019.