studio brief 2 initial research

when conduction initial research i set out to find what support that was for carers in general but this was very limited in the uk, because of this i decided that i needed to refine my search to a specific illness. I choose to research support for leukaemia carers and the facts about leukaemia. 
below is the research that i found when conducting this search.

https://www.lls.org/support/support-groups

-       Only in America

http://www.leukaemiacare.org.uk/support-groups?#

-       Uk, some support groups in leeds

http://www.cllsupport.org.uk/cll-sll/sources-of-information

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/coping/talking-about-cancer/find-groups-and-talks-near-you/find-groups-near-you.html

-       Support groups, 3 wakefield and lots in leeds

-       Call line to talk to someone

https://www.anthonynolan.org/patients-and-families/support-parents-family-and-friends

-support for people having stem cell transplant

https://www.lymphomas.org.uk/get-involved/events?distance%5Bpostal_code%5D=leeds&distance%5Bsearch_distance%5D=&distance%5Bsearch_units%5D=mile&type_1%5B%5D=patient_carer_conferences&type_1%5B%5D=event&type_1%5B%5D=support_group_meeting_internal_&type_1%5B%5D=support_group_meeting_external_&sort_by=field_date_value

-       Support in leeds

Every 14 minutes in the UK, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer or a related disorder. That’s almost 38,000 people every year. Or 104 each day.

About one in 25 people will be diagnosed with a blood cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Leukaemia is a blood cancer that affects white blood cells, which are an important part of our immune system that fights infection. People with leukaemia make abnormal white blood cells, which collect in the bone marrow and stop the production of other important blood cells.

Around 8,200 people are diagnosed with leukaemia each year in the UK – more than 22 people every day.

We have 13 clinical trials looking into better treatments for leukaemia.

Main types of blood cancer are Leukaemia, Myeloma and lymphoma

Leukaemia is the 12th most common cancer in the UK (2014).

-       Cure rate among teenagers is now six times what it was in 1975

-       But disease remains deadly for older people, with just 13 per cent of those aged 60-69 likely to survive

-       But older patients today still have poor survival - only 13% diagnosed in 2006 aged 60-69 are predicted to be cured, and this drops to less than 5% of those aged 70 and over.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2346314/Leukaemia-survival-rate-soars-600-thanks-improvements-medical-knowledge-care.html#ixzz4c42VJvHH

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Although leukemia often is thought to be a childhood disease, in fact, the disease strikes 10 times as many adults as children.