Hannah Balogun Sickle Cell Foundation
Supporting people living with sickle cell disease to receive the care, assistance and opportunities they need to live fully.
More Than Managing a Condition
Living with sickle cell disease should not mean living with inadequate care, avoidable hardship or limited opportunity.
The Hannah Balogun Sickle Cell Foundation works to improve the everyday realities of people living with sickle cell disease—from the care they receive in hospitals to the additional expenses they face and the ambitions they continue to pursue.
Our work is built around one conviction:
Sickle cell may be part of a person’s life. It should not be allowed to define its limits.
What We Do
Better Care
We advocate for consistent sickle cell protocols, informed treatment and individual care plans across hospitals and healthcare institutions.
Every patient should be understood, believed and treated promptly, safely and with dignity.
Practical Support
We provide and facilitate assistance with the additional costs that can arise from living with sickle cell disease, including treatment-related expenses, medication, travel, accommodation and specialist support.
Education, Careers and Opportunity
We support education, professional development, vocational training, enterprise and career goals so that health challenges do not become permanent barriers to progress.
Awareness, Blood Donation and Research
We promote public understanding, voluntary blood donation and meaningful research capable of improving treatment, care and long-term outcomes.
Hannah’s Story. A Continuing Purpose.
The Foundation continues the work and reflects the life of Hannah Ayomikun Balogun — 1 December 1997 to 15 August 2026.
Hannah lived with sickle cell disease. She understood its pain, its interruptions and the quiet resilience it often demands. Yet her life was never defined solely by the condition.
She cared deeply about others living with sickle cell disease and wanted them to receive better care, stronger support and a fair opportunity to pursue their dreams.
The Hannah Balogun Sickle Cell Foundation carries that conviction forward, not simply as a memorial, but as a continuing commitment to action.
Her life is our inspiration. Better lives are our purpose.
Our Priorities
- Safer and more consistent hospital care
- Individual care plans for people living with sickle cell disease
- Practical and financial assistance
- Education and career-development support
- Patient advocacy and public awareness
- Voluntary blood-donation initiatives
- Research and improved long-term outcomes
Help Us Turn Concern Into Change
Better sickle cell care will not happen through awareness alone. It requires standards, resources, advocacy and sustained action.
Whether you give, volunteer, partner with us or share our work, you can help create a future in which people living with sickle cell disease are treated with knowledge, dignity and urgency—and supported to live beyond the limitations imposed by the condition.
Need Support?
If you are living with sickle cell disease, caring for someone with the condition or seeking information about our assistance programmes, we would like to hear from you.
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Website: hbscf.org
Email: [email protected]
The Hannah Balogun Sickle Cell Foundation
Better Care. Fuller Lives.
The Hannah Balogun Sickle Cell Foundation is being established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England and Wales. Charity registration pending.