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History of the Bud Flanagan Leukaemia Fund Committee Fund Raising Events The Bud Club About Us email The Charity was formed in September 1969 by the executors of the late Bud Flanagan who was a comedian entertainer and songwriter. Bud had lost a son to leukaemia and wanted part of his estate to be used for the purposes of research into and treatment of the disease and the relief of its victims. The first major project for the charity was to construct the Bud Flanagan Ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton Surrey. This remains one of the principal national centres for bone marrow transplantation and research into this area of leukaemia treatment.