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VACANCY for a part-time admin & bookkeeping assistant
You will be helping a small team deliver vital support to those with asbestos related diseases including admin and bookkeeping, answering our helpline, checking and responding to emails, and helping us track new and existing cases Closing date Wednesday 18 May at 2pm Job Description and Person Specification Job Title: Administrative & Bookkeeping Assistant Salary:…
Read MoreJoin us to remember all those killed and injured at work by negligent employers and to demand acion to prevent it happening to others
More than 30,000 council buildings contain asbestos
A law firm, Stephensons Solicitors LLP, has discovered that more than 30,000 Council run buildings in England contain asbestos. They found out by using freedom of information requests.253 out of 333 councils have responded to the requests so far. There was at least one building containing asbestos in every local authority.Danielle Callaway, one of the…
Read MoreSign the new petition: Cape Must Pay
Cape Intermediate Holdings (formerly Cape PLC) was one of the largest asbestos companies in the world. They had mining interests in South Africa as well as factories in the UK. Their asbestos products were widely used in construction in this country, especially Asbestolux and Marinite insulation boards. These products are at the heart of the…
Read MoreAn interview with Mavis Nye
Mavis Nye has lived with mesothelioma for 13 years. Since her diagnosis she has been raising funds for research into mesothelioma and treatments for it. She also campaigns to raise awareness about the dangers of asbestos. Mavis believes it is never safe to leave asbestos in place, especially in schools. She would like to see…
Read MoreHow donations are helping us to expand our work
The move to our new offices at The Warehouse was made possible by the generosity of one of our service users, Chris Harper. It brings to an end years of uncertainty. A donation in memory of Mr William Benton has made it possible for us to introduce the new case management system. A similar sized…
Read MoreLandmark battle for documents that show Asbestolux manufacturer Cape knew that asbestos insulation board was dangerous
Important historical documents have been saved from destruction thanks to a court battle waged by the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK (the Forum). They will be vital to future asbestos compensation cases. The documents would have been destroyed but for the timely intervention of the Forum. They provide extraordinary evidence that the asbestos manufacturing…
Read MoreA word about the Butterfly Group
Mesothelioma is a word we had never heard of before, but it changed our lives completely. We both lost our husbands to this awful disease in 2014. Sheila lives in the apartment above me and lost her husband eight months before my husband died. We got chatting at a few of the social gatherings where…
Read MoreMy journey with mesothelioma
I first went to my doctors’ in October 2018. I was told that my breathlessness on walking uphill was normal for my age. But in February 2019 an x-ray revealed fluid on my left lung. Three months later I had the fluid removed in the Royal Stoke Hospital. A biopsy confirmed my diagnosis of mesothelioma.…
Read MoreNintedanib: New hope for asbestosis patients
Our cells (including those in the lung) are subject to damage from infections and other abnormal materials (including asbestos). When the repair process is upset or altered in some way this can lead to a change in the structure of the tissue, which we call “fibrosis”. How asbestosis affects patients Some people with asbestosis develop…
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