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Join us for our live event on Action Mesothelioma Day 2023, Friday 7 July 1 till 4pm
This year we’re going live again for Action Mesothelioma Day. We’re organising a jam-packed event on the afternoon of Friday 7 July in the centre of Birmingham at The Priory Rooms on Bull Street. There is a tram stop right outside and it’s an easy walk from the New Street, Snow Street and Moor Street…
Read MoreForum reps and medics will meet Cape to discuss donation to research
Representatives from the UK Asbestos Support Groups’ Forum, along with internationally recognised medical professionals, are meeting with Cape to discuss our demand that Cape pay £10 million towards medical research. As a goodwill gesture the Forum has postponed its plans to ramp up our ‘Cape Must Pay’ campaign. Cape were one of the leading manufacturers…
Read MoreGrant from the MAPS Benevolent Trust
The MAPS Benevolent Trust has made a grant of £10,000 to Asbestos Support Central England to help fund our on-going work. The Trust is very aware of the pressures being put on charities by the current cost of living crisis. The grant is intended to help us meet the increased cost of things like office…
Read MoreMPs and Peers call on Altrad (the owners of Cape) to donate £10 million
MPs and peers have written to to Altrad, the parent company of Cape Intermediate Holdings Limited. Cape was once one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers of asbestos products. The MPs and peers have called on Altrad to make a £10m donation towards mesothelioma research. This is because, when it was making these products, Cape “knowingly…
Read MoreA plucky service user tells her story to The Daily Mail
Read the article about Susan Ellis (pictured) here.
Read MoreAlarming report finds asbestos is not being managed safely
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and the professional body for asbestos scientists the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) are calling are calling for an urgent review of how asbestos in buildings is managed. Alarming new research This follows new research published jointly by the National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants (NORAC) and the…
Read MoreCoughs in Mesothelioma
Kate Slaven, the Mesothelioma Nurse based at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, is conducting a study on Cough in Mesothelioma. Kate is looking for patients or carers to help her with this. To volunteer you have to be a patient yourself, or someone who has cared for a patient, who is age 18 or above has…
Read MoreOpen Letter to Ran Oren, Joint CEO of Altrad
On 26 October the Forum of UK Asbestos Victims’ Support Groups sent the following open letter to Mr Ran Oren, the Joint CEO of Cape’s parent company Altrad. He is also the sole director of Cape Intermediate Holdings. It was addressed to his office at 125, Rue du Mas de Carbonnier, 34000 Montpellier in France.…
Read MoreThere’s a new Cape Must Pay video
A volunteer professional has now made a new Cape Must Pay video. It was made at one of the demonstrations outside Altrad’s offices in Rotherham and Warrington on Frday 30 September. You can watch it here.
Read MoreJoin us on the National Demonstration Against Cape at 1pm in Warrington on Friday 30 September
Caped defenders of justice take on Cape offenders of justice On Friday 30 September at 1pm a demonstration will be held outside the head offices of Cape Industrial Services, a subsidiary of the Altrad multinational corporation. Members and supporters of the Asbestos Victims Support Groups’ Forum UK will be dressed as Caped Defenders of Justice. We…
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