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- Trustee to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats for JHMRF
- HASAG’s incredible support
- The Mansfield Pollard Three Peaks Challenge
- Cyclist goes Head to Head for the Fund
- Merseyside Asbestos Support Group raises over £2,000 for JHMRF
- UCATT Union supports research into mesothelioma
- The Buck family challenge
- Wedding donations in memory of a much-loved father
- GP raises awareness of mesothelioma
- 10/10 for effort, Finstall First School!
- £1,400 raised in memory of dad Charlie Robertson
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- Alex climbs for his Grandad
- Fundraising round up
- Family pair reach Everest base camp
- The Lung Run
- Christmas cards
- 71 year old double cancer victim completes leg of Tour de France for charity
- Raymond Holland Dock Workers Memorial Fund
- Doing it for Grandad
- Fundraising roundup
- Fantastic asbestos support groups
Bastow’s mammoth cycling fundraiser for JHMRF
December 4, 2015
The London company, Bastow’s, contacted the JHMRF with a desire to raise money for mesothelioma research. The company’s CEO, Frank Bastow, lost his father to mesothelioma in 2012 and felt strongly that as a construction company he kept hearing many horror stories around asbestos. He said he has seen, “too many lives lost to an illness that can and should be prevented by good education, responsible management and proper care for workers.”
A wonderful team of people challenged themselves to the Newcastle to London cycle race on 22nd and 23rd August this year, including contracts director Nimesh Bharadia, the company’s health and safety chief. The initial target was £2,000 to pay for another year’s mesothelioma patient support group meetings in Leeds. After a gruelling 305 miles and 26 hours the total amount raised was more than twice that, £4720.
Cultural Director Niki Rosenbaum said, “I am so proud of our guys and delighted that they did this for such a great cause.”
Well done and a huge thank you to Barstow’s and everyone who contributed to the wonderfully generous donation for mesothelioma research.