Action Mesothelioma Day - Tuesday 27 February 2007
UPDATE: See new video and Tony Robinson's podcast here www.ActionMeso.info
Events are taking place up and down the country on the UK's second UK Action Mesothelioma Day later this month, in towns and cities including Chesterfield, Doncaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Rotherham, Gateshead, Leicester, Rotherham and London. A new video will be shown on giants screens across the country.
Further information below or from Liz Darlison liz.darlison@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Derbyshire Asbestos Support group (DUST)
Chesterfield
10.45 - 12 noon - Public Meeting at the Winding Wheel, Holywell Street, Chesterfield,
S41 7SA - speakers include Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team, AMICUS (the Union), Relative (son) of a man who recently lost his battle against the disease.
12.30 pm - Balloon Release at Rykneld Square, Chesterfield (in front of the TouristInformation Office)
1pm - Tea and coffee in the Winding Wheel
If you would like more information about these events please contact Joanne Carlin on 01246 231441
Leicester
12 noon - Speeches at Leicester Town Hall Square - Speaker: Leicester Lord Mayor Reverend M Sharpe "A Time of Reflection"
12.30 pm - release of black balloons at the Town Hall Square, Leicester.
For more information about these events please contact Mrs Lynda Thornton on 0116 2773901
Great Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group
12.30pm - Release of sponsored balloons in aid of mesothelioma research in Albert Square, Manchester Town Hall.
1.00pm - Public meeting and tea and coffee at The Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (near Albert Square) calling for Government funded mesothelioma research and employer action on protection from asbestos. Speakers: Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham MP, Minister and Rory O'Neil, editor Hazards Magazine.
If you would like to attend one of these events or sponsor a balloon please contact Great Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group on 0161 636 7555.
Sheffield and Rotherham Asbestos Group (SARAG)
Rotherham
11am - A sponsored balloon release will take place at All Saints Square, Rotherham. The money raised through sponsorship of the balloons will go to mesothelioma research - Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund and June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund.
If you would like to attend this event or sponsor a balloon please contact Sheffield and Rotherham Asbestos group 0114 2823 212
Doncaster
In Doncaster there will be a SARAG display in the Central Library from 26 February - 10 March highlighting Action Mesothelioma Day, the continuing hazards of asbestos and the local incidence of asbestos related disease.
The Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group and the Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group
12-2pm - meeting at Liverpool Town Hall, Liverpool.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has agreed to attend together with the Mayor of Wirral and Dr Chris Warburton, consultant chest physician will be in attendance to answer medical questions and other health care professional on hand for one to one discussions with victims.
2pm - sponsored balloon release at the rear of the Town Hall, in exchange flags. Proceeds will be going to the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund.
Leeds Ridings Asbestos Support and Awareness Group (RASAG)
12-12.30pm - Balloon release at Dortmund Square, Leeds.
London
The Frontline Club is holding an event to celebrate some of the best examples of journalistic investigations into the asbestos industry . John Willis - the man behind the documentary: Alice - A Fight for Life, which made a real difference for all those working and living with asbestos: it caused the shares in the asbestos industry fall by £60 million and made the government reduce the levels of asbestos permissible in factories.
Wed 21 February - 7.30pm - Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1 QJ
Frontline Confidential with John Willis Cover ups and double standards in the asbestos industry - 7 Booking essential. email events@frontlineclub.com
17 February 2007
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