To give hope to fellow victims and to show light at the end of the tunnel. Its objectives are to offer Grants to enable clinical research teams to produce New Drugs to fight mesothelioma. To support Young Student Doctors to become doctors Practising in Mesothelioma.
What We Do
The Foundation’s primary aim is to reach out to as many donators and fundraisers as possible. To offer grants to smaller research labs to pursue the development of new drugs for mesothelioma research in the UK. To offer grants towards securing more Mesothelioma CNS Nurses in the UK. Further aims are being considered as funds permit.
How You Can Get Involved
Donate today to help those affected by Mesothelioma. Registered charity No. 1172765.
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Our Story
It really began in the 1950s when aged 15 she met Ray who was to become her lifelong partner. He was an apprentice in the Royal Naval Dockyard in Chatham. They would meet during lunch breaks and later in the day. He would have on his clothes the fine invisible dust of asbestos. No one at that time warned them that this would in later life become a major issue. After their first year together Ray was called up for National Service. The 2 years separation was no barrier to asbestos contamination because unwittingly she was already exposed. On Ray’s demob they got married and he returned to his trade in the shipyard. Together over the years that followed they raised a family and lived a normal life together.
It was 49 years later that the devastating consequences of their first meeting would now return…
Ongoing Causes
Action Meso
#ActionMeso is a campaign that brings together the diverse mesothelioma community with a single voice. It is the first time that so many patient support groups and charities have joined forces to raise awareness of mesothelioma.
Our aim is also to get the rest of the mesothelioma community on board including patients, carers, healthcare & legal professionals together with the asbestos removal firms and the construction industry.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the US federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
News & Updates
For Mavis’s full, up-to-date blog, visit rayandmave.wordpress.com