Action
Mesothelioma Day Wednesday 27th February 2008
Other events
also dated below
Greater
Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group
Action
Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
12.30pm
Albert
Square, Manchester Town Hall
Sponsored
Ballooon release in aid of mesothelioma research
13.00pm
Public
Meeting in Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (adjacent to Town Hall)
Speakers :
Michael Lees - on asbestos in
schools
Nigel Bryson - on asbestos in
maintenance work
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team (DAST)
Action
Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
10.30am
to12 noon
Public
Meeting in 45 Suite, Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby,
Speakers :
DAST;
UNITE Regional Secretary; Mr. Warham whose father died from mesothelioma;
Lung
cancer nurse specialist
12.30pm -
Roger McKenzie - Midlands TUC
12.45pm - Showing of Forum DVD on large screen
1.00pm -
Balloon Release in aid of mesothelioma research
Merseyside & Cheshire Asbestos
Victims Support groups
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
12 noon to 3.00pm
Public meeting in Liverpool Town Hall - Speaker Dr. Chris
Warburton
Balloon release in aid of mesothelioma research
Buffet
Hampshire Asbestos Support &
Awareness Group
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
12.30pm
Guildhall Square, Portsmouth
Balloon release in aid of mesothelioma research
1.00pm
Public meeting in Portsmouth Guildhall - Speakers to be
announced
followed by refreshments
Ridings Asbestos Support and
Awareness Group (RASAG)/ June Hancock Mesothelioma Resaerch Fund (JHMRF)
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
10.45 - 12.30
Public Meeting - The West Room, Leeds Civic Centre
Speakers: Kimberley Stubbs (JHMF); Patient speakers (RASAG);
Alice Nutter & Ken Yates (Playwrights) David Snowball (HSE); Rory O'Neill,
(Editor Hazards); John White (Macmillan).
Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research
Fund
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
10.00 to 15.30
Action Mesothelioma Day Conference
Gateshead Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead, NE8 1HH
Roger Lowe Asbestos Mesothelioma
Campaign
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
10.30 - 2.00
Saltram House,
Plympton,
PL7 1UH
11:00 am Commemorative Tree Planting
Free walk-in advice clinic (medical, legal, benefits)
Short Film on Mesothelioma
Sheffield And Rotherham Asbestos
Group
Doncaster:
Action Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2008
12.00 - 2.00
Doncaster town centre
Balloon release by Mayor of Doncaster in aid of
mesothelioma research.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Proceed to Priory Church, Priory Place, Doncaster to light
remembrance candles followed by refreshments.
Rotherham:
18 February - 29 February 2008.
There will be a SARAG information display in Rotherham
Central Library and Arts Centre to raise awareness about mesothelioma,
asbestos related diseases and the continuing hazards of asbestos.
Sheffield:
Monday 25 February 2008.
Weston Park, Western Bank, Sheffield (opposite Weston Park
Hospital)
Friends and relatives will be planting 100 white pansies in
the shape of a remembrance ribbon.
Refreshments afterwards in Weston Park Museum.