Important interview with Harminder Bains of Leigh Day solicitors in the Sunday Times, calling on Cape, the former asbestos manufacturer owned by Altrad, to donate £10 million to mesothelioma research. ...
On 14th March 2024, asbestos victims and anti-asbestos campaigners gathered in Manchester and Rochdale to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Nellie Kershaw's death. Nellie was a Rochdale mill worker, who died of asbestosis on 14th March 1924. Nellie's death is when this country should have stepped in to tightly regulate the asbestos industry, to...
In 2023, we helped 220 people in Greater Manchester who were newly diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. 114 had the terminal asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. Many of these people were exposed to asbestos in the 50s, 60s and 70s through a product called Asbestolux. The manufacturers of Asbestolux, Cape, are still trading, though they ceased manufacturing Asbestolux...
The Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK took the Cape Must Pay! campaign to Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Sunday 8th October 2023. Labour Party figures, including Stephen Timms MP and Imran Hussain MP, showed their support for the campaign at a fringe event on asbestos. The Forum is asking Altrad, the owners of...
A huge thanks to Bridget Collier of Field Fisher for raising £261 for GMAVSG. Bridget cycled the 100 mile off-road Trans-Cambrian way in 2023. Full report below. Bridgets-Trans-Cambrian-Way-Mountain-Biking-Adventure-112130251_2Download ...
On Friday 8th September, Cape Must Pay! protesters gathered at the Stade de France in Paris, where France were playing New Zealand in the rugby world cup. The Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK are asking both teams to reconsider their sponsorship deals with Altrad, the owners of former asbestos manufacturer Cape. Documents obtained after a...
The Clydebank Post has covered the Cape Must Pay! protest at the Rugby World Cup in Paris tomorrow. Read the article here. We are calling on Altad, the owners of former asbestos manufacturer Cape, to donate £10 million to mesothelioma research. Mesothelioma is an under-researched cancer caused by asbestos. After a lengthy court battle, the Asbestos Victims...
UK and French anti-asbestos campaigners and asbestos victims are protesting outside the France vs New Zealand rugby match at the Stade de France on Friday 8th September 2023. We are holding a press conference in Paris at 6pm on Friday 8th September. Please contact us directly for details of the venue. We are calling on Altrad, whose...
Huge thanks to the 6 MPs who recently signed Early Day Motion 93 (tabled 23rd May 2022) in support of our campaign to get Altrad, the owners of former asbestos manufacturer Cape, to donate £10 million to mesothelioma research: Chris Law MP, Anne McLaughlin MP, Richard Thomson MP, Patricia Gibson MP, Amy Callaghan MP, and...
Guardian newspaper covers Cape Must Pay! campaign today. Guardian, 27th July 2023: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/27/uk-asbestos-firm-owners-accused-whitewashing-reputation-all-blacks-sponsorship-altrad-rugby Clydebank Post, 24th July 2023: https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/23676173.cape-altrad-asbestos-campaigners-say-no-new-contracts/ Warrington Guardian, 19th July 2023: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23665544.asbestos-campaigners-demand-10million-altrad/ Clydebank Post, 17th July 2023: https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/23661277.clydebank-asbestos-group-part-forum-demanding-10m-payment/ ...