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GMAVSG support group meetings for spring to autumn 2025
19th March 2025Details for the upcoming meetings of our two support groups can be found here. GMAVSG runs two support groups. Our Families group is for people who have lost a loved one to asbestos disease. Our Livin...
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Report: Action Mesothelioma Day 2024 in Manchester
5th July 2024A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Action Mesothelioma Day event on Friday 5th July. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer which can be caused by very low exposures to asbestos. Despite the...
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Action Mesothelioma Day in Manchester, 12.30pm Friday 5th July 2024
17th June 2024Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer. It can be caused by very low exposures to asbestos dust. Despite the import & manufacture of asbestos being banned in 1999, asbestos is still present in many ...
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Sunday Times: Asbestos firm Cape hid cancer risk for 30 years
15th April 2024Important 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...
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Nellie Kershaw 100 year anniversary: 14th March 2024
15th March 2024On 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 mi...
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