Charity Soul goes Geordie…. We are delighted to announce a formal relationship with Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, headed by Professor Rakesh Heer PhD FRCS. They will become Charity Soul recipients of donations made by the general public from our future fundraising activities, replacing Dr Fiona Frame, who was previously at Hull University, but has now moved on to other activities. Members of Charity Soul visited the Centre for Cancer research and were formally introduced to Professor Herr, Dr Jennifer Munkley...
We are aware of the increasing rate of vaccinations to the public taking place in the UK, which could result in the lifting of lockdown restrictions, with the prospects of music events resuming in the summer a distinct possibility, but we are conscious of whatever happens in the UK may not occur in Spain, which seriously effects the chances of the May Festival of Soul being viable. It’s with deep and sad regret we have no alternative but...
Charity Soul funded research in the Cancer Research unit at York University for 5 years. At the time I said that the funding would help me to try out new ideas, ahead of grant applications to the Government and the major charities. This flexibility is simply not available in large so-called project grants, where you are normally restricted by specific aims and milestones. So what did we do? For many years we have studied the various different cell types which are present in almost every cancer type. The...
We are delighted to announce a new addition to the Charity Soul family. Relatively young amongst the current ageing collection of charity volunteers, born in 2007, but the ‘Charity Soulmobile’ will be most useful in our endeavours to enhance the fundraising activities of Charity Soul We have been able to purchase this vehicle with the help of donations from some of Charity Soul’s long established and valued sponsors to our cancer research fundraising cause. Our intention in the use of the vehicle is to take it to local and...
CANCELLATION OF Roda Festival of Soul As mentioned in our last event up-date we stated we would keep people in formed of the situation, therefore it’s with deep and sad regret we have no alternative but to cancel the 2020 Festival of Soul in Roda. This is due to the rise in the mortality rate due to the escalation of the pandemic in Spain, plus certain UK Airlines cancelling flights until June, which will be again subject to a further review in that Month. If you have not had...
The year just ended (2019) was a historic one for charity soul, both from a musical event organising and medical point of view. The start of the year saw us ‘soley’ (sorry for the pun) in charge of the Huntington WMC, York regular music event nights commencing in February. This was due to Mike Ward, a great friend and supporter of Charity Soul, inviting us to organise the events held at Huntington WMC. This was a...
The end of an era has arrived. After 5 years of donating a fantastic cumulative sum of £72k to stem cell research for prostate cancer at York University Cancer Research Centre to Professor Norman Maitland and achieving startling results, a new era has arrived where we have now today donated £10k to Professor Maitland’s able assistant Dr Fiona Frame. Due to Norman’s retirement and the closure of the York Centre Dr Frame has accepted a new post at the University of Hull’s...
It seems like no time at all since Terry came to see me for the first time in my laboratory at York University. He asked me what I would do if he gave me a pound towards cancer research. He actually asked me just how much of the £1 I would spend directly on my research. The answer was simple…. we spend every penny of every pound raised by Charity Soul directly on research. The first meeting was just over 5 years ago, and...
At this time of year, we remember those who fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy today – but it is also the start of the University term for our new young researchers. This year the projects, which only run because of the generous donations from Charity Soul, were more popular than ever, and we ended up with 6 young aspiring researchers packing out my laboratory. In fact, there were a number of disgruntled unsuccessful applicants who made their...
Scientists at the University of York have found a way of distinguishing between fatal prostate cancer and manageable cancer, which could reduce unnecessary surgeries and radiotherapy. The team analysed more than 500 cancer tissue samples A recent study showed that more than 25 men were being unnecessarily treated with surgery or radiotherapy, for every single life saved. It is believed that success rates could be hindered as a result of treating all prostate cancers in the same way. A team at the...