UK charity to fundraise in the Irish Republic
Howard Lake | 18 March 2009 | News
UK charity Breast Cancer Campaign will begin fundraising in the Republic of Ireland later this year. Recently the charity awarded its first research grants in the Republic.
The funding of three projects in Ireland has been described as a ‘groundbreaking move’ for the charity which until now has concentrated its resources on funding research in the UK.
Professor Rosemary O’Connor, University College Cork, who recently joined the charity’s advisory board, has been awarded over £180,000 to study the spread of cancer around the body, Dr Marie McIlroy, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin has received almost £190,000 to identify which patients will develop resistance to breast cancer treatments and Dr Adrienne Gorman, National University of Ireland, Galway, has received over £90,000 to study the chemotherapy treatments.
Dr Jimmy Devins Minister for Science Technology and Innovation in Ireland has welcomed the announcement of Breast Cancer Campaign’s research grants for projects in Ireland.
Pamela Goldberg, Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Campaign said, “The decision to extend funding to researchers in Ireland represents a major development for the charity and is hugely important to the future of breast cancer research.
Currently Breast Cancer Campaign receives fundraising income from Northern Ireland but before this year had not expanded its fundraising activities to the Irish Republic. In 2008 the charity raised over £10 million, with events raising £5 million and corporate partnerships raising £2.5 million. Major corporate partners include Hallmark and Debenhams.
www.breastcancercampaign.org
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