May 27, 2009

medical research charities call for donor and government support through the recession

Speakers:
Simon Denegri, Chief Executive, AMRC
Philip Butcher, Chief Executive, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Vincent Poupard, Treasurer, Ataxia Telangiectasia Society
Norman Barrett, Chief Executive, Association for International Cancer Research

The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) has issued a call on public donors and the government to take urgent measures to help their members weather the economic downturn, following a new survey which reveals that more than three quarters of their members predict that it will have a significant impact on their work. On behalf of the AMRC, the SMC invited journalists to come and hear results of the survey and to talk to representatives of three major charities about the measures they think are needed to limit the impact on their research.