The Royal College of Surgeons

The main charity chosen by WOMAC this year is to fund research into bowel cancer.
Our support of the Royal College of Surgeons is this year funding a fellowship by Mr John Conti at Southampton General Hospital.
A first class surgeon Mr Conti is studying the interaction between colon cancer cells and how they spread and grow in the liver. He will be looking at specific enzymes in bowel cancer with the ultimate aim of preventing cancer spreading into other organs.
He will be working with Professor John Iredale who has a distinguished track record in liver cancer and Professor John Primrose, the professor of surgery at Southampton.
The Royal College of Surgeons tells us that Mr Conti is a very distinguished surgeon and in 1999 he won the Hallett Prize for the best candidate in its exams.
WOMAC is proud to have been able to donate £20,000 to the Royal College of Surgeons to fund such vital research.

John Conti with Liz and Rory Bremner

Kingston Hospital Cancer Unit Appeal

The Kingston Hospital Cancer Unit Appeal is a major campaign to raise £3.5 million to build, equip and maintain a specialist unit to support cancer care at Kingston Hospital.
The unit will be dedicated to Sir William Rous, Chairman of the Hospital who died from cancer in May 1999.
WOMAC's donation of £10,000 will be allocated to building and equipping the complementary therapy unit.
Treasurer of the appeal Richard Sharp was on hand at the WOMAC party to accept a cheque for £10,000 from chairman Liz Turner and guest Rory Bremner.

Richard Sharp, Liz Turner and Rory Bremner

Youth Cancer Trust

The Youth Cancer Trust is dedicated to providing holidays for young people between the ages of 14 and 25 who are all patients suffering from cancer and attending any hospital in the UK.
Each person is selected by his or her doctor. Most are between treatments and on medication which they are able to handle themselves, as they do at home.
The breaks are designed to be fun for the youngsters, who can be accompanied by a member of their family or friend.
Activities are organised from bowling to horse riding and making friends with other youngsters enables them to support each other outside of the charity network.
The £8,000 from WOMAC will fund 25 holidays this year.

Brenda Clark with Liz Turner and Rory Bremner