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 18th May 2013: OcuMel UK Trustee on TV!On the eve of his retirement, Professor Damato appears on Granada talking about his work at Liverpool over the past twenty years or so. Watch the video here.  Cards Made Easy Support OcuMel UKWe have to give a big hat tip to the guys at http://www.cardsmadeeasy.com/ who have supported OcuMel UK by generously providing us with free printing for our OM Eye Patch Day event. To learn more about what they offer, please visit: http://www.cardsmadeeasy.com/special-offers-buzz.php and like their face book page https://www.facebook.com/CardsMadeEasy.com
14th March 2013: Third CURE OM Newsletter Published
Click here for the latest CURE OM newsletter, which contains details of Sara Selig's visit to the UK last month.
19th February 2013 - Marion Remington raises funds from Specsavers
Thanking her optometrist while raising awareness of ocular melanoma and some money for OcuMel UK to boot! Well done Marion. http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/get-your-eyes-tested-says-tumour-survivor-1-4804209  8th January 2013 - Brian Munro in Daily MailOur very own Brian Munro talks to the Daily Mail about his experience with PHP under Dr Brian Stedman at Southampton Hospital. Click on the link to read the article. Well done Brian! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2258625/Cancer-Mega-chemo-kill-cancer--effects-Treatment-transform-prospects-desperately-ill-patients.html 6th July 2012 - Southampton Gets Funding for 6 PHP patients
CURE OM Patient and Caregiver Symposium On 16th and 17th June, Kathryn attended the inaugural patient and caregiver
symposium from the MRF's new programme - CURE OM. The event entitled "Eyes on a Cure" was held at
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, home of the Kimmel Cancer Centre where Takami Sato heads up a team of ocular
melanoma experts. There were some very well known speakers including James Pingpank from the University of Pittsburgh,
Evan Lipson from Johns Hopkins and Scott Woodman from MD Anderson. Kathryn will be giving a report of the meeting
at the OcuMel UK conference in Reading in September.
 CURE OM Newsletter
CURE OM is the organisation co-founded by our friend Sara Selig and her late husband Gregg along with the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF). The initiative is now 6 months old and you can click here to read their first e-newsletter. To receive future newsletters yourself, sign up to the CURE OM mailing list. You can also follow them on Facebook (www.facebook/cureom) and Twitter: @MRFCureOM.  Well done Sue Hay!
Sue raised an enormous £1,152.00 for OcuMel UK by running the Lincoln 10K. Incredibly she is already talking about her next event - Race For Life at Burghley House in May so watch this space. Thank you Sue!
24th April 2012 - Birmingham Patient Meeting
OcuMel UK will be holding a meeting for patients, family and friends at The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP on 24th April 2012. Anyone is welcome to come along for coffee and a chat and to hear some excellent talks about ocular melanoma by some of the countries leading specialists. Call Kathryn on 01276 682190 for more information, or download the flyer.
Lincoln 10K, 25th March 2012
Please support Sue Hay as she runs the Lincoln 10K in aid of OcuMel UK. Click here to go to her Just Giving page. Image: digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net 4th November 2011: Jurassic Coast Run DVD available now!
On 7th August 2011, members of the UK's premier biking forum took part in the "Jurassic Coast Run 2011" in aid of OcuMel UK. The group have already raised well over £1000 and they haven't finished yet! The event was a great success with over 100 riders and 18 marshalls taking part. The group have produced a fantastic DVD capturing all the excitement and action of the day and there are a few copies left which have now been made available to us. If you would like a copy of the DVD, and to support OcuMel UK in the process, please send a self-addressed A4-sized Jiffy bag, prepaid with a £1 stamp to: OcuMel UK, c/o Moonfleet, 19 Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7AU. Please enclose the suggested donation of £10 (or more if you wish!) A huge thank you from OcuMel UK to everyone who took part and raised such a fantastic sum.
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20th May 2013: Sing and Sign join in with OM Eye Patch Day.
