Invest in ME receive a donation of £57k from the John Richardson Research Group

[Andy]

Invest in ME Research are very pleased and honoured to announce that a donation has been made to the charity by the John Richardson Research Group (JRRG).

Professor Malcolm Hooper wrote to IiMER chairman Kathleen McCall -

It gives me great pleasure to forward the enclosed cheque for £57,356.29 from the final accounts of the JRRG following the recent death of Dr lrving Spurr in 2018 after that of Dr John Richardson in 2002.

The remaining trustees have agreed that this money should be used to provide a fitting memorial to John, a pioneer in ME research and care of ME patients.

We would like it to be used to support the work of liMER especially in its commitment to establish a national and international centre for ME and translational medicine in this area.

http://investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-181201.shtml

 

[Cinders66]

This is good but i don’t really understand Iimes direction now. I asked them what they were doing with the money originally raised for a rituximab trial and that’s still to be decided. I personally am not donating to something vague at the moment when there’s already money there unspent. I used to really like them and Its sad The rituximab road didn’t work out but I think it’s a sign of the troubles in Uk when there seemingly isn’t obvious ways to channel this money now. I don’t see the centre of excellence taking off without renewed focus, which hopefully will be found soon.