Asbestos Support Central England

08/09/2026

This is good news for families who have lost loved ones to asbestos-related diseases

04/09/2026

The speakers for this month's Meso support and social group are Molly Scotland – Research Nurse based at Leicester Hospital and Louise Nelson – Mesothelioma UK Nurse based in Leicester. They will be updating us on any current trials for people with
Mesothelioma, and they will both be at the meeting in person. It will be 11am on Monday 14 September. To attend or for more info contact [email protected]

04/08/2026

Our next Meso support group meeting is 10 August, 11am - 1pm. We'll be joined by Louise Nelson from MesoUK to talk about current trials for people with Mesothelioma. Please email [email protected] to attend. Patients and carers welcome. Refreshments served.

23/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who donated to or took part in More Miles for Meso this year and helped raise £3,459.50! Read more:

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to More Miles for Meso! Including Gift Aid, you raised £3,459.50! Members of the group set off at 7am to start the Hal

22/07/2026

The building where ASCE is housed, and the garden where we held AMD this year, is under threat, please read and share

14/07/2026

Another year, another Hallow 12 Parish Challenge completed! But there's still time to donate and thanks to all who already have!

Thanks to everyone who took part in this year's gruelling Miles for Meso, yet again in the baking heat! The amount raised so far is over £3000, split between AS

06/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who supported our Action Mesothelioma Day event on 3 July. Photos and more details:

Thank you to everyone who supported our event this year! If you attended you'll know we thankfully had lovely weather for the outdoor garden event and dove rele

18/06/2026

Once again, an amazing group of people are about to take on the Hallow 12 Challenge, to raise funds for Mesothelioma UK and Asbestos Support Central England. 'More Miles For Meso' will be taking on The Hallow 12 Parish Challenge on July 11th. It is a tough hilly hike through 12 parishes in Worcestershire. We would really appreciate any donations. Read more about it

Once again, an amazing group of people are about to take on the Hallow 12 Challenge, to raise funds for two wonderful charities, Mesothelioma UK, and...

16/06/2026

11/06/2026

Airtight on Asbestos has launched a parliamentary petition to recognise the true number of asbestos deaths in the UK. Please sign the petition below and circulate it widely.

The HSE states that the ratio of mesothelioma deaths to other asbestos-related deaths is 1 to 1. Some research suggests that deaths from asbestos linked lung cancer are much greater than deaths from mesothelioma. We believe this may hide the scale of UK asbestos deaths and current asbestos risks.