Art Auction Cure Leukaemia Art Auction 2010

Now in its fifth year, the art auction includes an amazing array
of work kindly donated by 30 talented contemporary artists, photographers & designer-makers.

DATE: Thursday 20th May 2010

VENUE: Wragge & Co
55 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2AS

TIME: Reception and viewing from 6pm, live auction from 7.30pm

Facts & Figures

The Cure Leukaemia Appeal is a multi-million pound project launched in 2004 to create a world class centre of excellence for clinical leukaemia research at University Hospital Birmingham.

At this point we have:

  • All this has been achieved in 5 years with an I:E (Income and Expenditure) ratio of 85:15. With the support of the good people of the Midlands our great ambition to complete the mission by 2010 can be fulfilled.
  • Purchased around £100,000 of state-of-the- art equipment to support the research
  • Funded salaries for 15 research nurses worth £1.2 million over three years
  • Amazingly, because of the superb clinical research facilities at the centre the medical team has leveraged £13 million of free drugs for clinical trials which are having a world wide impact.
  • Raised £2.4 million to build the Centre which is now fully operational
  • Funded £160,000 for patient care and comforts through purchase of air conditioning, wheelchairs, commissioned art, furnishing of a quiet room, counselling support and the launch of a support group for patients and carers.

The remaining £2 million is required for:

  • Research scientists at £150,000 for 3 year contracts
  • There has been an 80% mortality rate amongst adult patients with leukaemia – now a reducing figure due to the impact of the new clinical research
  • There are 25,000 new patients diagnosed every year with more than 20 different forms of blood cancer
  • Supporting Cure Leukaemia is helping a Midlands charity to provide a better, brighter future for 125,000 leukaemia patients in the UK and ultimately throughout the world.
  • Purchase of drugs for further clinical trials.
  • State of the art equipment such as a blood count machine at £40,000.
  • Ground breaking clinical projects.
  • Cost of each nurse on a 3 year contract is £90,000.
  • A further 5 research nurses to add to those already posted to other haematology units throughout the Midlands to extend the impact of the clinical research currently taking place at the Leukaemia Centre