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The EORTC Charitable Trust


Honorary President:

H.R.H. Princess Astrid of Belgium

Members of the General Assembly

Mrs. Marianne Boel, Hellerup (DK)
Mr. Alain Camu, Brussels (BE)
Dr. Gérard Depadt, Lille (FR)
Prof. Alexander M.M. Eggermont, Rotterdam (NL)
Dr. Jean de Gunzburg, London (UK)
Dr. A. G. J. M. Hanselaar, Amsterdam (NL)
Mrs. Elizabeth Hjorth, Copenhagen (DK)
Prof. Jean-Claude Horiot, Genolier (CH)
Ms. Kate Law, London (UK)
Mr. Marc Leland, Washington DC (US)
Mr Oscar Lewisohn, London (UK)
Mrs. Sally Lo MBE, Hong Kong (HK)
H.R.H. Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, Contern (LU)
Baroness Suzanne von Maltzahn, London (UK)
Dr. Rolf Marti, Bern (CH)
Prof. J. Gordon McVie, Milan (IT)
Prof. Françoise Meunier, Brussels (BE)
Mr. Jean Louis de Montesquiou, Paris (FR)
Mr Hans Neef, Brussels (BE)
Prof. Allan T. van Oosterom, Antwerp (BE)
Mr. Ole Alexander Opdalshei, Oslo (NO)
Prof. Martine Piccart, Brussels (BE)
H.E. Ambassador Marie-Thérèse Pictet- Althann, Geneva (CH)
Professor Dr Martin Roth, Dresden (DE)
Mr. Guido Schmidt-Chiari, Vienna (AT)
Dr. Piero Serra, Milan (IT)
Prof. John Smyth, Edinburgh (UK)
Lady Solti, London (UK)
Prof. Bengt Westermark, Stockholm (SE)
Dr. Vitor Veloso, Porto (PT)
Mr. John E.E. Whittaker CBE, Neuchatel (CH)

The EORTC Charitable Trust

In 1976, the EORTC Foundation was established by Royal Decree under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium as an international association under Belgian Law with the specific aim of obtaining funds for the support of the activities of the EORTC, to support the structure of the organization and to support independent academic research projects. It receives the majority of its funds from National Cancer Charities. All the major European National Cancer Charities which support the work of the EORTC are represented in the General Assembly, as well as the Hong Kong Cancer Fund and distinguished lay members.

In March 2006, the EORTC Foundation changed its name to The EORTC Charitable Trust, to take account of recent changes in Belgian Law. The aims of The EORTC Charitable Trust remain exactly the same.

The Honorary President is H.R.H. Princess Astrid of Belgium, and the Chair is Sir Christopher Mallaby.

Sir Ronald Grierson, Past-Chair, is now the Honorary Vice-President of The EORTC Charitable Trust.

Since the EORTC operates through existing national institutions and hospitals, its financial needs are modest in relation to what it is able to achieve. The financial, then economic, crises of recent months are of a magnitude unseen for generations and are bound to have an impact on charitable giving and philanthropy. In these extremely difficult circumstances it remains the role and the duty of the Charitable Trust to raise funds for cancer research, and the task is doubly hard. This underlines the vital importance of the continued support of all the National Cancer Charities, and the Charitable Trust would like to express its thanks and appreciation for this.

During 2008, the EORTC Charitable Trust received core support for the EORTC of 1,288,567 Euros from several European National Cancer Charities and the Hong Kong Cancer Fund: the EORTC Charitable Trust awarded a core grant of 1,450,000 Euros to the EORTC for the year. During 2008, the Parthenon Trust again generously allocated core support to the EORTC Headquarters. In 2008 a generous donation was received from the Schroder Family Foundation which is supporting a Fellowship in research in an important EORTC study in Children’s Leukaemia. This Fellowship will be named the Schroder Foundation Fellowship.

Another very positive development in 2008 was the success of the joint Liaison Office, established in Leeds in 2007, an initiative comprising EORTC, the National Cancer Research Network and Cancer Research UK. The Liaison Office co-ordinates strategy and communication between all three organisations with a view towards increasing UK participation in EORTC trials. The funding for this office was provided by the Louisa Lewisohn Memorial Trust, through Mr Oscar Lewisohn. The post of Liaison Officer is being supported for a second year by the Louisa Lewisohn Memorial Trust.

The Charitable Trust did not hold a fundraising event in 2008, although much work was done in preparation for an event in Monaco which will take place in October 2009. The Charitable Trust applied to the Belgian authorities in autumn 2007 for renewal of its Charitable Status for the period 2008-2013, which has been received.

The annual audit for 2008 of the EORTC Charitable Trust aisbl was carried out by Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

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Last updated 27-08-2009