Richard Ellis

RAFT is looking back on a year that included some truly memorable events, such as the Annual Clay Shoot, the LFB 150 Gala Dinner and most recently, The Lasting Life Love Letters event. Love Letters was a gala dinner held at London’s Dorchester Hotel on 22nd November. It was hosted by Susan George in honour […]

As 2016 draws to a close, RAFT can look back on a year of both challenges and achievements. The hard work and innovation of both RAFT and Smart Matrix Ltd (the spin-out company created by RAFT to further develop and commercialise its wound healing medical device) were recognised in 2016 with several awards. These included

Dechert LLP, who provide RAFT with pro bono legal services, has been named as the winner in the “Best Contribution by an International Firm” category by LawWorks in its 2016 Pro Bono Awards.   LawWorks, a UK charity that connects volunteer lawyers with people in need of legal advice, set up the awards to celebrate

Bob Jenkins has been a long-time supporter of RAFT, running a total of 19 marathons for our medical research! And next year he will be running the Virgin London Marathon for RAFT. What is even more remarkable is that he turns 80 today! Bob was introduced to RAFT in 1993 for the only reason that

2016 was a momentous year for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) celebrating its 150th anniversary. A year of events culminated in the LFB charity gala dinner which RAFT organised on behalf of the LFB and 4 other charities that benefited from the evening. These were the Children of Fire, Children’s Burns Trust, The Firefighters Charity,

I was the Deputy to Robin for most of his 12 years and must say it was a really rewarding experience – the essential element being Robin’s leadership. Robin had the quality of being able to lead mainly through his ability to encourage one to do one’s best in the interests of RAFT. We were

We were very sad to hear of the passing of RAFT’s first Chairman, Sir Robin Chichester-Clark. It was thanks to his wise leadership during RAFT’s first 12 years that set the foundation for RAFT’s success over the last 28 years. Sir Robin’s career started in politics. A former Ulster Unionist MP for Londonderry he entered

The RAFT team will be taking a stand at the London Fire Brigade’s largest ever family fun day which forms part of the force’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Safe in the City, which is sponsored by Securitas, is taking place on Saturday August 20th (11am to 5pm) at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (next to Imperial War

RAFT hasn’t just helped patients but has helped to raise the standards of plastic and reconstructive surgery at a national and international level. Multi-disciplinary and translational research from the start; RAFT has always been ahead of its time. Talking to surgeons who have been through the RAFT process, several common themes emerge, which hint at

Melanoma is aggressive cancer which usually starts in the skin. For several years RAFT conducted a successful research programme investigating potential new treatments for melanoma, which involved studying in detail the cellular and molecular characteristics of the disease. To delve further into the genetics of melanoma, cell biologists at RAFT needed to isolate and study