Major Ronald Ferguson Memorial Fund
The Major Ronald Ferguson Memorial Fund (MRFMF) was set up as a fitting and lasting tribute to PCaSO's late Patron, who died in 2003. The purpose of the fund is to support advances in any aspect of prostate cancer. Awards are made periodically to medical, research and related organisations and individuals. The award subjects are those which help further the aims of the charity. Full details of how to apply for a grant may be found on the grant application form.
The chief fund raising event for the MRFMF is the annual Duchess of York Charity Day at Dummer Golf Club.
To date the fund has donated nearly £30,000 for a number of research projects or specific euqipment purchases. Typical donations have been:
- £6,750 to St Richards Hospital Chichester for a portable bladder scanner (funded mostly by the performance of Messiah in Chichester Cathedral on 24th March 2006)
- £10,000 to the Prostate Cancer Research Fund for various research activities
- £5,000 to Southampton University for research into gene therapy for prostate cancer
- £2,000 to the Royal Marsden to support the Active Surveillance trials
The"ABC of Prostate Diseases" at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, on 5th October 2007, was one of a series of one day seminars organised by the Prostate UK, for primary care professionals, at which the UK's leading prostate cancer specialists spoke, was substantially funded from the MRFMF.