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Medical Research Charities: Communicating in a Crisis

Medical research charities have been hit hard by the disruptive effects of the pandemic, with many fundraising events cancelled for the foreseeable future and charity shops shuttered for months during lockdown. 

Plummeting income has meant they've had to pause or stop research projects, withdraw future funding and lay off staff.

In this episode Peter Barker interviews three experts about the crisis.

- Leonora Neale, Communications Manager at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

- Richard Berks, a freelance science writer and communications consultant who specialises in helping medical research charities to engage with their supporters.

- Matthew Lam, science communication manager at Worldwide Cancer Research.

Presented by Peter Barker

Produced by Orinoco Communications

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LINKS

To find out more about the AMRC's campaign and for links to the resources mentioned here and in the podcast visit this blog.

 

 

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Peter is a multimedia producer with more than fifteen years experience creating documentaries, animations and other forms of digital content for TV and online. Before starting Orinoco Communications in 2016 Peter worked as a television producer and director, a job that took him all over the world, filming everywhere from NASA bases in the U.S.A. to volcanic islands in the Pacific ocean to ancient Mayan ruins in Central America. Now he has a more sedate life, living with his family by the sea on the east coast of England.