Dear All
Our fellow forum member Paul Skyrme contracted prostate cancer which has spread to his bones and is at the moment it has paralysed him from the navel down. He is in hospital at the moment receiving treatment.
Due to his illness and the impact on his business due to coronavirus he has little or no income for some time.
Paul is a good mate to me and I am sure many other forum members. He is my man to go to on machine safety, product standards and CE marking and I know he has given freely his expert professional advice to many others here on this forum and other places. He has given out a lot of free professional advice on this forum over many years.
He has also given his time freely as an IET volunteer going to colleges to give talks and did an excellent webinar on harmonics which at the end he gave good advice to us blokes to get tested for prostate cancer.
Fellow forum member Martyn Dueden has set up a crowd funding site here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/martynduerden to give Paul a helping hand. I am the scrutineer for this exercise and I promise you every penny raised will be sent to Paul's wife, I have her consent to do this appeal.
I know some of you have seen a drop in your income and leading up to Christmas there are many worthy charities are looking for donations but could I ask please to make a small donation to this good cause and help out a good friend.
Could you also use your social media contacts to spread the appeal to others in the electrical world.
Many thanks JP.
