The Ray Gibberd Fund

Fund launched to pay for Ray Gibberd's medical treatment

Ray Gibberd has been an integral part of ANDROMEDA BOOKSHOP for over 20 years. He has been a director for over five years.

At the end of 1998 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and was operated on immediately. The tumour returned at the end of 1999 and another operation was performed in January. He is now extremely weak and has lost his short term memory.

He now needs a course of chemotherapy that is only available from America, but the NHS will not fund it because of its high cost - 1,600 per month for 6-8 months. His immediate family have put up the money for the first three months.

We at ANDROMEDA are starting 'The Ray Gibberd Fund' and we're looking at ways of raising further funds through raffles, auctions, etc.

What we need are donations of cash, books, proofs, first editions, artwork, manuscripts, etc - even remainder books that we can raffle by the bagload - in fact, anything we can sell, auction or raffle. With your generous support we know we can raise the money so badly needed. All donations should be addressed to The Ray Gibberd Fund, c/o Andromeda Bookshop, 2-5 Suffolk Street, Birmingham, B1 1LT.

There will be a Ray Gibberd Day at ANDROMEDA sometime late May or early June when we will be auctioning and raffling rare books, artwork, etc. Please send an s.a.e. if you want to be notified of this event.

Rog Peyton
Managing Director
Andromeda Book Co Ltd

UPDATE

More information received from Martin Tudor on 20 April:

The fund raised £850 in the first week. The Ray Gibberd Day at Andromeda should be in June, but is awaiting confirmation. Ray is being treated in the UK, but the treatment has to be flown in from the USA.

-- Rog Peyton

21 Apr 2000