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Institute of Genetics and Cancer

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  2. Tag: Volunteers' Week

Tag: Volunteers’ Week

Helen Nickerson receiving a certificate in her cub leader uniform

I owe my existence to volunteering

By Helen Nickerson, Science and Strategy Manager at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer My existence can be, quite literally, attributed to volunteering. My parents met when my dad was on a Boys’ Brigade rota to drive a minibus of adults with learning difficulties to a social club where my mum volunteered. He quickly volunteered […]

5th June 2025 0

Carlo De Angelis with a bike

Volunteering through the years

Research Assistant Carlo De Angelis – who returned to the Institute of Genetics and Cancer to work part-time in Hannah Long’s lab after retiring from the University alongside his previous manager Professor Bob Hill – has been involved in volunteering in one way or another for many years. In 1996, when his son was five, […]

2nd June 2025 0

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