Update is delighted to report significant developments in the expansion and effectiveness of Prostate Research Campaign UK.  The acceleration of activity, mounting public awareness and growing funds have resulted in the Trustees appointing their first full-time employee and opening an office in Swindon.

"We live in exciting times" said Anthony Kilmister, Founder and Chief Executive of Prostate Research Campaign UK in telling Update how pleased he has been to welcome Paul Tew as our charity's first salaried official and Deputy Chief Executive.  "Paul will share the considerable load that Sheila and I have carried thus far. We are immensely gratified by the impact the Campaign has made.  This must now be placed on a more permanent footing and the opening of an office in Swindon will be part of that process.  Sheila and I will continue to be very much involved but, thanks to Paul's enlistment, can shed some of the many day to day duties."

Paul Tew said: "I am delighted to join the Campaign. We all need to work together not just to raise money for research and the spreading of information but also to pressurise the Government into stepping up its prostate-related research".

Paul's first career was as an officer and navigator in the RAF. However, he has been working in and with charities for over 17 years - much of that time furthering medical research.  The Campaign is now taking on staff who can build upon what has already been achieved and carry it forward with mounting confidence.  The opening of the new office in Swindon shows that we are well and truly open for business and ready to launch new initiatives.

Amidst all this excitement, in June the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Carey, conferred a Master of Arts degree on Tony Kilmister in recognition of his contribution to religious, academic and public life.  The Archbishop's right to grant the degree - a real academic award not an honorary one - derives from an Act of Parliament of 1533.  This empowered the Archbishop to grant exemption from examination and from the residential requirements necessary for a degree.  Neither the Plague nor a stone in the hoof of a horse Tony might have ridden were responsible for this latest example of use of these powers!