Our natural choice — creating a healthy tomorrow.
The Sunflower Jam supports initiatives that bridge the gap between integrated, functional and conventional medicine.
The Sunflower Jam supports initiatives that safeguard and defend people's freedom to choose natural health approaches.
We don't receive any government funding, so we rely on voluntary donations from people like you
Priority Projects:
One beneficiary is at the heart of The Sunflower Jam's wish-list for projects to be funded in 2012-13, the College of Medicine.
College of Medicine
The College of Medicine (CoM) advocates integrated approaches to healthcare. Overall, this means combining ‘western’ therapies with complementary remedies some of which are derived from ‘eastern’ (e.g. Chinese) medicine but not exclusively so.
New Research Programme
It is proposed that using a donation of £50-60K (expected) from the Sunflower Jam concert, a programme is set up to support integrated research on “pancreatic cancer”.
- CoM will issue a call on their website for pilot research projects costing £20K maximum and lasting 12 months. In principle, some kind of apportionment may be introduced (e.g. not more than one-half of the grants may normally be given to the 'inside'). The world should see then that the College is not inward looking. However, quality will be the single most important criterion.
- Applications will be made on a basic form (2-3 pages) by a given deadline. There will not be unnecessary paperwork.
- A small committee (say 4 people, chosen mostly, but not necessarily exclusively from within the Science Council of CoM, and including a Trustee of SJ) will be set up. Peer review will be deemed absolutely essential.
- Strict criteria will be used for making the awards – quality, feasibility, novelty, future potential, track record of the applicant etc.
The scheme will be administered by the College of Medicine’s Science Council (chaired by Professor Mustafa B A Djamgoz, Imperial College London).
SUPERJAM 2012
"This year's Sunflower Jam will be committed to improving the treatment and care of patients with pancreatic cancer.”
The Sunflower Jam will use the proceeds of this year's Jam to do original research on integrated approaches to pancreatic cancer and also produce an easily readable summary of promising treatments for patients with pancreatic cancer, which will include conventional medicine, lifestyle approaches including nutrition, complementary treatments such as immune Modulation Therapy and hyperthermia, treatments are beginning to look promising such as photodynamic therapy and the ways in which the mind can be harnessed to help fight this disease.
We have an opportunity at this year's Sunflower Jam, to work with MUSTAFA B A DJAMGOZ, Professor of Cancer Biology at Imperial College London, who will head the research into these Non Toxic treatments. This is really the only way forward to help many many people. By getting these type of treatments recognised within the medical field, we hope these forms of treatment can be used as an alternative answer to fight Pancreatic Cancer.
By supporting this year's Sunflower Jam, you will be helping to fight pancreatic cancer, help research new approaches and enable all patients and relatives with this form of cancer to get all the information they require".
It goes without saying that research and integrated approaches will also apply to helping other forms of cancer.
Previous charities supported by The Sunflower Jam:
2011 - www.gosh.org
2009 - SCM - www.afmhealth.com
2008, 2007, 2006 - www.cancertherapies.org.uk