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November 2018
Movember Men’s Health Awareness Month
Each year, Movember is responsible for thousands of mustaches on men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of Movember is to raise vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer.
Find out more »Lung Cancer Awareness Month
The aim of the Lung Cancer Awareness campaign is to raise awareness to encourage people displaying the common symptoms of lung cancer, such as a persistent cough, breathlessness or unexplained weight-loss, to visit their GP. During the month, many people throughout the…
Find out more »Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Why is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month important? Pancreatic cancer is the toughest cancer to diagnose, treat and survive. 1 in 4 won’t survive a month. And 3 in 4 people won’t survive for a year. This is an emergency. We…
Find out more »January 2019
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Every day in the UK 9 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women lose their lives from the disease every day. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women aged 35 and 75 per cent of cervical cancers are prevented by…
Find out more »February 2019
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is the ideal opportunity to spread the word and raise awareness of cancer in people’s minds and the world media. This global event takes place every year on 4 February and aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year…
Find out more »March 2019
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
11 women die in the UK every day from ovarian cancer. Ovarian Cancer Awareness month aims to get women diagnosed as early as possible by raising awareness of symptoms and fundraising for more research. To see what happened in 2018…
Find out more »Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
In the UK, about one in eight men will get prostate cancer at some point in their lives. Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity and they aim to help more men survive prostate cancer and enjoy a better quality of…
Find out more »April 2019
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
For 26 years, Bowel Cancer UK has aimed to save lives and improve the quality of life for all those affected by bowel cancer. Bowel Cancer Awareness Month aims to raise awareness of bowel cancer, as well as raising money for research.
Find out more »Pyjamas for PanCan
Wear your pyjamas to work and help to say goodnight to pancreatic cancer; the cancer that has been kept in the dark for too long.
Find out more »September 2019
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
We will be holding our Macmillan Coffee Morning at Hawkchurch Village Hall, 10am to 12noon. Lot of scrumptious cakes, coffee, teas and some interesting local businesses selling crafts, flowers, clothes, jewellery and more. A raffle supported by many local people,…
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