News and Recent events
PSA Testing Event at St Finbarrs - Saturday 7th March
07/03/20
St Finbarrs Sports and Social Club – Saturday 7th March. This was the first of our quarterly events for 2020, and also the first of our events to use the new Online Booking and Results Service developed for the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (GFCT). It was also our busiest ever event – we tested 140 men…
PSA Testing Event at Windmill Sports & Social Club, Hartshill, Nuneaton
11/01/20
Our recent awareness event on 11th January at the Windmill Sports and Social Club, Hartshill, Nuneaton was a great success. News of the event had spread throughout the local community by social media and by word of mouth. This resulted in an excellent response, and we tested 100 men. We were well hosted by Neil Price, club steward, and were delighted to welcome the MP for Nuneaton, Arley and Hartshill, Marcus Jones…
PSA Testing Event at St Finbarrs - Saturday 30 November
30/11/19
This event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success - we tested 141 men. Although we were very busy the event went smoothly, and we had time to talk to participants and answer their questions. Thanks are due to our volunteers who created such a helpful and friendly atmosphere. We welcomed a group who had come over from north Birmingham (there's no PSA testing group anywhere in Birmingham)…
PSA Testing event with Rugby Rokeby Lions
21/09/19
This Awareness Event was held in the Sports Hall of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Centre, Rugby. The event which was jointly organised by the Rugby Rokeby Lions and the Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group was a great success. It follows a similar event in September last year. We tested 306 men, and the efficient stewarding by the Lion's team made it so much easier to handle the excellent turnout…
Coventry & North Warwickshire PCSG Open Meeting - Thursday 22 August
22/08/19
Timon Colegrove gave us an excellent talk and ensuing discussion re his experience of proton beam therapy. That said, it was so much more than an encounter with new technology! Timon eloquently told his personal story describing step by step how he reacted to and dealt with the devastating news of his cancer and how he worked to find a treatment that zapped the cancer without the attendant side effects that so many of us have had to endure and come to terms with…
Prostate Cancer Support Association AGM - Thursday 11th April 2019
11/04/19
The AGM was well attended and straightforward. After the buffet, Steve Allan gave us an excellent update on the latest treatments and diagnostic advances. His talk was most informative and sparked much interest and discussion. Also, it was good to be challenged about our relationship with the UHCW based group - perhaps we should be holding joint bi-monthly meetings in Coventry - that could be a way forward…
PSA Testing Event - Saturday 9th March 2019
09/03/19
This event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success - we tested over 75 men. Again the event went smoothly, and we had time to talk to participants and answer their questions. Thanks are due to our volunteers who created such a helpful and friendly atmosphere. We also welcomed back a few men who had attended previous sessions in 2017…
Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group Open Meeeting - Thursday 28 February
28/02/19
This open meeting was held on Thursday 28th February at 7:30pm at Ambleside Community Sports Club. Graham Fulford was due to speak to us about new initiatives on the PSA testing front. Particularly a new service to be launched by TDL to offer self testing kits. However, the service lauch has been delayed for logistical reasons, and so Graham decided to postpone his talk…
UHCW Support Group Meeting - Monday 4th February
04/02/19
This group primarily comprises recently treated men and some newly diagnosed men. It meets on the first Monday of every other month at 5:30pm in the Faith Centre, UHCW. The first meeting this year was on February 4th. Dr Yakhub Khan gave a most interesting talk on radiotherapy and treatments for advanced prostate cancer…
PSA Testing Event at Bedworth United FC - Saturday 2nd February 2019
02/02/19
This event at Bedworth United FC was a great success - we tested 71 men. Again the event went smoothly, and we had time to talk to participants and answer their questions. Thanks are due to our volunteers who made it such an enjoyable and sociable occasion. We are also indebted to Stuart Roe, Stadium Manager, for creating this opportunity and backing us all the way…