News and Recent events
Quiz Evening - C&NW Prostate Cancer Support Group
11/10/18
Our quiz evenings at Ambleside in October have become a regular feature of our calendar. 80 people, including 5 guests, attended this latest quiz. It was great fun and our thanks are due to local quiz masters, Steve and Gail, for the variety and ingenuity of their questions! Once again our thanks go to Bill and Teresa Bird for organising the abundance of raffle prizes - also for encouraging so many of their friends along!
PSA Testing Event - Saturday 22nd September 2018
22/09/18
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. We tested 263 men, and the efficient stewarding by the Lion's team made it so much easier to handle the excellent turnout. Our thanks are due to the Lion's team for making the day such a success - as well as enjoyable. This photo shows part of the winning team!
Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at St Finbarr's - Saturday 8th September
08/09/18
This event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success - we tested 65 men! This was excellent, especially after a 3 month summer break. 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.
Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group Open Meeeting - Thursday 23 August
23/08/18
Graham Fulford runs the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (GFT). His aim is to raise awareness of the risks of prostate cancer, and to encourage men to have annual PSA tests from the age of 50 onwards - or 45 if they are of African descent or have close relatives who have experienced prostate cancer. The Trust has been organising PSA testing sessions up and down the country since 2005. Graham gave us an excellent talk about his work and experiences during those 13 years during which his Trust has tested close to 100,000 men.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at St Finbarr's - Saturday 9th June
09/06/18
This event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success - we tested 67 men! This was excellent, especially since it was only 3 weeks since our last event (in Willenhall). Our thanks are due to the manager, John Coyle, and all our volunteers who created such a helpful and friendly atmosphere.
Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group Open Meeeting - Thursday 7th June
07/06/18
This meeting of the C&NW PCSG was held at the Ambleside Community Sports Club in Nuneaton on Thursday 7th June at 7:30. The meeting was well attended, and it was particularly nice to see two members who have been absent from the group for quite a while due to ill health. We had an informal and constructive exchange of experiences. This was followed by a brief description and discussion on the "Holistic Needs Assessment" application developed by Warwick University Medical School.
UHCW Support Group Meeting on Monday 4th June
04/06/18
The latest UHCW Support Group meeting was well attended. Dr Darmesh Patel, a member of the Urology team gave us a well illustrated talk on the da Vinci Robot with particular reference to radical prostatectomies. There was an excellent opportunity to ask questions relating to the operation itself as well as the recovery stages.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at Willenhall Social Club
19/05/18
This event at Willenhall Social Club was a great success - we tested 92 men! It was unusual in that we had no rush early on - just a steady flow of local men arriving, even up to the last minute. It certainly made it easier for us, as well as making time for many interesting conversations along the way. Our thanks are due to the manager, Angela Orton, who made a singular contribution to the success of this event. Angela originally invited us to hold the session, and she has supported and promoted the event at all stages.
AGM of the Prostate Cancer Support Association (Central England)
26/04/18
Our Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 26th April at 7:30 pm at the Coombe Social Club, Binley, Coventry. It was well attended and our Annual Report was reviewed and discussed. A key concern is how to increase our membership. We hope to welcome new members to our meetings and to help out with our awareness events. To view or download our Annual Report click the following link:
Annual Report - AnnualReport2017.pdf
UHCW Support Group Meeting
09/04/18
The UHCW Prostate Cancer Support Group met on Monday afternoon on 9th April. We had an excellent talk from Nurse Sarah Roth on Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and its treatments. Sarah runs an ED Clinic at UHCW. Men can be referred to her clinic by Consultants or CNSs attached to the Urology and Oncology Departments. Despite the unusually low attendance, Sarah's talk was followed by many questions and a lively discussion. Click here for a summary of the treatments discussed.