News and Recent events (Page 2)
PSA Testing Event at Queen's Diamond Jubilee Centre, Rugby - Saturday 17 September 2022
17/09/22
Our annual Rugby Prostate Cancer Awareness Event, held in conjunction with the Rugby Rokeby Lions, on Saturday 17th Septemeber was a sell out. We successfully tested 242 men with the results being available the following Monday (19th September). Once again the Lions did a fantastic job organising and running this event to ensure it went so effficiently and smoothly - it was also enjoyable…
PSA Testing Event at Willenhall Social Club - Saturday 11 June 2022
11/06/22
Our latest awareness event was on 11 June at the Willenhall Social Club. We tested 58 men in a relaxed and well ordered event. As usual for these events we used the GF online booking system. As a result they have run smoothly with minimal queuing and proper social distancing…
PSA Testing Event at Coventry Sphinx Club - Saturday 12 March 2022
12/03/22
We held another successful event on 12 March at the Coventry Sphinx Club. We tested 108 men in a relaxed and well ordered event. The Mayor of Coventry, Councillor John McNicholas supported us and indeed was tested himself. For all these events we used the GF online booking system. As a result they have run smoothly with minimal queuing and proper social distancing…
PSA Testing Event at St Finbarrs - Saturday 2nd October
02/10/21
St Finbarrs Sports and Social Club – Saturday 2nd October
This was the second event since the lockdown was eased and our first in Coventry and also only the second using to use the new GF Online Booking and Results Service without assistance – we tested 142 men. All the men used the system and the event ran smoothly with minimal queuing…
PSA Testing event with Rugby Rokeby Lions
18/09/21
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 2019. We tested 1844 men, This was the first event in which we used the GF online booking system, without assistance from the GF team…
Prostate Cancer Support Association (Virtual) AGM
15/04/21
Prostate Cancer Support Association AGM - 7:30 pm Thursday 15th April 2021
We held our AGM at 7:30 pm on Thursday 15th April 2021. Due to current restrictions the meeting was held online using Zoom. The formal part of the AGM lasted for about half an hour. It was followed by a talk from Sarah Gray, Tackle Prostate Cancer’s National Support and Development Manager…
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)…
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…