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1st March 2011

Tenovus: April’s Member of the Month

 

 

Tenovus, Wales’ leading cancer charity aims to help prevent, treat and find cures for cancer. They offer support, advice and treatment for cancer patients; information on cancer prevention; and funding for research to improve the outcomes for people with cancer. 

Here are just a few of the things Tenovus are up to:

  • Their ‘Here Comes the Sun’ campaign aims to raise awareness of skin cancer, explaining its link to over exposure of ultraviolet radiation, whether from sun beds or from sunbathing un- unprotected.

Skin cancer costs the Welsh health and social care system over £14 million per year. Prevention is significantly cheaper than cure, so increasing awareness is key.

Touring some of Wales’s hot spots this summer in their branded van such as the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells and Big Cheese in Caerphilly, Tenovus are distributing free suncream and chatting to people about the risks of exposure. 



In addition, Tenovus are working with dermatologists and other health professionals to run mole clinics and skin cancer awareness days utilising the suncream van.

Childhood sunburn can double the risk of getting skin cancer later in life and a recent poll showed nearly a third of teenagers never use sunscreen.  Tenovus are campaigning for sunscreen to be made available for all children under 11 years old in Wales. In addition, they’re launching an interactive schools programme for primary and secondary school children, exploring sun safety messages through core curriculum subjects.


  • Working in partnership with the Football Association of Wales, Tenvous has raised an impressive £48,000 at the Tenovus Football Legends Dinner, which took place at the SWALEC Stadium on Friday 25 March.

The highest bid of the evening, ‘a made for dinner for six in your home by Michelin Starred Chef James Sommerin, Head Chef at the Whitebrook’ fetched an amazing £2,500!


  • Tenovus continue to tour Wales on the Mobile unit delivering health checks via touch screen devices. A series of questions and answers determine the risk of developing cancer by identifying any early signs and symptoms. The online format offers the recipient privacy whilst disclosing personnel information. Each participant is then offered the opportunity to discuss the findings with a qualified member of staff.

“Early detection is the key to battling cancer.” Says Tenovus’ Richard Pugh, Community Development Manager. “Every Wednesday the Tenovus Mobile Cancer Support Unit visits different locations across Wales to carry out health checks to help detect early signs and risks of developing cancer.”

To find out more about Tenovus’ activities visit their website www.tenovus.org.uk or contact Maura Matthews on 029 2076 8871 or maura.matthews@tenovus.org.uk