Stoke Cancer Awareness Programme

2nd June – 8th June

Sam, a volunteer for the Burslem team, has spent the last week on work placement at NHS Stoke on Trent. We went to see Lee Findler at the hospital and talked about the Bowel Cancer screening programme and Jane Kirby at the Breast Cancer Screening clinic. Sam also helped to chair the Norton and Bradeley team meeting. “Its been a great opportunity working with Jill and helping to organise events and also meet the other volunteers. I’ve really enjoyed my time and I have gained some great experience. Thanks Jill!”

6^th June – Longton Carnival

A big thanks to everyone who came to help out at the Longton carnival. We spoke to over 300 people altogether, including the 48 that Lynne and Margaret spoke to at their church meeting that morning. That’s fantastic!!!

It was a lovely day until towards the end when the rain came down, and when everyone started to come in the tent for shelter we used this as an opportunity to hand out our leaflets.

It was a great day and once again thank you everyone for your support.

3^rd June

Sheila and Sam from the Burslem team went to PHAB freewheelers at Burslem day centre. The PHAB freewheelers is an organisation for people, some of whom are physically disabled and some are not and provides opportunities for people to share in social activities. They managed to speak to around 50 people, not bad for an hours work!

The Longton team spoke to 100 workers at DHL last week during lunch time.  The team spilt up to ensure both canteens got covered. Lynn even walked across the site to the smoking shelter to tell them about the early signs of cancer.