BRIGG PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISING GROUP LAUNCHED

 

The Brigg Prostate Cancer Fundraising Group has been formed.
Brigg Rotary Club has been supportive with a £500 grant and Tesco let them undertake a collection which raised another £500.
The group now needs more helpers and individual donations.
Plenty of men have been affected by prostate cancer so there should be support.
FROM DAVID BRITTAIN

Brigg Prostate Cancer Fundraising Group has been set up to support and raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK in the Brigg area.
The idea was the brainchild of local councillor and Deputy Mayor Coun Brian Parker and along with local residents Steve Pearce, David Brittain and Paul McCormick their aim is to heighten awareness in the wider community.
Their mission is to raise funds for ProstateCancer UK but as importantly to raise awareness and encourage more men to be more open about the condition and take the diagnostic tests. www.prostatecanceruk.org
Prostate cancer is one of the top causes of premature death amongst men and the development of advanced tests to diagnose the type of cancer and most appropriate treatment all takes money to fund research.
Research is vital if we are to be as successful as the breast cancer campaign that has radically changed the lives of women through screening and advances in diagnosis and treatment. We would like to think that a higher profile of this condition could have a similar effect for men.
Prostate cancer mainly affects men over 50 and your risk increases as you get older. Statistically, 1 in 8 men in the UK will get Prostate cancer at some point in their lives and it is important that the disease is diagnosed at an early stage to enable prompt and effective treatment to take place.
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Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer in men with over 47,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year – that's 129 men every day. It has overtaken breast cancer to become the third biggest killer.
Every 45 minutes one man dies from prostate cancer – that's more than 11,000 men every year, however, over 330,000 men are living with and after prostate cancer.
With high quality research, we can dramatically reduce the avoidable deaths and enable sufferers to return to active and productive lives.
Recent developments in treatment, detection and immune system therapy have been successful in some men but are only the start of work needed to combat this cancer.
Many men and family members will have contracted Prostate Cancer or know of others affected and we would welcome people registering with us to support the campaign and help us with events etc. as the fund raising gathers momentum.
Excellent advice can be gathered from the national organisation or the Scunthorpe group but they do not raise money locally. 
https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-support/find-local-support/procas-lincsandhumber
If you would like to support the drive towards earlier and better diagnosis and treatment then:
Please contact: Dave Brittain on 01652 652160 or email at dave41brittain@gmail.com
Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/BriggPCFG/  where you will find a link to a Just Giving page for on-line donations.

PICTURED ABOVE: Mickey and David Brittain collecting donations from shoppers at the Tesco store in Brigg.

Paul McCormick, left, and Steve Pearce

FOUNDER GROUP: Left to right: Paul McCormick, Steve Pearce, Coun Brian Parker and David Brittain

The Reverend Canon Michael Silley and Coun Brian Parker

Sue and Steve Pearce