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Kendal, South Lakes .

On Friday the 3rd of November our Kendal "drop in" takes place from 10am til Noon. 

We meet at Cancer Care, Blackhall Road, Kendal. LA9 4BT. Just across from Kendal Bus Station.

Drop in for a chat and a brew, We talk about Prostates and stuff. Just so you realise it aint just you.

All welcome, We dont care where you live, Bring a mate or your partner or toddle in by yourself.

Lancaster, Slynedales.

On Tuesday the 14th of November We meet at Cancer Care , Slynedales, Lancaster. LA2 6ST

Our meeting at Slynedales takes place from 6pm through to 8pm.

This month we have a talk by Nathan Skelton, Below is a taster of the topic.

The five NHS Trusts that manage our hospitals in Lancashire and South Cumbria have been working together with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) to look at how cancer services can be improved. Initially, this includes urological cancers (bladder, prostate and kidney) and head and neck cancer procedures (incorporating Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) specialties).

Currently, procedures for these types of cancer are carried out at varying levels across our hospitals. Some hospitals only offer some procedures, some offer all procedures, and some hospitals don’t offer any. Some also offer support for hospitals operated by other NHS Trusts, with patients travelling between hospitals for some procedures.

To learn more, You will need to come to the meeting.  

We were invited to have a bit of an awarenes day at Kendal RUFC on Saturday the 21st of October.

This coincided with a match againt Blackburn,  So not really suitable for a talk, but we handed out some PCUK info and some of our nice new flyers,

We were given a great write up in the match programme and hopefully our message got through.

If your group or club would be interested in hosting us for an awareness day or even a short talk

on Prostate Cancer and why you should be concerned, Message us and we can arrange a date.

Our October meetings are held in Kendal and Lancaster.

We are in the Cancer Care building on Blackhall Road, Kendal  LA9  4BT 

On Friday the 6th of October

It is across from the multi story carpark.  From 10am until Noon,  A natter, a Brew and a biscuit or two.

All welcome, Feel free to bring a Partner or a Mate.

On the 10th of October, Our Slynedales group meet in the evening, from 6pm until 8pm.

Sometimes we have visiting speakers, Some clinical and some not.

We are always on the lookout for speakers,

If you know anyone who would be happy to talk to a bunch of old blokes and be paid in biscuits, We would love to hear from you.

Slynedales is on the A6 heading north out of Lancaster.

Slynedales,  Slyne Road, Lancaster, LA2 6ST .

We also have a zoom meeting on a Sunday morning from 10am until Noon.

Please message for the invite. 

Again, You are all welcome

Not to forget our friends in the Furness Group.

Their next meeting is on the 9th of October.

We meet the second Monday of each month from 1pm to 3pm

at Hawcoat Park Sports Club (Vickers Sports Club),

Hawcoat Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 4HF
We are open to ALL patients, carers, family and friends. Please come along .

Thats about it for the time being.

Blink twice and a whole month hurtles by:

September meeting at Slynedales with our Presidente doing a presentation and a talk and I completly forgot to take a picture!

If you were at the meeting and happend to take a picture or two, Please can I share it here, 

We had the best turnout for a long time, Some Kendal folk and those lads from Barra' joined us.

Alison made some pertinent points about this group and it's future, We really need two or three younger and fresh faces on the committee ,

Someone to help with the social media side of things, If one person just took on updating facebook and another updating twitter etc, Just spread the load a little, it would be a great help.

I will be tweaking this site a little over this weekend, So please remember F5  or refresh the page when you return, Time for some coffee methinks.