Prostate Cancer Awareness Event & Free PSA Test - We need your sponsorship
There is no national screening programme for the disease and we are advised that the test is not normally available on the NHS unless symptoms are displayed. That is why the Lions Club of Reading has hosted two prostate cancer awareness evenings, the first in 2013 and another on the 11th February 2014.Our aim is to make the local community aware of the disease and to offer free prostate screening tests on the night.
The cost of holding an evening of this type is approximately £8,000, largely due to the cost of the laboratory analysis (based on 400 tests @ £20.00 per person).
We are hoping to make this an annual event. If you would like to make a donation toward the cost of the next event then please click the 'mydonate' button.
Or send a cheque direct / pay direct into our Charity Account as follows:
Please make your cheques payable to: | The Lions Club of Reading and endorse the back of the cheque 'Prostate event'. c/o 20 Woods Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6NA |
Make a payment by electronic transfer to: |
Barclays Bank / Account no: 80795070 / Sort code: 20-71-03 / Name: Reading Lions Charity Trust Fund. Please use reference as 'Prostate' |
Each year more than 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 10,000 die from the disease
Men over 50 may develop early prostate cancer that is still at the curable stage
A simple blood test may indicate the signs of early changes.
Last year we gave free tests to 495 local men over the age of 50
Of those 500 men, 45 needed further medical investigation
As a result 20 men are now receiving treatment for prostate cancer that may have gone undetected
A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THE 2014 EVENT OR MADE A CONTRIBUTION ON THE NIGHT. YOUR DONATIONS WILL ENABLE US TO CONTINUE THE PSA TEST PROGRAMME.
OUR FIRST SUCCESS WAS IN 2013...... A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR 2013 SPONSORS
The following supported us in 2013. This support was very much appreciated. Thank you Dinner ...
Foster Wheeler Energy Limited
Mobile Accounting Services
Prudential plc
Quality Stationers & Printers
Reading Urology Partnership
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Lions Club of Reading registered charity no: 1126848