In April we were delighted to announce that our Charity of the Year, as voted for by you, was Cancer Research UK.
Over the coming year we hope to use our internal fundraising platform to assist Cancer Research UK. We will also be raising awareness of some of the important work the charity is doing and sharing information and resources to help keep you safe and healthy.
This month we are highlighting the importance of Cervical Screening. Cervical Screening Awareness Week runs from 17th – 23rd January 2022 and aims to encourage those who are invited for a screening to go for the test and don’t put it off.
Effecting thousands of people each year cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix, part of the female?reproductive system and is in the lower part of the womb. Finding changes in the cells through screening can help to prevent cancer developing. In 2020/21 Cancer Research UK spent nearly £1m on Cervical Cancer Research. It is the 14th most common cancer in women in the UK and there are around 3,200 new cases in the UK each year.
The NHS cervical screening programme invites women aged between 25 and 64 for cervical screening. Screening also applies to other people within this age range who have a cervix, such as trans men.
The screening test aims to pick up changes early that could develop into cervical cancer if left untreated. You can find more information about screening here: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cervical-cancer/getting-diagnosed/screening/about