This page is devoted to a number of charities who have supported and collaborated with the National Germ Cell Group for a number of years, but some new to this conference.
We rely on them to keep our group connected to our patient group and to help raise awareness of testicular cancer and germ cell cancer.
About Our Charity and Activities:
It’s On the Ball is a Testicular Cancer awareness and support charity based in Norwich which offers its services throughout the East Anglia region (Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, & Suffolk), and beyond. The charity was formed in 2014 under the guidance of Dr Susanna Alexander, a Consultant Medical Oncologist based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. (Registered Charity No. 1155510).
The main aims of the charity are to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer, and to support patients affected by the disease and their families.
Support activities include:
Awareness activities include:
To enable these aims, the charity organises fundraising events throughout the year, and relies on donations from local businesses and the general public. The charity does not receive any funding via the NHS or any other governmental body.
UCARE (Urology Cancer Research and Education) is an Oxford-based charity
committed to improving the treatment and care of cancer patients nationally
through research and education.
Our Aims
Raising Awareness
Thanks to ongoing research there have been real advances in cancer care in recent years.
We remain committed to highlighting the importance of prevention and early detection of urological cancer, in order to complement these improved treatments.
Alongside our commitment to funding research is our determination to reach as many people as possible, sharing knowledge which can protect them.
We work in an area which has relatively low public awareness, but, with your help and support we could make a significant breakthrough.
For further information go to www.ucare-oxford.org.uk
We provide hands-on support for men with testicular cancer in the South-West, as well as raising awareness of the disease across the region and beyond.
It’s in the Bag is run by a group of testicular cancer survivors with support from specialist NHS staff. We have three simple aims:
With our upbeat approach to awareness, we’ve reached thousands, as well as improving the wellbeing of hundreds of the South-West’s testicular cancer patients. In 2012, we won the QIC ‘Cancer Charity Initiative of the Year’ award in recognition of the real impact our support activities are having on patients’ quality of life and in 2015 won Campaign of the Year in the Bristol Post health and care awards.
Ovacome is the UK’s national ovarian cancer support charity.
We have been providing personalised support and information to those diagnosed with ovarian cancer and their loved ones for 25 years. We also support any healthcare professionals working in the field.
We are at the heart of the ovarian cancer community and as a membership charity, we work to directly meet the needs of those affected by the disease.
Our support services include:
We also work to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, as well as the lived experiences of those affected by it. We run our B.E.A.T. symptom awareness campaign among the general public and educate students doctors and nurses through our Survivors Teaching Students programme.
Find out more about our work and how we can support you at www.ovacome.org.uk, or by calling 0800 008 7054, or by emailing support@ovacome.org.uk .
Donate here if you would like to help
Wendy Gough Cancer Awareness Foundation was set up because Wendy lost her teenage son Matthew to Testicular Cancer 24 years ago. The charity uses school talks to shatter the taboos about cancer allowing freedom to talk about cancer. Soon after Matthew’s death, Wendy worked for many years with ICR as a volunteer for their Everyman Team until it folded, raising awareness in schools on their behalf. Our charity was then formed to carry on this vital awareness work.
The aim is to teach students how to take responsibility for their bodies, including information on lifestyle choices about drugs, smoking, diet, obesity and alcohol. How to recognize early symptoms and listen to their bodies – and how to report ‘changes’ sufficiently quickly to their Doctors and request appropriate tests thus enhancing their chances of survival.
We had a film made which is easy for schools to use, plus leaflets all available to every secondary school in the UK, FREE of charge. PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education – which has been made compulsory for schools to teach from last year) Wendy worked tirelessly with the Government to get this taught in all secondary schools as part of the now ‘compulsory” part of PSHE.
Hundreds of thousands of young people have heard these talks over the years that she has been visiting schools.
Orchid is the UK’s leading charity working on behalf of anyone affected by or interested in male specific cancer – prostate, testicular and penile cancer. Established in 1996 by testicular cancer patient Colin Osborne MBE and the oncologist who saved his life, Professor Tim Oliver, Orchid exists to save men’s lives from male cancer through a range of support services, education and awareness campaigns and a pioneering research programme.
Orchid also has a dedicated National Male Cancer Helpline 0808 802 0010
Our Story
Baggy Trousers UK shares the stories of those affected by testicular cancer, raising awareness of the signs and symptoms and the importance of regular self examination. As a charity, they also provide emotional, financial and peer support to anyone with a diagnosis.
