Our Stories
Cancer patients and their families are at the heart of what we do. Read a selection of inspirational stories from the people we’ve helped and hear from those who volunteer and support our work.
Derek’s Story
Derek, 67, from Bings Heath was diagnosed with grade five prostate cancer in March 2024 after visiting his GP to discuss troubles with his waterworks. Derek was sure something wasn’t ‘quite right’, so he was persistent and continued to visit his GP until a biopsy was done.
Colin Pritchard
Colin, 77 was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August 2022 and his treatment will continue until September 2025. Colin lived with symptoms for over 7 years before he finally got a diagnostic blood test.
Lyn’s Story
Lyn is a well-known Shropshire artist. She was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer that was picked up during her mammogram. She shares her story to encourage others to get tested.
Clare Roberts
Clare has been volunteering as a graphic designer for Lingen Davies, and she chose to support the charity after her dad was treated at the centre.
#ThankYouThursday to staff and clients of the Welshpool Livestock Market for their incredible fundraising efforts for us!
Following a very successful Christmas raffle held at the Christmas Cracker Market in December, a total of £1860 was raised - a brilliant total considering the dreadful weather at the time!
Welshpool Livestock Market has been a really keen supporter of Lingen Davies and raised £2,500 for us in 2023. Their total fundraising efforts to date for us stand at just over £9,000.
Thank you so much to everyone involved.
Pictured with Angela here are staff from WLS, including Kim on the left hand side who recently gave funeral donations to Lingen from her Mum's funeral#midwalesw#walesw#shropshires#cancercharitya#supportersr#livestockmarketa#christmascrackermarketa#CommunityFundraisingising ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done girls
Excellent xx
If you're based in Mid Wales, or just happen to be in the area next Wednesday we'd love you to join us for our open day in Newtown.
We'll be in our Plas Dolerw base with partners from a variety of organisations delivering support for patients. Join us to hear about plans for the year, how you can join our events programme, and how we're developing our holistic therapy programmes to benefit those living with and beyond cancer in the community.
Please drop in for a chat and a cuppa between 10am and 2pm, we will also be delivering a short talk about our Bins for Boys campaign at 11am.
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In case you missed it we're holding a Bins for Boys open evening and would love you to come along and hear how you can support the project. We'll be joined by the team who launched the awareness drive in Bishops Castle - as well as a few patients who will share why this is such an important scheme and really can make a life-changing difference.
Do let us know if you can join us - and take a look at the website for more details on this work: bit.ly/4fdo1y2
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This is such an amazing initiative