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.
Andy’s Story
Andy's prostate cancer diagnosis ultimately left him with severe incontinence and other ongoing health issues. He now wants to raise awareness about the need for more public venues to have bins for men in their facilities.
Jayne’s story
Jayne saw her step-dad pass away from prostate cancer and has had two lots of cancer operations herself - she wants to use her experience to help others and has become a valued cancer champion.
Alice’s Story
Marc’s daughter Alice Christian vows to continues his legacy for Lingen Davies
Catherine’s Story
Catherine found a peppercorn-sized lump in her breast and since then has had recurring breast cancer. She shares her experience to help and suppport others.
We've officially launched a new project in the region we serve - Bins for Boys!
Bins for Boys is calling on public venues which don't have a sanitary bin in their men's toilets to sign up to become a Bins for Boys venue and ensure they have somewhere for men to dispose of their pads, pouches, stomas, catheters, colostomy or ileostomy bags (small intestine v large intestine stoma bags).
Incontinence can be a side effect of cancer and cancer treatment for bowel or prostate treatment (and other illnesses such as Chron's disease and irritable bowel syndrome).
The lack of male sanitary bins in public venues such as bars, cafes, leisure facilities etc is letting men down and it's a low-cost and easy fix - we know that many venues aren't aware of the issue, and would happily sign up to become a Bins for Boys venue!
We've created a webpage where venues can sign up, we'll supply stickers for the venue to display, add the venue to our interactive google map on the website so men can plan their trips out and plug them joining in on social media (a free business plug!).
Bishops Castle in south Shropshire has become our first Bins for Boys venue in the region we serve (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales) with 11 venues already signed up.
To mark the launch, our CEO, Chair of Trustees, Mayor of Bishops Castle Josh Dickin, Lingen Davies staff and volunteers, businesses from Bishops Castle who have pledged to join Bins for Boys and Danny Lloyd - Jones, a 36-year-old bowel cancer survivor from Oswestry who has really got behind the Bins for Boys project and knows from first-hand personal experience, how treatment and its aftermath can affect men going out and about joined together.
Find out more on and sign up on our website here: bit.ly/4fdo1y2
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Absolutely LOVE this! Such an amazing project! Well done team! 💜
Great initiative!
Suzanna Cartwright you could sign up for some stickers for the bins you encouraged your work place to put in place for the men 😊 xxxx
Makes sense! Well done 👏 👏
Fabulous project!! Well Done
This is so important. My dad has a colostomy.
Val Mckay
Excellent.
Amazing x
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It's Trustees Week all week and we want to say a HUGE thank you to all our trustees.
Trustees are volunteers and they support our enthusiastic and driven staff team to deliver the charity’s aims and ambitions – none of which could be done without the hard work of volunteers and fundraisers.
The charity is overseen by the board of trustees drawn from the local community who have a diverse range of backgrounds including medical, accountancy, HR and banking.
You can read all about Tim Cooper, our Chair of Trustees here: bit.ly/3N8M0Cb
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Tim's Story - Lingen Davies
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Tim's Story Over 35 years a charity is sure to see some changes – and Tim Cooper has seen them all at Lingen Davies! To celebrate 45 years since the launch of the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund, the char...Comment on Facebook
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Thanks so much to Shrewsbury firefighter Lee Roberts who is donating 10% of the proceeds of his 2025 calendar of Shrewsbury photographsto Lingen Davies.
Lee has been taking photographs of Shrewsbury for the last 10 years and has carefully chosen 12 of these to go in the calendar.
The images include shots of the High Street, River Severn, the Square and Old Market Hall, the various bridges and Shrewsbury Castle among others.
You can see more of these brilliant images and purchase the calendar in our Lingen Davies shop via the link here: bit.ly/4dWXbsn
Thank you very much Lee for your support which will go towards improving the lives of those living with and beyond cancer in our region. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks so much Lee, it's a beautiful calendar, with great images of Shrewsbury 💙💛
Well done 👏
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏