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Are you looking for the latest updates from Lingen Davies? Stay up to date with the latest news on the charity and how we continue to enhance local cancer services.
Are you looking for the latest updates from Lingen Davies? Stay up to date with the latest news on the charity and how we continue to enhance local cancer services.
News 12th November 2024
Lingen Davies’ LiveLife team has been involved in a project in 2024 delivering our Cancer Champions training to prison staff and prisoners at Stoke Heath Prison in Market Drayton. Earlier this year the team held a wellbeing session at the prison, alongside this, staff and prisoners have attended the Cancer Champion cancer awareness training that […]
News 7th November 2024
A Telford-based artist and prostate cancer survivor has donated £25,000 worth of his art to a leading cancer charity in the region. John Wragg, an artist, former art teacher and road manager for British rock band Roxy Music, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016. The 78-year-old from Oakengates, was living in Spain at the […]
News 5th November 2024
Lingen Davies is calling for public venues to add sanitary bins to male toilets and raise awareness that a lack of them is letting men down. Incontinence can be a side effect of cancer and cancer treatment for many men who can be left with serious bladder and bowel problems following treatment for bowel or […]
News 31st October 2024
Lingen Davies has been piloting an open water swimming project to help men and women with their wellbeing following a breast cancer diagnosis in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales. Earlier this year, Nicky O’Sullivan, a Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist at Telford Princess Royal Hospital, contacted us to see how we could work together […]
News 23rd October 2024
Titty Trail Shropshire 2024 was held on 12th October to mark breast cancer awareness month with an aim to get people walking and talking, breaking the taboos surrounding checking your chest and attending your cancer screenings. More than 225 people walked 10 miles across the Shropshire Hills to raise awareness of breast cancer and boost […]
News 23rd October 2024
Two decades ago, Louise Dawson joined us as an appeals assistant and 20 years on she has been an integral part of the changes that have seen the charity grow to a team of 14. There were just two members of the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund team when Louise joined in 2004. Very sadly, Louise’s […]
News 9th October 2024
More than 140 of you went all out for local cancer services recently – turning the air above the beautiful Meadow Springs Holiday Park into a glorious technicolour rainbow! It’s just the second time we’ve run a dedicated Mid Wales Colour Run – last year’s launch event in Newtown’s Parc Dolerw was an overwhelming success […]
News 13th September 2024
Two intrepid athletes have taken on a five-day challenge for us – raising almost £5,000! Elaine Currie and Julie Turner took on the challenge after being inspired by fellow fundraisers at last year’s Lingen Davies celebration evening. They decided to do something a bit different and so chose to do five triathlons across five consecutive […]
News 10th September 2024
A charity golf day held in memory of a young bowel cancer patient has raised a fantastic £4,063. Chris Embrey is married to Rachel Embrey, a Cancer Nurse at the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre at RSH, and along with his family organised the charity golf day in memory of his brother in May on the […]
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