Shepway Veterans raise £6,445 for Tackle on The 3 Peaks Challenge
Shepway Veterans, a group of men over 45 have just completed the challenge of a lifetime: climbing the 3 highest peaks in the UK, starting with Ben Nevis in Scotland, then onto Scafell Pike in England and finishing with Snowdon in North Wales raising awareness and funds for Tackle Prostate Cancer. Back in August 2017 […]
Prostate Pedallers Open Day – Get Physically and Mentally Fit
Prostate Pedallers is an exercise club whose aim is to help you become both mentally and physically fitter so that you are in the best possible shape and state of mind to keep your prostate cancer at bay.
Shepway Veterans take on the 3 Peaks Challenge
Good luck to the Shepway Veterans, a group of men over 45 from South East Kent who are taking on the challenge of a lifetime between 10 and 12 September: to climb the 3 highest peaks in the UK, starting with Ben Nevis in Scotland, then on to Scafell Pike in England and finishing with Snowdon in […]
Tackle Trustee faces his fears with a paragliding jump in Turkey
Tackle Prostate Cancer has recently teamed up with Wiltshire Walking Football Club to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. Tackle Trustee Alphonso Archer -a member of Wilts WFC – recently faced his fears with a paragliding jump in Turkey. Alphonso took to the skies wearing his Tackle Walking Football bib. Read the full story here.
Tackle teams up with Wiltshire Walking Football Club to help raise awareness of prostate cancer
Tackle has teamed up with Wiltshire Walking Football Club to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. Walking football is different to regular Association Football and is aimed at the over 50s age group, teams are springing up across the country. Many tournaments are now catering exclusively for the over 60s age group. It has very […]
Towards Prostate Cancer Screening
Chris Booth, a member of our Clinical Advisory Board, reports on the outcomes of our Conference theme of “Prostate Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen”: Over 47,000 UK men are diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) every year and nearly 12,000 die from it, a greater death rate now than for breast cancer. Aside from […]
Wondering about Active Surveillance? Watch this video
Tackle Partner Member Orchid Male Cancer has produced a well-produced and informative video about Active Surveillance which features former Tackle Chairman Roger Wotton. More and more men will be being offered Active Surveillance as our ability to classify the aggressiveness of prostate cancer improves even further.
Tackle Appoints new Trustee
Tackle is very pleased to announce the appointment of Alphonso Archer as a Trustee with immediate effect. Alphonso spoke very eloquently about his prostate cancer story at the prostate cancer screening discussion we held in the House of Commons earlier this year. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer so recommended his brother to have a […]
Father’s Day cycling spin by South Warwickshire PCSG
South Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group aimed to “tackle” Prostate Cancer with a Father’s Day and Save a Dad charity spin ride which was held at the Leisure Centre in Stratford-on-Avon on 16th June and raised over £1000. The support Group joined Tackle Prostate Cancer’s Cycle to the Moon, Save a Dad campaign, a major fundraising […]
Support Tackle on Father’s Day – Let’s Save a Dad
Tackle’s fundraising campaign Cycle to the Moon is in full swing this year as we target £250,000 – £1 for every mile to the moon. Many thanks for all the supporters who have joined us this year (see, for example, what South Warwickshire PCSG are doing on Father’s Day) and also to the motorbiking community who have […]