Pancreatic cancer affects over 8,000 patients a year and touches the lives of many more. Despite being the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the UK it is not well known, it’s still poorly understood by many, including some medical professionals and, it has been chronically under-funded for decades.
Now is the time to take action!
We need more people to be made aware of the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer so more can be diagnosed in time for surgery – currently the only potential for a cure.
We will provide leaflets and posters to you free of charge – call us on 01428 654740 or email enquiries@pancreaticcanceraction.org
Click on the link for more fundraising for pancreatic cancer ideas and download our Fundraising Tool Kit for ideas and advice. See how others have been fundraising for us
We also have t-shirts, balloons, pansy lapel badges and wristbands to order – scroll down the page for more information.
*STOP PRESS* HOUSE OF COMMONS DINNER, NOVEMBER 18TH – GUEST SPEAKER NICK HEWER FROM BBC TV’s THE APPRENTICE
Pancreatic Cancer Action t-shirt
Pancreatic Cancer Action lapel badge
Silicone wiristbands
We have a range of merchandise available for you to order to help with your awareness/fund-raising event. They include:
Need inspiration? Then download our Fundraising Toolkit here:http://pancreaticcanceraction.org/etc/Fundraising-Toolkit.zip
As part of the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, we are focussing in on one “Action Day”: Friday 4th November.
We would like you to help us turn this day purple and to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer.
It doesn’t need to be complicated or even a large event or activity; just something you can do in your community to spread the messages about pancreatic cancer to everyone you know (& even to those you don’t!)
Encourage your friends and colleagues to do the same and collect donations for PCA. You don’t need to be head-to-toe in purple, but the more you can wear, the greater the impact! We have PCA t-shirts to purchase (£5 each) and can send out balloons, posters and leaflets to you free of charge (see below).
We have a fabulous purple cupcake recipe on our website and the photo right (Courtesy of Nat Essex) shows how it can be done!
Theme your party with purple and dance the night away while at the same time raising awareness and much needed funds for PCA.
To reflect the fact that pancreatic cancer is often described as a ‘silent cancer’ a sponsored silence is a good way to illustrate this and raise funds at the same time
Also if you are a medical professional, why not put one up in clinic or if you are a patient, why not ask if you can put one up in the foyer of your local hospital (near the cafe is always good for passing visitors!) We are currently developing a range of posters for the 2011 campaign which we can send out to you free of charge along with leaflets and balloons (see below).
Be it a gala ball, a quiz night, bridge-night, karaoke evening, fashion show, purple golf tournament….the options are endless.
This worked well in Haslemere, Surrey last year when we got in touch with the local Chamber of Commerce who were very helpful in spreading the word about the awareness week (now a month). Retailers don’t have to have the display up for a month, instead a week around our Pancreatic Cancer Action Day (4th November) would be ideal.
