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Walk for Pia: The Gavin and Stacey themed walk from Billericay to Barry Island
Pia was aged just 54 when she sadly lost her life to pancreatic cancer in September 2021, 11 months after her diagnosis. Now, Pia’s husband, Simon, and their two daughters Rhiannon and Emilia have been joined by family and friends in walking from Billericay, Essex, to Barry Island, South Wales, to honour her life, raise vital awareness and funds for the disease and celebrate her love of BBC Sitcom Gavin and Stacey!
What must the government do to save lives?
The Government has the power to drastically improve treatment, care and survival for people with pancreatic cancer. Here's how we believe they could do this.
“The support for each other really shone through”
Last month, our amazing Jog 28 miles in February participants braved the dreary weather to cover 28 miles over 28 days, raising an incredible £300k! Each and every participant was kept going by their own unique and inspiring stories, including Amy, who took part in support of her mum, Angela, sadly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2020.
‘Double Donations. Double survival.’
Thousands of you had your donations doubled by generous philanthropists last week during our ‘Double Donations. Double survival.’ Appeal. Thank you so much for helping to raise an amazing £80,000. Your support means we are doubling the impact on vital early diagnosis research.
Meeting our future volunteers
The pandemic changed so much about how we go about our working lives, forcing us all to overcome new obstacles and challenges. Like many other charities, we have adapted well to a new way of working, and recruiting volunteers has been no exception.
What’s the link between diabetes and pancreatic cancer?
Over 40% of people living with pancreatic cancer are diagnosed with diabetes. We don't know why or how this happens, but understanding this link between diabetes and pancreatic cancer could hold a vital key to earlier diagnosis.
Volunteer Recruitment Fair
We’re holding our first Pancreatic Cancer UK Virtual Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Wednesday 23rd February. Join us and find out more about how you can get involved with volunteering at Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Our Charity Lottery anniversary
Every £1 ticket that you’ve bought for our Weekly Charity Lottery has meant that we can fund vital world-leading research to find that breakthrough in new treatments and further improve the speed of diagnosis. And it means our nurses can be there for everyone affected by pancreatic cancer.
Introducing SABR treatment for pancreatic cancer
In Autumn 2020, Pancreatic Cancer UK helped to submit a proposal to NHS England, asking them to commission a type of radiotherapy called SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy), for people with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). Now, SABR treatment has been commissioned for rollout in England, thanks to a group of healthcare professionals and Pancreatic Cancer UK's Research Involvement Network (RIN).
A New ‘War on Cancer’
Emily from our Policy and Campaigns team blogs about the Health Secretary’s commitment to waging a new ‘war on cancer’ and how this should look for pancreatic cancer.
A month to remember
As Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month 2021 draws to a close, we're thrilled to share with you all the amazing ways we've raised vital awareness and funds, together, to take on this tough cancer.
Representing Less Survival Cancers in Parliament
On 10th November, we joined forces with the Less Survivable Cancer Taskforce to give evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee, addressing the dire outcomes for certain cancer types in the UK, including pancreatic cancer.