EVERYMAN MALE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

THE seventh Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month is being held in June and it will be bigger than ever before. An annual focus on prostate and testicular cancer is organised by The Institute of Cancer Research as part of an on-going campaign to increase both awareness and funding for vital research into these cancers.

Prostate cancer kills one man every hour in the UK and testicular cancer in the last twenty years has risen by 70 per cent, the Everyman Campaign is calling on all men to be aware of these cancers and not die of ignorance. 

The main program of press events and fundraising initiatives will take place during June. However, other events have been planned in the run up to June to encourage people to support the work of The Institute and the Everyman campaign now and in the future.

RAINHILL WOMAN ADDS PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY AWARD TO ACHIEVEMENTS

FIONA MCDONNELL from Rainhill in Merseyside, received the award for Contract Catering District Manager of the Year at this year’s Cost Sector Catering Awards, held at the Hilton London Metropole last month.

McDonnell has been in the healthcare industry for 18 years, and has worked for Sodexho for the past eight years. In 2002 due to her strong leadership and management abilities, together with her flexible and professional approach she was promoted to her current district manager position for NHS North and last year received Sodexho’s own District Manager of the Year Award.

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YOUNGSTERS TO SCORE IN MINI EURO 2004!

FROM rap to writing, sport to singing, teenagers in Liverpool could be soon be hitting the mic and the dancefloor – and could be the stars of the future, thanks to their after-school club Edge Hill Youth Club being one of the first in the country to gain official Make Space Status!

Make Space is a campaign to create a nation-wide network of contemporary after-school clubs for young people, funded by the Nestlé Trust. 

The status means that the club can now apply for a number of activities which Make Space provides for its clubs. These include making records, learning new sports and dance moves, and taking part in courses on subjects such as creative writing. 

Edge Hill Youth Club in Durning Road, was awarded the status after providing evidence that it met the criteria, which include ensuring that the young people have a chill out room in which they can relax after school hours and have access to activities, including sports and quiet areas for study.

As a Make Space Club, they will be entitled to receive a number of unique activity programmes, especially developed for Make Space. The purpose of these programmes is to ensure that young people have the opportunity to take part in activities which are both safe and appealing to them. 

Boredom is one of the main complaints of young people throughout the UK, with six out of ten teenagers and eight out of ten parents thinking that there is simply not enough for young people to do in their area, and 80 per cent of teenagers admitting to often feeling bored.

The aim of the Make Space clubs and the activities they provide is to alleviate this boredom and provide young people with a stimulating and sociable place to congregate.