Cancer Awareness

Raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer, the importance of the NHS Screening programmes and advising on lifestyle changes to reduce risk.

Services we provide

Meet the team

the background is three tones of purple. Andrea is stood with her hand on her hip and smiling at the camera.

Andrea Mackrell

Role: Cancer Awareness Worker

How we've helped

The Cancer Awareness team regularly visit the Passport Office in Durham, as they have a large workforce from across the county. Last September they held a Macmillan Coffee Morning. This was the perfect place for us to get our message out, so we set up a screening information stand in the foyer. The relaxed setting of a coffee morning helped us to have numerous open conversations with the staff. People came forward, we handed out information leaflets on cervical, bowel,...

Cancer Awareness worker showing bowel cancer demonstration props