Bowel Cancer Screening – Health Promotion

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month! Bowel Cancer Awareness month occurs annually and is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of bowel cancer. Throughout the month we attended a range of events across South West London.

We started Bowel Cancer Awareness month with a stand in the main entrance of St George’s Hospital on April 2. The stall was manned by Annice, our Health Promotion Assistant, gave out information and answered questions from those attending the hospital.

Lisa-Lyna was invited to host a talk on Bowel Cancer and the screening programme at FiSH on 2 April 2024.  It was a largely attended talk, with a lot of questions and discussions on Bowel Cancer as a whole.   The feedback from the event was extremely positive too.

On the 3 of April Lisa-Lyna kicked off a tour of Age UK Community Hubs in Croydon with a Bowel Cancer Talk at Scratchley Hall (pictured on the top left). The talks held during the tour were well attended and allowed for many questions and meaningful discussions on Bowel Cancer.

On the 8 of April Lisa-Lyna as part of the Age Uk tour Lisa-Lyna delivered a Bowel Cancer Talk at Selsdon Library Community Hub (pictured on the top right).

On the 25^th of April Lisa-Lyna delivered a Bowel Cancer Talk at the Age UK community hub at Edward Jobson Court (pictured on bottom right) and concluded the tour of Age UK Community Hubs with a talk at Scratchley Hall (pictured on bottom left).

Lisa-Lyna was invited by ARCC to run a talk at their weekly community hub on 29 April 2024 to raise awareness on the importance of Bowel Cancer Screening. A few of those in attendance noted that they felt encouraged to do their screen following the discussions.

To conclude Bowel Cancer Awareness month a stand was held in the entrance of St George’s Hospital. The stand was manned by Annice, who was joined by Jane Morales, the Colorectal Cancer Lead Nurse at St George’s who helped to answer questions and give out information to those attending the hospital.

19 February 2024, Wide Way Medical Centre, Mitcham. We set up a Bowel Cancer stall at Wide Way Medical Centre as part of our Health Awareness Days. The stall was in the waiting room where we were available for patients to come and ask questions about bowel cancer and the screening process.

13 February 2024, New Horizon Centre, Mitcham. Lisa-Lyna gave a talk at the Ukrainian Hub run by the Association for Polish Family. An interpreter was present at the talk. The talk was well received with a range of questions asked from those who attended.

2 February 2024, St Georges Hospital. This event was put together by the cancer team at St Georges Hospital in celebration of World Cancer Day. Various member of staff from across the trust attended this event and gave talks on cancer. Lisa-Lyna attended this event to give a presentation on Bowel Cancer, alongside the RM partners Cancer Alliance and The Breast Screening service at St Georges. Lisa-Lyna also held a stall at the event where she was able to continue sharing information.

December 14, 2023, at Kingsnympton Park Estate.

8th November 2023 at David Weir Leisure Centre.

21 October 2023 Held at Chestnuts Community Centre in Tottenham to help support the NHSE Bowel Cancer Campaign.

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month! Bowel Cancer Awareness Month occurs annually in April and is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of bowel cancer. Throughout the month we will be attending a range of events across Southwest London.

14 June 2023 at Abbey Smile Hall, Kingston. An interpreter was present during the presentation.

Saturday 21 January 2023 at The Lantern Arts Centre in Raynes Park.

11 January 2023, Kingston Library. An interpreter was present for the presentation.