World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2023
Each year in the UK around 10,500 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
In this distressing time, people are often unsure where to turn for support and are left feeling isolated.
With World Pancreatic Cancer Day on Thursday November 16, I want to reassure people that you are not alone.
Pancreatic Cancer UK’s support line specialist nurses, like myself and my colleagues, provide expert information and support for you. We are here to provide you and your family with practical steps and emotional support when you need it most.
I also need to ask people living with pancreatic cancer and their loved ones to help us as we research how our support services can reach even more people.
We particularly want to hear from those who have never been in contact with the charity before to understand where we can make a difference. There are two ways to contribute: either by taking a short survey or through a one-to-one interview.
To take part, please email servicesreach@pancreaticcancer.org.uk
Anyone affected by pancreatic cancer can call our specialist nurses for support and information on our confidential, free support line on 0808 801 0707.
Dianne Dobson, Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse.
Sign up for December Daily Dash for charity
We lost my dad to cancer in 2015, just 18 months after we’d lost my mum to the same illness.
Dad was cared for by the excellent Sue Ryder Nurses in his last days and we wanted to give something back to say thank you for helping us through one of the most difficult times in our lives. That’s how the charity’s December Daily Dash was born.
The Sue Ryder December Daily Dash asks fundraisers to run, jog or walk every day of the month to raise vital funds for the charity.
We wanted the challenge to be all about choice and accessibility – so you can do the Dash wherever, however and at any pace that you’d like.
Initially, it was just us joined by 11 friends – now there is a community of over 2,000 people that take part in the challenge to raise money for Sue Ryder’s palliative and bereavement support!
It doesn’t matter how you take it on, with friends, with family or on your own. Do it for yourself, do it to support a loved one, or do it in memory of a loved one.
Not only will running, jogging or walking every day help to raise money for Sue Ryder, which supports people through the most difficult times of their lives, whether that’s a terminal illness or the loss of a loved one, but it’s a fun way to take time out for you.
We have created a wonderful community that motivate each other to keep going through the grey, rainy days.
You can sign up to the December Daily Dash by visiting www.decemberdailydash.com
On behalf of us and Sue Ryder, thank you.
Jackie and Mark Smith, founders of the December Daily Dash and Sue Ryder fundraisers.