We're delighted at the positive impact which a health and wellbeing project run by Sheffield United Community Foundation and supported by Weston Park Cancer Charity has had for people living with cancer during the pandemic. The Fans FC (Fans Fighting Cancer) programme, also supported by the...
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Free Chesterfield cancer treatment transport service launched We are delighted to have launched a new transport service to provide people from Chesterfield who are living with cancer with free, safe travel to Sheffield hospitals for treatment. The service will operate twice daily between the University of Derby’s...
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We’re celebrating the success of a record-breaking partnership after our work with Irwin Mitchell contributed more than £100,000 towards providing treatment, enabling research and enhancing facilities for cancer patients across the region. The Charity of the Year partnership with Irwin Mitchell’s Sheffield office raised more than...
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Barnsley Football Club has shown its support for Weston Park Cancer Charity ahead of the fourth annual Weston Park Takeover Day on Good Friday when the Reds face Reading at Oakwell. The event, which takes place each season, will aim to raise awareness of Weston Park...
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We’re bidding a fond farewell to our CEO, Sam Dixon, who will be leaving her role with us in May after more than seven years with Weston Park Cancer Charity. During her time with us, Sam and the Weston Park team have supported thousands of cancer...
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Partnerships with brilliant local organisations like Barnsley FC play a huge role in supporting our aim to care in every sense for people living with cancer across the South Yorkshire, north Derbyshire and north Nottinghamshire regions. That’s why, with our fourth annual Barnsley FC Weston Park Takeover Day taking place on Good...
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By Margaret Harrison, Head of Cancer Support Services and Vicky Brady, Senior Health Care Professional The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted everybody in different ways, and as the nation takes time to reflect a year to the day since the start of the first national lockdown (23 March), our team has taken...
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We’ve partnered with a local social enterprise, called Viewpoint, to help us capture the thoughts and opinions of those facing cancer, those who support them and the people who make our work possible. The Covid-19 outbreak has disrupted so much of the treatment and support that...
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At Weston Park Cancer Charity, research is so important because one in two of us will develop cancer. And, to mark International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the vital work of Weston Park Cancer Charity-funded University of Sheffield researcher, Dr Rebecca Andrews. Rebecca is currently carrying out the...
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As a cancer patient, it’s perfectly understandable for you to have questions about taking the Covid-19 vaccination when offered it, particularly if you have recently been diagnosed or are undergoing treatment. In our commitment to care in every sense, we spoke to two experts on the...
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