26 March 2008
The Prostate Cancer Charity announces new award to improve experience of men living with prostate cancer
The Prostate Cancer Charity has launched a new award scheme, inviting applications for a grant of up to £25,000 to fund a project aimed at improving the lives of men living with prostate cancer.
The award will support the search for practical ways to improve the experience of men with prostate cancer, through the ‘patient journey’ of referral, diagnosis, treatment and living with a cancer diagnosis.
The Jeremy Gambrill Award is made in memory of a former trustee of The Prostate Cancer Charity who died of prostate cancer in 2002, aged only 54. A former marketing director of Jane’s publishing house, Jeremy set up his own publishing company in 1996. The following year he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. From that moment he began a relentless fight to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and giving them a voice, contributing hugely as a patients’ advocate in the NHS and beyond.
The award could be used to fund travel abroad to a prostate cancer centre of excellence, with specific objectives and outcomes to be brought ‘home’, or a project looking at the experience of men with prostate cancer who are more likely to be subject to inequality in experience through, for example, age or ethnicity. Applicants may want to do a feasibility study of some aspect of care, or a pilot study of a more developed idea.
The Prostate Cancer Charity Chief Executive, John Neate, said:
“We are delighted to be able to make this award in honour of Jeremy Gambrill, who did so much to campaign for a stronger voice for people affected by cancer. We hope the award can create a great opportunity for someone to make a strong contribution in changing the lives of men living with prostate cancer.”
Anyone can apply for the award whether they are from a medical background, men with prostate cancer or people affected by it, policy makers or health service managers.
Further details and the application form are available at http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/research/jgambrill.asp
The application form must be submitted to the Charity’s offices by 5pm on 17 June.
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For further information contact: Lilas Allen, Nikki Nagler or Nick Spears on 020 8222 7653/670/648. Out of hours contact: 0798 432 5001. Email: Lilas.Allen@prostate-cancer.org.uk, Nicola.Nagler@prostate-cancer.org.uk or Nicholas.spears@prostate-cancer.org.uk
Notes to editors
Every year nearly 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United Kingdom and 10,000 men die from it. Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK – every hour at least one man dies from this disease.
African Caribbean men are three times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than their white counterparts.
The Prostate Cancer Charity is striving for a world where lives are no longer limited by prostate cancer. The Charity is fighting prostate cancer on every front - through research, support, information and campaigning.
If you have any queries about prostate cancer call The Prostate Cancer Charity's confidential helpline 0800 074 8383 which is staffed by specialist nurses and open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday and Wednesdays from 7 - 9pm or visit www.prostate-cancer.org.uk