How the Group gets involved...

"I’ve gained so much knowledge about bowel cancer since my diagnosis, I just wanted to share that with others and to let them see that there can be a positive outcome to a traumatic experience."
- Sue Judge

"With the operation to remove my tumour looming I felt that I needed some additional support – to talk to someone who had been through it too. Beating Bowel Cancer put me in touch with someone quickly and it was an enormous relief to share some of my worries and concerns with someone other than close relatives and friends. I would recommend it to anyone facing a battle with bowel cancer."
- Peter James Medwell

"I decided to produce a booklet – My Genetic Journey – as there wasn’t a lot of written information for patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and I wanted people in a similar situation to mine to be able to read more about treatments and investigations. I also included personal and often humorous glimpses of my early life so it was not all about cancer and genetics. 56 pages, 17,000 words later (having failed my English GCSE twice this was quite an achievement) I hope to be able to increase awareness whilst raising funds for Beating Bowel Cancer."
- Mick Mason

Patient Voice and former bowel cancer patient Derek Box took part in our Borneo Trek in June 2006, followed by a second trek to India with the charity in February 2007. A remarkable personal achievement for him and a fantastic inspiration to others!

Pat Dimeloe collected a cheque for £380 from Mackwell Electronics on behalf of Beating Bowel Cancer. Pat’s husband David is the Managing Director of Mackwell, and his team organised fundraising through a Christmas raffle and sponsored singing to raise the funds. Thank you!