From Good Friday to Easter Sunday, staff at the Dairyman’s Daughter, The Bargeman’s Rest and The Steamer Inn put on their walking shoes to march a total of 1,744,405 steps – or roughly 870 miles – to help raise £1,168.81 for Prostate Cancer UK. Throughout March, which also marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, visitors to the 3 Quayside Leisure pubs were given the opportunity to guess the overall number of steps that were taken at each location over Easter weekend, with the closest answer winning a free meal for 2 at the pub where they entered. There was a £1 minimum donation to enter the competition, with all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer UK. A raffle also took place at Arreton Barns and the Dairyman’s Daughter, with all of the fourteen prizes provided by the various arts and crafts artisans onsite. Jane Gibbs, a partner in the Quayside Leisure Group:
“This charity is very close to our hearts, as both mine and my husband’s fathers were diagnosed with prostate cancer which eventually led to their deaths, although we have also had good friends and employees diagnosed early, with a much more positive outcome. It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t know someone, be it a friend or family member, that hasn’t been affected by this form of cancer”.
If you’d like to make a one-off donation to Prostate Cancer UK or set up a monthly donation, you can do so at https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/donate.
Well done for focussing on a topic many men wish to ignore. Hopefully, such campaigning and changes in the NHS, with those over 50 invited to an annual check, will be an early intervention.
I’ve run events helping men to check themselves for testicular cancer. I’ve seen it first-hand when men don’t want to approach such a subject, especially the finger-up-the-bum inspection. Men, I encourage you to visit your GP and get checked over. It doesn’t hurt, and it’s over within 5 to 7 seconds.
Again, well done on the awareness campaign.
Dan looks happy like he’s just had the finger up the bum.Good on you lad…