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| Media volunteer newsletter – April 2025 Dear Media Volunteer,April is bowel cancer awareness month and as such, a particularly busy time of year for MVL. Between the Bowelbabe Fund, Bobby Moore Fund and more recent focus on bowel cancer created by the likes of the inspirational Dame Deborah James, it’s an area where we increasingly rely on media volunteers with experiences of bowel cancer to share their stories. Media volunteers like Ellie (pictured with her fiancé Rory and dog Alfie), who was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer but, happily, is now living cancer free. The 28-year-old from Peterborough has spoken to the media for us, recently been filmed as part of our work with our Partnerships team and, just last week, appeared in front of hundreds of Cancer Research UK staff as part of a panel at an internal meeting discussing progress around bowel cancer treatment. Away from bowel cancer, we’ve also asked media volunteers to share their stories for a blog about radiotherapy treatment and also had young people with a cancer experience included in an article for our Digital News webpages. For more information on both those stories and more, keep reading.Thank you for being a media volunteer. Best wishes, Keyan Milanian Media Volunteer Liaison Team |
| How your stories are helping us The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is back on Channel 4 at the moment, and powerful Media Volunteer stories are at the heart of the series. Thank you to all our supporters who feature in these, including Matt, whose film featured in the second episode. Read Matthew’s story here Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Awareness MonthFour Media Volunteers are featuring in a special Digital News article this April, as we mark Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month. Thanks to Asha (pictured), Zaid, Eilidh and Taylor for sharing their experiences of what changed when they were diagnosed, and Asha is featuring in a poster in our shops too. Read the article here Radiotherapy BlogFive media volunteers have shared their stories for an article we’ve put together about radiotherapy. Used to treat an estimated 140,000 people with cancer every year, radiotherapy is considered a vital tool in the treatment of cancer. A huge thank you to Laurel (pictured), Sue, David, Peter, and Jesse.Read more here |
| Plays For LifeMedia volunteer Shannon united with other supporters, celebrities and scientists in a video to launch our ultimate Race for Life playlist. The mum of one was inspired to take part after being successfully treated for a rare form of ovarian cancer. In the video, she explains why ‘Sweet Caroline’ by Neil Diamond means so much to her.Watch the video here |
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