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UCARE news

Download UCARE's latest newsletters which detail some of the highlights and achievements in recent months.

For more information about our past events see also our updates page.

Oxford City Council logoOur thanks to…

If you are parking in the Westgate car park in Oxford, you will see UCARE on the back of your ticket! Our grateful thanks to the Oxford City car parking team for donating the advertising space.

Dates for your diary

Bath Half Marathon

7th March 2010

Runners on a starting line

On Sunday 7th March Andy Protheroe, David Cranston, Peter Cranston, Kevin Turner, Will Kellett and Paul Mcfadyen will be running the Bath Half Marathon which is one of the longest established and most popular city centre road events in the UK.

The course itself is fast and flat and covers a two lap 13.1 mile (21.1km) traffic free course straddling both sides of the River Avon. The race starts and finishes in Great Pulteney Street, in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath.

Please support us, and UCARE. Visit their fundraising page

London Marathon

25th April 2010

Tilden Lamb is running in the London Marathon to raise funds for UCARE. Visit his justgiving page.

Martin and Matthew Fowler are also running in the London Marathon to raise funds for UCARE and in memory of Ian Kirkham. Details of their fundraising page to come soon.

Walking the West Highland Way

May 2010

Colin Street and family in training

Our thanks to Colin Street, his wife and daughter who have already been training and will carry on through the winter. They will be walking the West Highland Way. This is a 95 mile footpath running from Glasgow to Fort William through the Scottish Highlands and they hope to do this in 7 days in May next year. (Not far off the record…15 hours 44 mins!!)

Visit their fundraising page.

The Blenheim Triathlon

June 5th & 6th June 2010

  • Held at Blenheim Place in Oxfordshire – a World Heritage Site.
  • Two shorter distances and a relay option makes this event accessible to competitors of all standards.
  • A festival of multi sport with a unique fun, family atmosphere
  • Secure your place for £65.

UCARE has secured 30 charity bond places for the Blenheim triathlon, which are now available to raise funds in support of the charity. You can enter as an individual or as a relay team – where one swims, one runs and one cycles [team entry takes 2 places].

For further information about the event visit the Blenheim triathlon website.

Innovative Technology Award

Our congratulations to Gemma Crane, clinical nurse specialist in Churchill Hospital’s Urology Department, who has been shortlisted for a National Health Service (NHS) 2009 Innovative Health and Social Care Technology Award for her work in developing TV-Nuts, a web-based support forum for people with testicular cancer, which was supported by UCARE. Congratulations Gemma!

TV-Nuts is updated and monitored by health professionals, who receive alerts when new comments are posted on the website. Testicular cancer patients, who can choose to remain anonymous, can visit the site at any time of the day or night to ‘chat’ with each other online. The service has received excellent feedback from patients and from clinicians who want to set up similar resources.