Cardiff City Stadium Tackles It for Tenovus
Monday 24th May 2010
Men are dying of ignorance in Wales - every year around 9000 men are diagnosed with cancer, that’s over 22 men every day, resulting in 5,000 deaths. Tenovus, Wales leading cancer charity is hoping to reduce these figures through Tackle It! a campaign to raise awareness of male cancer throughout the month of June.
Cardiff City Stadium, home of Cardiff Bluebirds and Cardiff Blues will host a whole day of abseiling in aid of Tenovus Tackle It! campaign on Saturday June 26th. It will the first time abseils have taken place off the stadium which opened in July last year and offers a unique opportunity to those who take part as well as raising much needed funds.
Claudia McVie, Chief Executive of Tenovus said;
“Men are 70% more likely to die from cancer than women1 even though half of all cancers are preventable by making better lifestyle choices. Men are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and tend to have poorer diets, they are also less likely to seek medical advice if they suspect something is wrong and potentially miss out on vital early treatment.
Tenovus are helping to tackle this problem by raising funds to develop education and research to help save men’s lives and encourage them to seek advice and support and not die of ignorance.”
Wales Football legend, John Hartson who has himself fought cancer is supporting Tackle It!
“It’s very important for men and teenagers to check themselves regularly and if they are worried should then go and get their local GP to take a look. I for one and thousands more ignore the signs and this is when there is a massive danger that the cancer can spread and this is what happened to me.”
Join John and help Tenovus to Tackle It! by signing up for our abseil and raise awareness of male cancer in Wales to stop men dying of ignorance. For more information, advice and support please call Anne Pash on 02920 768861 or email anne.pash@tenovus.org.uk
Visit www.tenovus.org.uk follow us on Twitter and our Tackle it! Facebook group or call Tenovus Cancer Support Line free on 0808 808 1010 for information, advice and support.
