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This section provides details of the activities being undertaken to promote awareness of gynaecological cancer and the work of the Venus Appeal.
The Venus Appeal originally launched on the 18th September 2006, with activities all over the country, including simultaneous city centre events in Liverpool, Preston and Manchester. The Preston and Manchester events included the mass-release of balloons with Venus Appeal tags. Other activities included partnerships with local radio stations, such as Key 103 & Magic FM in Manchester, who will conduct a street campaign across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, throughout the week. To see pictures of the Manchester and Preston balloon launches, please click on the buttons to the left of this screen.
If you would like to find out more about how you can get involved with the Venus Appeal gynaecological cancer awareness week locally, e-mail our Press Manager. Clicking this link should open your e-mail window automatically, if not - you can reach our Press Manager using this address: john.joshua@manchester.nhs.uk
If you would like to find out more about what the Venus Appeal is, and who they are, please click here. If you would like to be involved in the Appeal team, or feel your experience or knowledge in any way could help the group achieve thier aims, click here or select "Register your interest" from the menu on the left of the screen.
Download the media alert around the launch of the Venus Appeal gynaecological awareness week. Issued 31st August 2006
If you would like to download the press release which includes more information developed as part of the national press campaign, please click here...
Or, you can download our full-colour leaflet about the different types of gynae cancer and the Venus Appeal more generally, here...
Click below to download the Daily Express newspaper article on Heather Hamilton, and how her own experience made her realise just how important regular cervical screening can be. The story also includes information on the Venus Appeal.
Download the Venus Appeal awareness message broadcast throughout the gynaecological awareness week on Manchester-based radio stations Key 103 and Magic 1152.
Click below to download the article in Full House magazine. In this story, Sandra Woodward tells how she turned her Cancer into a crusade for geater awareness around gynaecological cancers.
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