Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2013
January 2013
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is a European wide initiative lead by European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA).
The Weeks focus is on all things to do with cervical cancer including information about symptoms and causes of the disease, ways to prevent it and support us.
Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Despite this in the UK in 2010, 20% of women did not take up their invitation for cervical screening. In addition, only 50% of girls offered the HPV vaccine in the catch-up programme have elected to have this potentially life saving jab. Raising public awareness of cervical cancer prevention is more necessary than ever.
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust needs your help to run local awareness campaigns to highlight the importance of cervical cancer and the necessity to attend cervical screening but we need your help to do it! Raising awareness in your community is often one of the best and most effective ways of reaching a high number of people.
Would you like to help Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust in promoting our services and increasing public knowledge of cervical cancer during prevention week?
Examples of how you could reach people in your local area include:
- Display our posters/leaflets/postcards in GP surgeries, hospitals or your local library
- Distribute our leaflets at your university or college
- Ask if your employer would allow posters to be put up e.g. in women's toilets
- Run a stand or table with leaflets at your local hospital
- Organise an event on behalf of Jo’s Trust
- Tell your story in your local newspaper.
We can send you materials to display and hand out or you can download your own from our resource centre. If you would like to get involved contact us on info@jostrust.org.uk or 020 7936 7498.
Have a look at what happened last year during Prevention Week, click here.
Last updated: 31/01/2012
