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Beating Bowel Cancer was the support and campaigning charity for everyone affected by bowel cancer in the UK. It merged with Bowel Cancer UK in 2018 to create a new charity also called Bowel Cancer UK. Beating Bowel Cancer provided support and information for bowel cancer patients and their families through the UK's only nurse-led specialist helpline for bowel cancer, their online forum and booklets and fact sheets. The charity also worked tirelessly to raise public awareness of bowel cancer and campaign to ensure Governments and health services provide the highest quality care and treatments.
Mission statement
The charity's mission statement was as follows:
We are dedicated to saving lives by working in partnership with individuals, local communities, clinical communities and government to improve public awareness of bowel cancer and to increase the rate of early diagnosis. We help patients access the treatment they need and provide emotional and practical support to improve the lives of everyone affected by bowel cancer.
Beating Bowel Cancer was the secretariat for the National Colorectal Cancer Nurses Network (NCCNN).
The charity organised a Patient Day for patient and family once per year.
The Chief Executive Officer was Mark Flannagan.
A key part of the charity's fundraising strategy was Decembeard, which took place yearly from 2011 to 2016. This was reported on by Third Sector as having "netted an impressive return".
The charity was involved each year with Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place in April.
The Board of Trustees
Chairman Sir Christopher Pitchers
Board Members
- Paul Jackson
- John Collard
- Hilary Barrett
- Paul Jansen
- Adam Leach
- Deborah Mechaneck
- Lesley Woolnough
- Peter Beverley
- Patrick Figgis
Charity Patrons
- Lord Crisp KCB
- Professor Lord Darzi KBE
- Matt Dawson MBE
- Dr Chris Steele MBE
- Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE DL
The charity's Charity Number is 1063614 (England and Wales) and SC043340 (Scotland).
References
- https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/merged-charity-will-retain-bowel-cancer-uk-name/management/article/1489334 Merged charity will retain Bowel Cancer UK name
- "NCCNN summer 2013 RCN". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
- "Beating Bowel Cancer". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- "Civil Society". Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- Beer, Rachel. "Case Study: Beating Bowel Cancer". Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "LCH supports Liverpool to Beat Bowel Cancer". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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