
Cancer awareness saves lives.
Every year thousands of people are diagnosed with Cancer. We know that the earlier a cancer is detected, the better the outcome for the people involved. Early detection saves lives. Cancer screening saves lives. Why not top up your knowledge and confidence so that you can help yourself, your family members, community leaders and staff.
Different dates and times are available to suit you. Register in advance to attend the sessions. You can join as many as you like.
All sessions are fun, interactive, and informative.
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
This session will supercharge your knowledge and understanding of the three NHS Cancer Screening Programmes and why they are so important. You will learn who is eligible, what’s involved, and what messages and approaches can help others to take up their encourage screening invite.
Monday 3rd August - 1:30pm
Register here.
Monday 10th August - 1:00pm
Tuedsay 11th August - 11:00am
The Whole Works - Cancer Champion Training Session
This training combines all the three short online sessions: Facts & Myths, Signs & Symptoms and NHS Cancer Screening Programmes into one longer session, which is ideal for anyone wanting to learn about cancer awareness in one session.
This session will equip participants with knowledge around early Signs & Symptoms, common Facts & Myths, 3x NHS Cancer Screening Programmes and give people key messages about cancer and cancer screening that they can share with family, friends and the wider community. This training is a 2-and-a-half-hour interactive session incorporating all three screening programmes.
Tuesday 18th August - 1:00pm
Thursday 20th August - 10:00am
Additional Training Opportunity
Anyone completing either the Whole Works or NHS Cancer Screening training course will be given the opportunity to apply for the 'Answer Cancer - Train the Facilitator' sessions, as long as they are willing to use the training to facilitate a cancer awareness session within their local community and share learning with others (more details to follow).
Please sure to register BEFORE each session - It’s essential you do this to be able attend (You need to register for a Zoom account first. Then register for the training - Zoom will generate a link for you to use to join each session registered for – the links below will NOT enable you to attend, they are for registration ONLY!)
If you’re unsure how to access Zoom please take a look at this quick start guide for support.
Creative Approaches to Online and Remote Engagement
It can feel like a challenge to successfully reach and engage your communities, group members and contacts. Social distance restrictions add even more complexity. This training will help by sharing different approaches to help you reach your audiences. We will cover how to use social media, including Facebook Live and Instagram Stories, we will give an overview of Zoom and ways to incorporate it in awareness raising, and how WhatsApp can add to your tools. We will even share ways to get large groups of people to a meeting and free ways to conference call. Two sessions are available. You need only book onto one.
Community Researcher Training
The Community Researcher Training has been designed to equip Answer Cancer Grant Recipients to do their own research and evaluate the effectiveness of the activities they arrange. It aims to give you a good understanding of the research process, the different tools you can use to do participatory research with the community, and how to manage research data and prepare good quality reports.