Love Women:
Help us to raise awareness
Awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms is low in the UK and Ovarian Cancer Action welcomes your help to increase awareness amongst women, healthcare professionals, the media and policy makers.
The Love Women campaign encourages everyone to celebrate the women in their lives by sharing information about how to maximise your chances of keeping well and what symptoms to be aware of, and to share that information with the other women in their lives.
Email us to find out more about how you can help us ‘spread the word’
or call 020 8238 7586.
Help us raise awareness in your community:
You could play a vital role in helping raise the profile of ovarian cancer and Ovarian Cancer Action’s work by encouraging members of your local community to be more aware of the disease and its symptoms. We would love to hear from you if you think you could distribute symptoms awareness leaflets or place awareness posters in useful places, such as libraries and surgeries.
Tell your story:
- If you have a personal experience of ovarian cancer, your local newspaper, radio or television station might be interested in hearing from you.
- Similarly, your local MP will want to hear all about your efforts to improve women’s chances of surviving the disease and your own experience of ovarian cancer. Why not get in touch with them to let them know what you are doing and how they can help you?
Working with healthcare professionals:
Ovarian Cancer Action has led the campaign to promote greater awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer amongst healthcare professionals. Over the past year, we have distributed hundreds of thousands of symptoms awareness leaflets and posters to thousands of GP surgeries in England, Wales and Scotland and we will repeat this awareness work in 2009 to ensure that, together, we are improving women’s chances of surviving the disease.
We have prepared an awareness pack to support you in your efforts to raise awareness in your community. Email us to request a pack or call 020 8238 7586.
Ovarian Cancer Action can support you by providing you with top tips on how to raise awareness locally by organising a local meeting, working with the media or contacting your local MP. Call Sam on 020 8238 7615 or email Sam for more information on getting support.