The CHAPS, TACKLE and MASONIC Prostate Screening conference took place in April. The event in London was attended by the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust's founder Graham Fulford, trustee Susan Hart and Scott Minto, who has recently become an ambassador for GFCT.

Earlier this month, we were delighted to receive a generous donation from Warwick Rotary Club. Thank you!As we are a non-profit charity, donations go a long way in making it possible for us to carry on delivering prostate cancer tests for men across the UK.

We were honoured to be awarded on behalf of all our volunteers at The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust the Kings Award for Voluntary Services for Prostate Awareness Testing in Warwickshire and throughout the UK.A wonderful day with the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and our wonderful volunteers. We were honoured on behalf of all our volunteers accepting the Kings Award for Voluntary Services for all their hard work enabling the charity to carryout Prostate Awareness Testing in Warwickshire and t...

An 'inevitable' global surge in prostate cancer is coming, with a worldwide doubling of cases to 2.9 million and an 85% increase in deaths to nearly 700,000 by the year 2040, the Lancet Commission on Prostate Cancer warned this week. Read more: Prostate Cancer Tsunami Coming, Experts Caution

We're delighted to announce we now have a supply of the above very useful booklet prepared by one of our partners Pcaso, which is a prostate cancer sufferers support group covering Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset on the south coast. Whilst there are a lot of very useful publications produced by the likes of PCUK, this is fairly unique in that it is written "by patients for patients". It has been reviewed by very experienced urologists and the foreword is by Chris Parker, a leading oncologist in the...

Enough is enough. UK charity Prostate Cancer Research have launched a nationwide petition calling on major political parties to include a commitment to prostate cancer screening in their manifestos. Every year over 13,000 men die of prostate cancer - that's one every 40 minutes. This is a national tragedy. But it doesn’t need to be this way. If prostate cancer is caught early, it is almost always curable. Right now, Labour and the Conservatives are busy finalising their manifestos, deciding wha...

A Warrington man was able to catch his cancer in its early stages thanks to a chat with a close friend.Phil Ormesher was first diagnosed with prostate cancer back in December 2012. Having lost his father to lung cancer, he was aware of how serious cancer is.  Although Phil, from Lymm, had no symptoms at the time of his diagnosis, a regular prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test had indicated an increased risk of prostate cancer which promoted further investigations.Thanks to a close friend's...

The Princess of Wales says she is in the early stages of treatment after a cancer diagnosis.In a video statement, Catherine says it was a "huge shock" after an "incredibly tough couple of months".But she sent a positive message, saying: "I am well and getting stronger every day."Details of the cancer have not been disclosed, but Kensington Palace says it is confident the princess will make a full recovery.The video statement from Catherine explains that when she had abdominal surgery in January,...

The Graham Fulford Charity Trust is delighted to announce that Scott Minto will be its first ever ambassador.Scott is one of the UK’s most accomplished broadcasters. An ex-player and FA Cup winner with Chelsea, Benfica, West Ham, Charlton and Rotherham, Scott played at the highest level of club football in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League, with over 400 professional appearances.Scott has worked with the biggest and best broadcasters in world football. Within his broadcasting career ...

Rugby club bosses have said they want to encourage men to look out for symptoms of prostate cancer after hosting a mass testing event. About 250 men took a blood test at Warrington Wolves' stadium.The club's health and wellbeing manager James Howes said 70% percent of their fans were male "so we thought it would be a great opportunity".He said the club wanted to boost detection of the disease, which affects an average of 52,000 men annually.Gary Chambers, director of rugby at Warrington Wolves, ...