Charity Football match I'm organizing this Fundraiser for a Lovable and special person of my mate's best friends wife, Kirsty sadly lost her life to Melanoma, To bring awareness to many of thousands across the whole world, We will be holding a charity football match which takes place on the 24th of May at Tiverton Town Football Club. Donations are kindly appreciated towards the Family and friends of Kirsty , and of course to Melanoma.
https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/....Appeal/charity-footb

MELANOMA - IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR My story starts in 1989 and the tragic and avoidable early death of a much loved uncle at the age of 39.
My dad’s brother, Pete, had ignored the growing mole on his abdomen and ignored the frequent, ‘nagging’ requests from his wife to go and get checked out. Despite much surgery, skin grafts and chemo the cancer had spread. He died at home and our family was shaken to the ground.
None of us have ever really got over it - does anyone ever? But we have learnt and we have fought back at what is now clearly a familial genetic predisposition to melanoma. Soon after this my dad instilled in me and my brother the importance of checking for moles. From a young age, I had two fairly prominent moles - one on my abdomen and one on my back. We looked, checked, applied sunscreen and covered up. These two moles have never changed size, shape or colour. But others have… As a young adult, I kept vigilant, sat (mostly) in the shade on holidays, applied sunscreen and learnt ...
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'Greatful for the second chance' Katie shares her story of her husband's Melanoma journey
It was back in the midst of COVID, March 2021, when I received the words that changed everything, "your partner has a brain tumour.”
In the weeks, even months before, my now-husband had been complaining of headaches, especially on waking. He’d wince when bending down to change our six-month-old’s nappy on the floor — something we’d always done. I have to admit part of me thought it was excuses. But slowly, his symptoms worsened, and real worry set in.
One ordinary Wednesday morning, I left the house to take our baby to a class. Midway there, I got a call. “Can you come home?” he asked. I walked in to find him in bed, curtains drawn, barely making sense. His head was pounding. I called his sister, a GP, then very swiftly 999. The ambulance came quickly and he was assessed very cleverly via iPad by Queen Square, before being blue-lighted to hospital.
Remarkably, he was onl...
https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/....greatful-for-the-sec

Charity Football match I'm organizing this Fundraiser for a Lovable and special person of my mates best friends wife, Kirsty sadly lost her life to Melanoma, To bring awareness to many of thousands across the whole world, We will be holding a charity football match which takes place on the 24th of May at Tiverton Town Football Club. Donations are kindly appreciated towards the Family and friends of Kirsty , and of course to Melanoma.
https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/....Appeal/charity-footb

AMBASSADORS Alice Hart-Davis
Alice Hart-Davis is the founder of The Tweakments Guide, a content platform that provides trusted information about non-surgical cosmetic procedures and effective skincare and lists highly rated practitioners.
After interviewing countless doctors and dermatologists over the past 25 years. This has made Alice evangelical about the need for skin protection. As an award-winning beauty journalist, Alice has written so much about the topic that even her editors are getting the message that we need to raise awareness of skin cancers - so she is delighted to add her voice to Melanoma UK.  











Shane McCormick 
Shane has had an extensive career working outdoors and as a melanoma patient he knows first-hand that most skin cancers are caused by too much exposure to UV radiation. He has taken up a role as our ambassador as he knows all about the temptation for outdoor workers to peel off the layers when the weather gets hot and the...
https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/ambassadors