Better Leisure Centres support Bowel Cancer Awareness Campaign

Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall will be taking part in an NHS April campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer screening.

Run by not-for-profit social enterprise GLL on behalf of Cornwall Council, the nine centres will be displaying posters that promote the bowel screening programme. A QR code on each of the posters can be scanned to access further information and register for a kit sent in the post.

Screening is available to everyone in the UK aged fifty and over, every two years.

“We’re proud to be supporting the NHS South West Provider Collaborative (SWPC) in this hugely important initiative,” said Karen Edmond, GLL’s Community Sport Manager in Cornwall.

“Sadly, far too many people don’t take up the opportunity to screen themselves in the privacy of their own home – despite it being a very simple, quick procedure that could save their life.

“Our leisure centres are community hubs that customers use to help keep them fit and healthy so reminding them of how to prevent illness in other ways is, we think, a no-brainer.

“The message is clear – take note of these posters. The test they’re promoting is easy and could stop bowel cancer in its deadly tracks.”

Supporting this campaign we will be part of a strong presence, with the campaign being supported by at over 35 sporting venues, cultural places, shopping
and leisure facilities across the South West.

Our centres will be campaigning alongside some of the largest sports and leisure names in the South West; Bath Rugby Club; Exeter Chiefs, and Plymouth Argyle.

Our nine Better leisure centres taking part in the campaign are Bude, Liskeard, Saltash, St Austell, Bodmin, Newquay, Truro, Helston and St Ives.