As the year draws to an end it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on the work that we’re doing. As a result of all your support and encouragement we have been very productive and have made significant progress in working towards our mission of improving the health and well-being of the black community.
We are delighted to share our achievements for 2015 with you. Over the past year we have:
1. Continued to run our African Caribbean Cancer Support Group which meets monthly and were delighted to have been awarded a grant by Macmillan to help us increase its membership.
2. Published our new fibroids booklet which aims to be a one-stop-shop for anyone with questions or concerns about fibroids
3. Continued to offer support to women through our Fibroids Ask the Expert which provides women with questions or concerns about fibroids with access to experts in the field that can provide them with accurate reliable information
4. We welcomed a new member to our Fibroids Ask the Expert, Dr Nigel Hacking
5. We continued with our summer cycling sessions as part of our ‘Keep Active’ work. These sessions had double the number of people attending compared to the previous year.
6. Delivered a range of health awareness presentations to the community
7. Recruited new trustees
8. Our founder was presented with an award for her contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of the black community
9. Published the results from Prostate Cancer Engagement and Empowerment pilotthat we conducted with funding from Prostate Cancer UK
10. We were featured on radio and in AfroRetro magazine
11. We were offered a grant from Sport England to run a cycling club for a year and hope to begin this project in January 2016
12. We teamed up with Black History Walks, Amanda Epe and Dr Sydney Dillard to run a fibroids awareness event with over 200 women attending.
13. We became a member of the Croydon BME Forum
14. We piloted ‘AfroFit’ as part of our ‘Keep Active’ work
