NHS North East London Cancer Alliance funded project 2024/20
Cancer Grass Roots Awareness Project - London Borough of Newham
We have recently been awarded funding for 2025/6 to continue our work from the previous project we ran in 2024/5. We are looking forward to delivering awareness and exercise sessions including health walks, community events and workshops. Our first focus this year is in Beckton and Royal Docks.
Our project runs until March 2026 and this
We have recently been awarded funding for 2025/6 to continue our work from the previous project we ran in 2024/5. We are looking forward to delivering awareness and exercise sessions including health walks, community events and workshops. Our first focus this year is in Beckton and Royal Docks.
Our project runs until March 2026 and this year includes a focus on skin cancer and lung cancer, two of the fastest growing now in the UK, as well as those where screening takes place - breast, bowel and cervical cancer and testing for prostate cancer where survival rates are now much higher with early detection and treatment. We will be running on line courses to support menopause and pelvic health, as well as producing more videos.
We welcome enquiries from potential venues, community groups and organisations in Newham to work with. If you would like us to deliver to your group or organisation, please get in touch to discuss.
Community Wellness Events
St Marks Hall, Tollgate Road,
Beckton
Sunday 12th October 4-6pm
Monday 13th October 10-12noon
Join us to find out more about our project, with free taster sessions on breath work and our support sessions for health.
Sign up for a free hand massage or for one of our online courses, try some mindfulness activities, enjoy some herbal teas
St Marks Hall, Tollgate Road,
Beckton
Sunday 12th October 4-6pm
Monday 13th October 10-12noon
Join us to find out more about our project, with free taster sessions on breath work and our support sessions for health.
Sign up for a free hand massage or for one of our online courses, try some mindfulness activities, enjoy some herbal teas and nutritional snacks and most importantly, let us know what other support and sessions you would like us to deliver in your community in the next 6 mnoths.
Sessions are drop in but subject to maximum numbers for some sessions so we advise coming early if possible.
Health walks and community gardening sessions
Join Jenny and BEAT ( Beckton Environmental Action Team) on their walks and litter pick sessions where we'll provide information, resources and support around staying safe outdoors in the sun and skin cancer awareness plus how getting active can reduce your risks of some other cancers, with your chance to win some of our Cancer UK good
Join Jenny and BEAT ( Beckton Environmental Action Team) on their walks and litter pick sessions where we'll provide information, resources and support around staying safe outdoors in the sun and skin cancer awareness plus how getting active can reduce your risks of some other cancers, with your chance to win some of our Cancer UK goodies like the umbrella one resident won.
If you are interested in BEAT's work or sessions, contact them:
The next walk is Wednesday 24th September
Watch the first of our online videos
Simple breath work practice
This short 3 minute video with Karen introduces breath work to assist in reducing stress and calming anxiety, ideal as support for anyone going to cancer appointments or waiting for test results.
Cervical Cancer - free support and advice sessions have now finished. Check out our online video.
Cervical Cancer - free support and advice sessions have now finished. Check out our online video.
In 2024/5 Uzmaa ran face to face sessions in various venues :
East Ham College ; Salvation Army Wellbeing Cafe;
Canning Town Library; Jack Cornwell Centre
Ibrahim Mosque ; Katherine Road Community Centre; Atherton Leisure Centre.
We will be running sesssions at more venues in 2025.
Take a look at our video which includes some simple exerci
In 2024/5 Uzmaa ran face to face sessions in various venues :
East Ham College ; Salvation Army Wellbeing Cafe;
Canning Town Library; Jack Cornwell Centre
Ibrahim Mosque ; Katherine Road Community Centre; Atherton Leisure Centre.
We will be running sesssions at more venues in 2025.
Take a look at our video which includes some simple exercises to aid in hip mobility, release the spine, assist in allevaition of sciatic pain with breath work which could help to make your screening appointment more comfortable.
Cervical Cancer Screening:
Prostate Cancer awareness and support - free online sessions
Cervical Cancer - free support and advice sessions have now finished. Check out our online video.
Online sessions ran in March via zoom. We will be running more sessions as part of Urology Awareness Month in September as well as pelvic floor health courses for men.
If you would like us to deliver a session specifically to your group or organisation, please get in touch
Dave can explore symptons, tell you more about the PSA test whic
Online sessions ran in March via zoom. We will be running more sessions as part of Urology Awareness Month in September as well as pelvic floor health courses for men.
If you would like us to deliver a session specifically to your group or organisation, please get in touch
Dave can explore symptons, tell you more about the PSA test which can help wth early detection and help rule out cancer if you are concerned about symptoms (which could be linked to a number of things other than cancer) and look at some simple exercises to improve and maintain pelvic and prostate health .
In the meantime - you could watch our short video outlining simple pelvic floor exercises which could help improve continence and weak bladder issues in a matter of weeks.
Prostate Health click to acces the video
