JOIN US AND GET ACTIVE WITH ACTIV8

Our 8-week interactive programme is back! Sign up today and kickstart your journey to building healthy habits to eat better and move more! 🍇💃

Our Activ8 Plan will help you conquer a different challenge each week, from helping you make healthier food and drink choices, to being more active in different ways. We know how difficult changing behaviours can be, so we’ll provide motivation and guidance along the way! By signing up you’ll also receive:

✔ Regular recipes
✔ Inspiring videos
✔ Healthy eating and exercise tips
✔ Free health resources

Our Activ8 Plan will get you started on your journey to achieving your diet and exercise goals, while also reducing your cancer risk at the same time. So come and join the other Activ8-ers who have started their journey towards better health.

EXERCISE SNACKING

A new approach to physical activity

Have you heard about exercise snacking? It’s a new approach to physical activity and it might just work for you!

We know that being more active lowers our risk of many diseases, including cancer, but it also positively impacts our mental health too. That’s why ’move more‘ is one of our Cancer Prevention Recommendations. But longer chunks of physical activity don't work for everyone.

Just as you might grab a snack like a banana, an exercise "snack" involves activity lasting for only seconds or several minutes. Think little and often.

BLADDER CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

This month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, and we're thankful to have Ken Wilson as one of our supporters to share his cancer story. Bladder cancer is the 10th most common cancer in the UK, with 10,515 cases diagnosed in 2019. It may come as a surprise that men are 4 times more likely to develop this type of cancer than women.

"For the past 18 years, my wife and I have been through numerous trips to the hospital, countless check-ups and treatments, but we are still here and enjoying life together.

"I'm very fortunate to have had a positive mindset, which has helped throughout my cancer journey. It was lucky that I spotted something wasn’t right early enough so I could receive treatment quickly – which ultimately saved my life. 

"I’m here and alive, and I might not have been if I hadn’t had the operations for my bladder and bowel cancers. My motto in life is: try and look on the bright side and if you think things aren’t going as they should, then get it checked by doctors."

SHARE YOUR STORY

Everyone has a story to tell and we’d love to know yours. Whether it’s your own cancer journey, healthy changes you’ve made, or why you started supporting World Cancer Research Fund, please let us know!

We’re looking for a wide range of stories to use on our website and publications, as part of fundraising campaigns, and on our social media, so if you want to get involved, follow the link below!