Empowering people to tackle cancer and take up screenings across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Powys.

Resources

For more help and information on cancer, relevant services and much more, take a look at our list of Resources below. Need additional resources? Please fill out our request form at bottom of this page.
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Breast Cancer screening

Understanding breast screening

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram/

Having a mammogram video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzAgfCIX2JY

Helping you decide: Chinese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Urdu)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breast-screening-helping-women-decide

NHS Shropshire Breast Screening Service

http://www.bscreen.org.uk/Shropshire

Breast Test Wales: Public Health Wales

https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/screening/breast-screening/about-breast-screening1/

NHS 111 Wales

https://111.wales.nhs.uk/BreastScreening/#:~:text=In%20Wales%20women%20aged%20between,are%2052%20years%20of%20age

Female lifetime screening pathway video (with translated subtitles)

https://vimeo.com/showcase/8753730

Breast screening for people with learning disabilities video

https://vimeo.com/364034846 

Coppafeel: How to check your breasts video – BSL Version 

BSL Version – How to Check Your Boobs on Vimeo

About Your Breast Test – Easy Read

About your breast test (nhs.wales)

Breast Screening Information – Plain Text

Public information leaflet plain text template (publishing.service.gov.uk)

NHS Wales – British Sign Language

British Sign Language (BSL) – Public Health Wales (nhs.wales)

 

Bowel Screening

Understanding bowel cancer screening:

Bowel Cancer Screening

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/

About Bowel Cancer

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/screening/

Bowel Screening Wales

https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/screening/bowel-screening/

How to do the FIT bowel cancer screening test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il6VSceMWfM

Using your bowel cancer screening kit

https://vimeo.com/showcase/6663813 (videos – subtitles are available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu.

British Sign Language video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS7afTISc7E

Learn about Bowel Cancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XADJGFbp_Q

Bowel cancer screening leaflets (available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bowel-cancer-screening-benefits-and-risks

NHS Bowel Cancer Screening – Easy Guide

https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-02/_01%20NHS%20Bowel%20Cancer%20Screening%20-%20Easy%20Guide.pdf

Bowel Screening Wales – Accessible Resources

Easy read, video, BSL and audio: includes a video on how to do your bowel screening

Accessible Resources – Public Health Wales (nhs.wales)

 

Living with Cancer

Local services and support:

The free “Living With & Beyond Cancer App” is aimed at anybody affected by cancer and those who support people with cancer, including carers and professionals

sath.nhs.uk/wards-services/az-services/cancer-services/livingwithandbeyond/

Information and support

Cancer Information And Support | Macmillan Cancer Support

Translation, easy-read, BSL etc

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/get-help/translations-and-other-formats

Powys Improving Cancer Journey

https://www.powysrpb.org/_files/ugd/33b29e_a6861fbf95c44b80ab3ca1aeb636ee35.pdf

 

LGBTQ+ Information

Information for the LGBTQ+ Community

Breast Cancer Information

Transgender people and breast cancer | Breast Cancer Now

Ovarian Cancer Information

Ovarian cancer information for transgender, intersex and non-binary people | Ovacome Ovarian Cancer

Trans women and prostate cancer

Can trans women get prostate cancer? | Prostate Cancer UK

Gynaecological Cancer

Information for the Transgender,Non binary and Intersex Communities

Info for the Transgender, Non-binary and Intersex Communities | The Eve Appeal

 

Delivery & Funding Partners

Our initiative wouldn’t be possible without the dedication and support of our parnters who help us get our important message out to those it matters to the most.