UPDATE - Issue 26 - Summer 2006
Funds top £1 million
Prostate Research Campaign UK is delighted to announce that its income for the financial year ended 31 March was, for the first time, over £1 million. Chairman of Trustees, Roger Kirby said 'This is a fantastic result and a great tribute to our many supporters. Thank you so much to each of you who have contributed with your money, your enthusiasm for what we are doing and for your encouragement'.
Chief Executive, John Anderson commented, 'This result is splendid. Well done to everyone concerned. It has been an amazing year. In part, of course, it is attributable to the fantastic performance of the Hike for Hope team. The results of their next major trek will fall into the 2007 accounts so it may be difficult to achieve the £1 million mark in this current year. One should also remember that many charities have experienced a downturn in receipts due to the impact of some major world disasters - the Tsunami and the Pakistan earthquake in particular. Against that background the result is even more gratifying.'
One reason Prostate Research Campaign UK is being well supported is that it is spending the money it receives wisely. The charity has two goals: investing in Research and Education on the one hand and Providing Information and Raising Awareness on the other. Both are on an upward trend.
Our spending on research grants is at record levels while the success and popularity of our seminars for urological and practise nurses has astounded us. Our printing bill is rising as we provide more and more leaflets to both hospitals and primary care trusts around the country. In the past six months we were asked for some 40,000 leaflets. These cover all prostate diseases and are now being printed in minority languages as well. It is interesting to compare this figure with the number of new prostate cancer diagnoses per year (about 32,000), the much larger figure of men newly found to have benign enlargement and the even larger numbers of men at risk some time in the future.
All this activity needs staff to support it, yet compared to similar charities we have a very few staff. Prostate Research Campaign UK now employs the equivalent of about six people. Chief Executive: John. Office Manager: Geraldine. Fundraisers: Candice and Danni. Database guru: Nikki. Part timers: Norma (Accountant), Andrea, Izu, Sam, and Anne. Together with unpaid volunteer helpers this makes up the team. Thanks to all of them for their contribution.
(Clockwise from back left: Geraldine, Danni, Nikki, Candice)