Local people changing lives
Some local motorcycle enthusiasts spent the day in Cornwall seeing first-hand how their donations are making a huge difference to men’s cancer patients. Some of the core team at Plymouth Bike Nights and the Plymouth Motorcycle Club took a trip to Tregoad Holiday Park to see our static holiday home. The holiday home allows men…
You’re funding a vital bladder clinic
At their last meeting, our trustees presented Clinical Nurse Specialist India Manley with a model pelvis. The model, funded by The Chestnut Appeal for Men’s Health, will be a vital tool for use in her bladder clinics which help and inform men who’ve been through surgical cancer treatment. India’s clinic hours are funded by our…
Your donations mean we can catch cancer early
Thanks to our supporters we gave free early detection tests to over 300 men. On Saturday 15th March, we set up a pop-up PSA testing clinic at Home Park in Plymouth, testing hundreds of men before the Plymouth Argyle home game against Derby. The PSA is a life-saving blood test which can help to detect…
Get informed for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
To mark prostate cancer awareness month, we’ve pulled together some information about the disease that answers many of the questions we get asked most. Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. About 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and the rate is 1 in 4 for…
New cancer support for Plymouth community
We’re launching a brand new cancer support group in Devonport. The first session for the new group will be from 10:30am on Wednesday 26th March. The sessions will take place at the exciting new Foulston Park development on the old Brickfields site, in a room overlooking the Plymouth Albion pitch. Thanks to our donors, we’ve…
Cancer Prevention Action Week
Cancer Prevention Action Week 2025 runs from the 17th-23rd February, and invites people to make healthy choices which become habits. How does lifestyle affect my risk of cancer? Although you can’t prevent yourself from getting cancer, there are ways that you can make cancer less likely – and easier to recover from if you are…
Ukuleles for Chestnut
A huge thank you to the Queens Dock Ukelele Players, who’ve raised £1000 for The Chestnut Appeal for Men’s Health. We popped down to the Devonport Live community café earlier today to see the group at one of their weekly practices, and to thank them for their amazing contribution. The Players have been going for…
Thank you to our Cornish supporters
The Chestnut Appeal for Men’s Health has been working to support cancer patients in Devon and Cornwall for more than 25 years. Our Chairman, Mark Mantle, is a consultant Urologist as the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Through these strong links with the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, we’ve been working to support cancer patients all over the…
Prostate cancer is now England’s most common type of cancer
Prostate cancer is now the most common type of cancer diagnosed in England, according to new figures. Recent data shows that, for the past two years, prostate cancer surpassed breast cancer as the most diagnosed form of the disease. According to national charity Prostate Cancer UK, these new figures show that more men are…
About the PSA test
Prostate cancer can be difficult to catch in the crucial early stages, because symptoms often don’t develop until the disease has progressed. Thankfully, your GP can do a simple blood test which may help them to catch prostate cancer before symptoms develop. The PSA test is a blood test which shows the levels of a…