The Colin Grant Invitational Golf Day held on Friday 12 July raised a whopping £3,596.70 for UCAN’s Rapid Diagnostic Centre (now the SURE Unit). Thank you again to Colin for continuing to choose UCAN as the charity to benefit from this event, to everyone involved with McDonald Golf Club, Ellon and to all the teams...
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Tea for Two on Deeside
UCAN are delighted to be the chosen charity for this great event, Tea for Two on Deeside on Sunday 1 September. For more information or to sign up please contact Mike Churchill, details on the poster. All proceeds raised will go towards UCAN’s current £2.5 million appeal to fund a Rapid Diagnostic Centre at ARI...
Congratulations to the “UCAN Beat Cancer” Team
Congratulations to the “UCAN Beat Cancer” Team, including three of our urological surgeons, who completed the Hairy Haggis Team Relay at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in 3h33min finishing a very respectable 36 out of 305 teams. They’ve already raised an amazing £1,827.90 for UCAN, but we still need more support to help set-up a new...
UCAN fundraiser for gamechanging centre launched
UCAN has launched its latest ambitious fundraising challenge to raise £2.5 million pounds by the end of the year to fund a Urological Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC) that will revolutionise the way patients are treated in the north of Scotland. Thursday evening’s event at Aberdeen’s Chester Hotel was the first of several UCAN RDC...
Vote UCAN for Student Show People’s Choice Charity
Voting is now open for People’s Choice Charity 2024 This is the third year of Peoples Choice Charity, allowing supporters to vote for a charity which is close to their heart. This charity would automatically win the Gold award level funding. You can vote now via the link below! https://forms.gle/trTJMSy6Y32sju5b8 Please note that voting will...
Patient experience survey
The UCAN Care Centre would appreciate feedback from patients who have used our services at any point. This includes those who have attended bladder instillation clinics, telephone or face to face follow up clinics, erectile dysfunction clinics as well as those who have attended the centre for diagnosis and support. By completing this survey, you...
*Update*: Big Bash Scotland wing walk
A new date for the Big Bash Scotland Wing Walk, with all proceeds going to north east cancer charity UCAN, has been announced after the event had to be postponed last month due to cross winds. It will now take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September and there are still a very limited...
UCAN founder gets top British urological surgeons award
UCAN founder Professor James N’Dow is the recipient of the St Peter’s Medal, a rare and highly valued award and recognition from the British Association of Urological Surgeons, BAUS. A video of James receving this prestigious accolade following a citation given by fellow UCAN founder Sam McClinton can be found below.
NDOW’n to the Wire Podcast Episode 2 now available
The second episode of UCAN co-founder Professor James N’Dow’s podcast ‘N’DOWn to the Wire’ is now available. In the latest episode, James brings the UCAN story right up to date, as well as outlining the latest European Association of Urology news, research progress, and the latest on the Horizons project in James’s home country The...
Big Bash Scotland bespoke necklace auction
Expertly made in-house by goldsmith Steve Mitchell, Sinclair’s of Inverurie has generously made and donated this 18ct white gold pendant resembling the iconic UCAN Urological Cancer logo! It hangs on an 18, 18ct white gold chain with an exquisite diamond set at the head of the pendant. This gorgeous piece will be auctioned to raise...
