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...
Category: Latest news
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...
Big Bash Scotland auction a must for Man City fans
Next month sees the stars of Emmerdale return to the north-east for the Big Bash Scotland (formerly the Emmerdale Extravaganza) to raise money for local urological cancer charity UCAN through a variety of activities including the infamous Wing Walk, as well as football, golf and cricket featuring the soap’s cast. The Big Bash Ball, on...
Big Bash Scotland fundraiser: four weeks to go
Scotland’s largest extravaganza of its kind will return to Aberdeenshire on Saturday the 10th of June, when all the cast and crew will leave the drama of Yorkshire’s Emmerdale village for a packed weekend of spectacular activities to raise funds for one amazing cancer charity, UCAN! Event organiser, George Walker OBE, is blown away by...
Big Bash Scotland fundraiser
Join the stars of Emmerdale in Inverurie at 9am on Saturday the 10th of June for a fundraising extraganza in aid of UCAN! A morning of activities will follow where you’re invited to take part, seize the challenge, enter the fun, join the stars at The Garioch Sports Centre for Football, Beat the Goalie, Table...
NDOW’n to the Wire Podcast
A new podcast, ‘N’Down to the Wire’, featuring the co-founder of the leading charity UCAN (which funded the creation of the first Urological Cancer Care Centre in Scotland), and founder of Horizons, a social enterprise helping to transform maternal and infant care in West Africa and beyond, starting in The Gambia, where he is originally...
