December 2012 Impact Young Heroes Newsletter

Welcome to the last Impact Young Heroes newsletter for 2012. Well, the Christmas period is well and truly upon us and it is only a few more shopping days to the big event.  The shopping centers are full and the sales have commenced.  Pantos, Children’s nativity plays and Christmas parties are all in full swing and Christmas […]

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January 2012 Newsletter Impact Young Heroes

Happy new year everyone and welcome to the first edition of 2012.  I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. In this months newsletter we bring you the latest ‘Beat Cancer with Nutrition’ where we take a look at a leafy green called Kale. Often underestimated yet a nutritional powerhouse, Kale […]

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May 2011 Newsletter

Introduction Welcome to the latest edition of the makeabigdifference newsletter, your one-stop-shop for all the latest charity, cancer and fundraising news. In our May newsletter we present the last of ‘The Big C’; where there this month we ask ‘Is there a natural cure for cancer?’ We also take a look at another holistic approach […]

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July 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the July edition of the makeabigdifference newsletter.  In this mid-summer edition, we bring you the latest fundraising stories from up and down the country, including sponsored walks and marathons, fancy dress fundraising collections and the success of the medieval event in Sheriff Hutton. There is also the latest cancer news which this month highlights the […]

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Katie’s Corner May 2010

Impact Young Heroes has been a constant support for me, my Mum and Dad for the past two years.  We wanted to help them raise funds to support other young people with cancer, and decided we would hold an event at some point. In September 2009 my Mum came home from a Church meeting, the […]

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Katie’s Corner April 2010: Easter Special

On the 5th February 2007 at 9am my life changed forever.  For a few years now I had been working as a care assistant, more recently caring for clients in their own homes, which I loved and I was living independently. I had been having pain in my knee for four to five years and after […]

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April 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to this very special Easter edition of the newsletter. This newsletter is also dedicated to a very special young man called Alex Albiston who sadly passed away March 13th. All the staff and volunteers at Young Heroes have been rocked by the loss of Alex, and are deeply saddened that cancer has taken the […]

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New guidance hopes to improve cervical cancer diagnosis in young women

New guidance has been produced to help GPs identify symptoms of cervical cancer and facilitate early diagnosis of the disease in young women. In England, screening for cervical cancer starts at age 25. Cervical cancer is rare in young women but GPs still need to be aware of the symptoms so that they know when […]

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February 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the February edition of the makeabigdifference newsletter, Impact Young Heroes’ very own one stop shop for all of our latest, news and events.  In this edition we continue to look at statistics and facts about the common cancers affecting young people. Absent from this months newsletter is Katie’s Corner, but worry not, Katie […]

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Cancers which are most common in children and young people (continued)

Welcome back to the final instalment of this two part special, highlighting some of the cancers which are most common amongst young people and factual information including statistics, common myths and treatments. Research indicates that adolescent growth spurts, hormones and other growth and development factors are amongst the most probable causes of cancer that affect […]

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