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January 2023 Meeting
31/01/23
At this meeting we held our regular "Roundtable" discussions and focussed on goalsetting for the new year. We reviewed information that showed the importance of goalsetting after cancer treatment. How it keeps you motivated; Gives you a clear purpose; Provides greater direction; Achieving goals helps rebuild confidence; Provides a distraction from negative thoughts…
Christmas Dinner December 2022
01/12/22
Tuesday December 13th 7pm at the Wilsons Arms, Knowle. Please let me know if you wish to attend. solihull.pcsg@gmail.com…
Living Well with Advanced Prostate Cancer - Virtual Group
01/12/22
Next Meeting by Zoom 27th December 6pm Please let aidan.adkins@tackleprostate.org know if you want to be added to the circulation list…
November 2022 Meeting
29/11/22
A quiet meeting tonight - not suprisingly as it clashed with etn England vs Wales world cup game. The rule was - no looking at the score as some of us wanted to watch it on I-Player when we got back. We had enough attendees for 3 roundtables and had a godd group discussiojn planning what subjects and speakers we wanted for next years program…
October 2022 Meeting
25/10/22
Tonight we were joined again by Solihull Heathwatch and we were joined (virtually) by Dr Steve Allen, acting Chair of Tackle Prostate Cancer who talked to us about regaining continence after surgery based on his own personal experience…
August 2022 Meeting
30/08/22
A busy agenda tonight covering
Tackle Prostate Cancer - The Federation of Prostate Cancer Support Groups - Aims and Strategy Latest feedback from the Urology Expert Advisory Group of the West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) Prostate Cancer Research - Request for Help: The Infopool project…
July 2022 Meeting
20/07/22
Tonight, we had our first roundtable meeting, we had heard at the Regional Meeting that other groups do this frequently - we had five roundtables set up for members to talk in smaller groups. This was so successful we agred to repeat this every 3 months or so…
June 2022 Meeting
28/06/22
Tonight we were joined by Pam Khokhar, Macmillan Benefits Caseworker from Citizens Advice talking to us about Benefits; and Bhavini Mistry Community Engagement Officer Healthwatch Solihull: Our opportunity to feedback on our experiences on how we have found accessing NHS health care and social care in Solihull…
Regional Prostate Cancer Support Group Network Meeting - May 16th 2022
17/05/22
Six members of our support group joined members of other support groups in the West Midlands Region: Coventry and North Warwickshire, Kidderminster and Worcestershire, Sutton Coldfield, South Warwickshire, and Burton at a meeting organised by Tackle (The Federation of Prostate Cancer Support Groups) to look at how we can work together and learn from eachother to help grow how we offer support in the region…