Prostate Cancer UK need your vote to be your next charity partner
Let's put England's most common cancer in its place
Together, Invesco and Prostate Cancer UK will:
✔ Go above and beyond fundraising, co-creating a life saving health awareness campaign – so more men know their risk and rights.
✔ Get comfortable with the uncomfortable and normalise conversations on men’s health.
✔ Help break the stigma and barriers that still exist.
✔ Raise money to fund our invaluable Specialist Nurses, supporting men and their loved ones when they need us most.
✔ Stand with us on our mission to get to a UK screening programme and change guidelines.
✔ Learn everything you want to know through awareness talks, webinars, ‘train the trainer’ and chats with our team of experts.
✔ Have a whole lot of fun with competition, challenges and Invesco’s 55 for 55.
Find out more about all this below!
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Why now?
Over 510,000 men in the UK live with prostate cancer – and this figure is set to double in the next decade. In the face of this growing existential threat, men need more and soon.
As the UK’s largest men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK are driving the change that men need. But we can’t do it alone. We need partners like you.
Invesco can play a vital role in helping us reach those we can’t reach alone, changing the outlook for men, and keeping families together for longer. Let’s face it, that’s the real wealth, after all.
So let’s invest in a better future, together
In a future where:
More of the 1 in 8 men diagnosed with prostate cancer, will survive.
More families could stay together for longer.
More dads will get to see their kids grow up.
More family barbeques, football matches, and Sunday dinners together.
Future generations are invited for routine safe, accurate screening.
More men are investing in themselves, and their health.
But don't just take it from us...
Here's your colleague Gemma for whom, unfortunately like for many other colleagues, prostate cancer is personal.
1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, so early detection is vital. Prostate cancer has touched my family, which is why this cause is so close to my heart. By choosing Prostate Cancer UK as our charity of the year, we can raise awareness, educate, and help save lives.
Help us drive awareness and save lives
What’s really exciting is the powerful impact you will make above and beyond the amazing fundraising you’ll do!
Together, we will create a national health campaign – driving vital health messaging to all Invesco employees and clients, and leading the way in spotlighting men’s health across financial services.
Through an Invesco specific online risk checker, you’ll be able to just how many men, known and loved to Invesco, and checking their risk and taking action, thanks to you!
At Invesco, you all know the importance and power of understanding risk to drive decisions. Knowing this risk is no exception!
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How the money you raise will make a difference
Supporting men, wives, daughters and loved ones, when they need us most, is at the very heart of what we do. Whether it’s for information, guidance, reassurance, comfort or emotional support, more need our help than ever before.
Every £50k you help raise will fund one Specialist Nurse and 5,000 calls. That means, thanks to you, £200k will fund four nurses and 20,000 calls from men and their loved ones, when they need us most.
Families just like Gary's.
During my prostate cancer journey, initially I found it very difficult to get accurate and impartial information. I was recommended to contact Prostate Cancer UK and made contact with their Specialist Nurses, who guided me through a difficult process. They would never tell me what to do but gave me real world facts to make an informed decision.
I made contact with the specialist nurses at Prostate Cancer UK on a couple of occasions before and after Gary’s surgery. I had no one to turn to with my worries concerning the process that he was experiencing. I didn’t feel the need to talk to family or friends about what ‘we’ were going through, and it was the amazing Specialist Nurses who were there to guide me.
Putting the FUN in FUNdraising!
The main event: Invesco's 55 for 55
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Come together to take on 55,000 miles for the 55,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.
Walk, run, cycle, row, or swim your miles, whenever suits you, and have some fun with your colleagues along the way!
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We enjoy creating fun activities that work for you, and we’re with you every step of the way! Let’s have a some fun together whilst saving men’s lives!!
- For the adrenaline junkies, sports enthusiasts, marathon runners, triathlons and hikers – we’ve got you covered!
- For those that don’t want to throw themselves out of a plane, hike the 3 peaks or run a marathon, fear not- we’ve got you too!
- From Padel tournaments, casino nights, bake sales, doggy photo shoots (because, who doesn’t love getting the dogs involved), there’s something for everyone!
Check out some of our other events you can take part in:
The Big Golf Race
A big day out where every swing makes a real difference! Your 36, 72, or ultimate 100-hole challenge will be driving crucial change for men affected by prostate cancer.
March for Men
March for Men is much more than just a walk in the park. Join our community to share stories, celebrate loved ones, and walk in solidarity for the 1 in 8 men affected by prostate cancer.
'The Month' Challenges
Whether you want to Run, March or Cycle the Month (or even do all three!) sign up and raise funds to beat prostate cancer.
Prostate United
Calling all football fans! Sign up to walk, run or cycle every day in October and help save men’s lives. Represent your club alongside the kit men, physios and maybe even your gaffer.
Health awareness and education
We know these types of conversations can be difficult, knowing what to say and how to say it. We’re here to help with that any way we can!
Through working together, we will provide:
Awareness talks
Onsite and virtual awareness talks and interactive sessions, with our Specialist Nurses, experts, supporters and men.
Webinars and drop in sessions
Come along to our flexible, expert-led sessions on all prostate cancer topics. Why not invite clients and partners to join too? The more the merrier!
Train the trainer
Become a Prostate Cancer UK champion! We’ll provide training so you can deliver future awareness sessions and activity, and empower others.
Health information
Healthcards, booklets, posters and badges with everything you’ll need.
We’re so excited for the powerful impact and potential of this partnership, and we're excited to get going and work with you – but we need your vote first!
