Involvement
We believe that the involvement of people who have lived experience of prostate cancer significantly improves the quality and outcomes of our work.
An individual’s first-hand experiences of the disease, as someone who has been diagnosed, or anyone with relevant lived experience such as a family member, carer or loved one is uniquely placed to help shape and deliver our work, adding value at all stages of the process.
Through sharing your lived experience you can offer a different kind of expertise to clinicians or researchers.
Whether it is speaking to users of our support services, working with Advisory Groups to influence decision-making or Patient and Public Involvement in our Research funding process, we aim to bring the voice of lived experience to our work.
Only in this way will our support, whether in the form of services like our Specialist Nurses, or products like our health information publications, meets the needs of those affected by prostate cancer.
All the involvement opportunities we create and promote will be designed to help us deliver our strategy and our business aims. We cannot achieve these without your help.
1000 Men - tell us what is important to you
At Prostate Cancer UK, we are planning for the future and want to ensure our priorities reflect what’s important to our supporters. That’s why we’re launching the 1000 Men project. For the first time, it will give people affected by prostate cancer a chance to tell us their key priorities as we build our 2026 strategy.
We want to hear from (at least) 1000 men. We also want to hear from their partners, family members and friends.
Phase 1 is a brief, anonymous survey.
Phase 2 will happen in Spring 2025 so watch this space!
