Cancer Awareness in the Workplace
Help your employees live longer, healthier lives
Every year, more than 127,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Around 4 in 10 of these cases could be prevented and this is where we can help.
Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme is designed and delivered by Cancer Research UK to support your employees to reduce their risk of cancer and take positive action for their health.
After engaging with our programme, your employees will:
- understand how to make healthy changes
- know how to reduce their risk of cancer
- be informed on how to spot cancer early, when it’s most treatable
- know where to go for help with any concerns
- know the difference between cancer myths and facts
- have reliable sources of up-to-date information about cancer
- feel more positive about their employer and engaged in their role
We’re the experts on cancer and you’re the experts on your workforce, so together we can create the package that’s best for your employees. This could include tailored virtual and face-to-face activities and resources such as workshops, webinars, bespoke communications, quizzes, surveys, training and development tools, cancer awareness stands and much more.
Our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme is:
Effective – since launching in 2016, our programme has received excellent feedback from employees who’ve taken part and gone on to take positive action for their health.
Unique – Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, influence and information. Our team is passionate about supporting employees to make healthy changes to reduce their risk of cancer.
Competitively priced – we base pricing on the sector and size of your organisation.
Expert – delivered and designed by our nurses and health experts with years of experience working with a wide range of industries.
Bespoke – tailored to suit each workforce.
Supporting the people who need it most – reducing health inequalities is at the heart of our programme and we prioritise employees who are harder to reach or have a higher risk of poor health.
The positive impact on employees
We’ve seen the positive impact our programme has had on workforces across the UK
Since Cancer Awareness in the Workplace launched in 2016, we have engaged more than 30,000 employees through our face-to-face services and achieved almost 3.4 million touchpoints with our tailored health communications. And we know the programme is having a positive impact on the people who’ve taken part:
Hear it from them
It was a really informative presentation and has given me the restart I needed, thank you.
Employee after attending a workshop
The Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme has been really well received by our people, the Cancer Research UK Nurses are outstanding at what they do and the level of engagement has exceeded our expectations.
Employer
The information I received was excellent, it would be great to see this as a regular event
Employee after visiting a cancer awareness stand
Find out how your employees can benefit from our impactful cancer awareness programme by getting in touch through the link below and filling out a short form.
Other ways to get involved
Become a corporate partner
We’re working with our corporate partners to beat cancer. Our strategic partnership experts work with you to create partnerships that are mutually beneficial and highly effective, whatever size and sector. Partnering with Cancer Research UK will bring lasting benefits to your company.
Learn how to talk about cancer
You can feel confident talking to people about the ways to reduce the risk of cancer and the importance of spotting cancer early through Talk Cancer, our cancer awareness training programme. Through various training formats, the Talk Cancer training equips people with the skills and knowledge to have conversations that can save lives. Check out the Talk Cancer training here.
References
[1] Responses from 2,449 employees after attending a workshop, webinar or visiting a cancer awareness stand (April 2018-March 2022).
[2] Responses from 698 employees after attending a workshop, webinar or visiting a cancer awareness stand (April 2021–March 2022).
[3] Responses from 2,333 employees after attending a workshop, webinar or visiting a cancer awareness stand (April 2018-March 2022).
[4] Responses from 2,240 employees after attending a workshop, webinar or visiting a cancer awareness stand (April 2018–March 2022).