Calderdale Cancer Aware

17/11/2025

🌸 Women’s Health After 40 🌸

Join us this Saturday for an empowering event focused on health, wellness, and community — designed especially for women aged 40 and up.

What to expect:
Expert-led talks on cancer awareness, health screening & prevention
Practical tips for energy, nutrition & hormone balance
A supportive space to connect with other women in your shoes

📅 Date & Time: Saturday 22nd November, 1 pm - 3 pm
📍 Where: Apna Staying Well Hub @ Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre
🎟️ Book your spot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-health-after-40-tickets-1768679330489?aff=oddtdtcreator

Let’s take on this next chapter together — stronger, wiser and more informed. 💪💚

with Calderdale Cancer Aware

10/11/2025

Staying Well is a social prescribing service for Calderdale. Halifax Opportuntities Trust delivers Staying Well activities for Siddal, Southowram, Park ward,

10/11/2025

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and with more than 43,000 diagnosed every year in the UK, it's essential to know the common symptoms. Find out more about what to look out for from the NHS - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lung-cancer/

05/11/2025

👀 Be Seen & Screen – This Afternoon! 👀

Join us at Spring Hall Surgery from 1pm for an afternoon focused on screening, health and wellbeing. 💚

Our Staying Well and Calderdale Cancer Aware teams from Halifax Opportunities Trust will be there too — ready to chat, share information, and offer support around cancer awareness and community wellbeing. 🌿

📍 Spring Hall Surgery, 173 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax HX1 4JG
🕐 1:00pm
Open to all Central Halifax residents (Boulevard and King Cross patients too!)

Pop in, say hello, and let’s talk about screening, prevention and staying well together. 💬✨

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03/11/2025

👀 Be Seen & Screen – This Wednesday! 👀

Join us at Spring Hall Surgery on Wednesday 5th November at 1pm for an afternoon focused on screening, health and wellbeing. 💚

We'll be there along with the Staying Well team — ready to chat, share information, and offer support around cancer awareness and community wellbeing. 🌿

📍 Spring Hall Surgery, 173 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax HX1 4JG
🕐 1:00pm
Open to all Central Halifax residents (Boulevard and King Cross patients too!)

Pop in, say hello, and let’s talk about screening, prevention and staying well together. 💬✨

22/10/2025

Big shout out to the Knit & Natter group at Halifax Opportunities Trust for suggesting raising money for Wearitpink Breastcancerawareness

We kept raising awareness within the theme by doing a pumpkin decorating including 1 pink element

Everyone really got stuck in by wearing something pink,participating, baking ans donating 🎀


Macmillan Cancer Support
Healthwatch Calderdale

21/10/2025

Rachel had the pleasure of addressing the congregation of 150 people alongside Reverend Hillary and deputy Mayor Geraldine Carter

As Hilary said, the church faces the topic of life and death every day, so if we can't confront these topics in this setting then where can we?

We had a frank conversation that gave permission for the congregation to consider this topic within the real of their faith. Rachel spoke candidly that the reason our team exists is due to late stage diagnosis locally and that collectively on a community level we can improve this. Geraldine spoke from the heart about her cancer journey, so we displayed both ends of the spectrum during our discussion

Since delivering this, the outpouring of comments, messages and interest into how we can improve this further has been astounding

This shows we are needed and that the community want to support each other in improving outcomes

This won't be a our last visit, Halifax Minster ⛪️

17/10/2025

It was a pleasure to attend the 2nd day of Solace Summit and have a stall with Alison Haskins to promote the wonderful work we do here at Halifax Opportunities Trust

It was great to hear from 2 key note speakers and discuss some really poignant societal issues. It was also a great network opportunity where I was able to learn from other organisations, share a but about the work of my wonderful team, as well as sell some jam for our fabulous The Outback Community Kitchen & Garden

17/10/2025

We develop community connections and then ask them how they want these important messages conveyed

The answer: Light Up For Life Event; a celebration of women, awarenessness 🎀 and Diwali, the festival of light ✨️🎆

We bring medical professionals to you in the community, including Julie from the , Dr Gunson from the PGPA and retired GP Dr Seema Nagpaul from Springhall practice to share, listen and discuss with you

Women of all different backgrounds and walks of life came together to build stronger relationships and support eachother 🫶 let's encourage the women around us to be happy and healthy

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Halifax Opportunities Trust
Bradford and Pennine Breast Screening
NHS England
Macmillan Cancer Support
Calderdale Council
Staying Well Calderdale
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Kate Dearden MP for Halifax
Healthwatch Calderdale
Mayor of Calderdale

17/10/2025

We are looking forward to joining the congregation at Halifax Minster this Sunday as they remember St Luke, who was not only an Apostle and an Evangelist, but a physician.

We support the message of healing and encouraging Calderdale to be a healthy place! We thank Canon Reverand Hilary for championing this message and look forward to joining the congregation at 10:30 on Sunday 19th October. Please do come and and chat to us!

https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/opinion/canon-hilary-barber-each-year-in-october-the-church-remembers-st-luke-5358407

Halifax Opportunities Trust
Kate Dearden MP for Halifax
Calderdale Council
Healthwatch Calderdale

Each year in October the Church remembers St Luke. As well as being an Apostle and an Evangelist he was also a physician. Much of Jesus ministry was concerned with healing the sick, going from village to village and town to town, healing people with all kinds of illness, be it leprosy, blindness, ev...

16/10/2025

Thank you Verd de gris arts for attending and for all your do to empower local women. We appreciate you and your support 🫶

16/10/2025

Thank you Macmillan Cancer Support for your touching article about our efforts. This is a snapshot of our work and the amount of impact:

Discover how Calderdale Cancer Aware is helping people talk openly about cancer, access support sooner, and break down barriers in the community.