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Save Men’s Lives from Prostate Cancer
Darlington, United Kingdom
Aim
Save Men’s Lives from Prostate Cancer by supporting our Prostate Health Testing Event.
Prostate Cancer kills more than 12,000 men every year and we need your help to save men’s lives.
Darlington Lions Club is holding a Prostate Health Testing Event on Saturday 25 April 2026 where a simple PSA blood test can detect early signs of Prostate Cancer.
Darlington Lions has organised 200 free tests costing £26 each. The whole event will cost more than £5,000. Please donate what you can to support these life-saving tests. Any money raised beyond our target will be used to pay for more free PSA tests.
Men with raised levels of PSA in their blood are advised to see their GP urgently. In two previous events organised by Darlington Lions of more than 450 men tested, 38 received urgent notices to see their doctor. Tom Seaver was one of those.....
Tom's Story
72 year-old grandfather and retired teacher, Darlington resident Tom Seaver heard about Darlington Lions Prostate Health Testing Event in March 2024, quite by chance, during a game of cards. Although he had no symptoms he decided to book a test.
“It was a good job I did because when I received the results I was advised to see my GP urgently,” says Tom. After a full range of tests, cancer was confirmed, but it was contained in the prostate, so Tom decided to have his prostate removed last September.
He continues: “I look back now and think that game of cards probably saved my life!
I had no symptoms whatsoever, so I wouldn’t have known anything about it if I hadn’t gone for the test. It would have got worse and could have been too late. What Darlington Lions Club is doing is excellent, and I can't thank them enough.”
If you want to help save the lives of more men like Tom by supporting our Prostate Health Testing Event, please donate now!
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made