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Actively Supporting Men's Health and Wellbeing Menu Home Men’s Health Check metGL Conclusion Leaving A Legacy News Events Press Contact Us Useful Links The WellMan360° Charter Prostate Cancer Summer Golf Day Click here for more details on the CHAPS Summer Golf Day In support of CHAPS, The Men’s Health Charity Thursday 9th July 2020 Frinton Golf Club, 1 Esplanade, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 9EP For a full list of our future Events please visit http://events.chaps.uk.com/ or select ‘Events’ from the above menu. LATEST NEWS – PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING… CHAPS is a registered charity which aims to raise awareness and support the development of new health services directly targeted at men’s needs to enable them to take care of their own health and well being. Originally founded in 2000 as a local prostate cancer charity – Colchester Has Active Prostate Support – CHAPS now aims to be an advocate for all men’s health issues. Key issues and how to get advice The causes of premature male deaths are well known: heart disease, smoking, prostate cancer, diabetes to name but a few. Unfortunately men are notoriously slow to react to early warning signs of illness and rarely ever seek medical attention until something has actually gone wrong. Furthermore men, especially the middle aged, have shown little interest in actively seeking out a healthy lifestyle or the resources available to achieve this. We aim to change this. LATEST (23/01/2019) – Urgent action on prostate screening needed Europa Uomo has joined with European urological associations, scientific experts, policy makers and other patient organisations to call for national screening programmes for prostate cancer across Europe. In a new policy paper, launched in the European Parliament with support from MEPs, the organisations say that the European Parliament and EU member states should ensure that the European Commission considers whether PSA-based screening should be implemented at European level. The paper was issued jointly by Europa Uomo, Cancer Control Joint Action, the European Cancer Patient Coalition and the European Association of Urology (EAU) at a special event to mark European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (EPAD). “The European Union can no longer continue to overlook the most common cause of cancer in men in Europe,” says the policy paper. (read more…) Chris Booth representing CHAPS and Ken Mastris representing our partners from TACKLE Prostate Cancer at the European Parliament. Our Supporters By pledging £100 your company will be making a huge contribution to CHAPS' ability to continue offering free health checks to men at our events and to working directly with companies to keep the workforce fit. Registered Charity No.1045849 Privacy Policy Contact CHAPS The Master Weaver's House Southfields Dedham Essex CO7 6AH Helpline: 01206 321253 Website maintained by Empresa...