Touring Prostate Cancer Memorial visits Scotland for first time
Touring Prostate Cancer Memorial visits Scotland for first time
Tribute to those affected by prostate cancer on display at St. Enoch Centre
Glasgow – 13 October 2022 – A touring remembrance sculpture is landing at the St. Enoch Centre this week, aiming to raise awareness of prostate cancer and honouring those whose lives have been lost to the disease, which affects 1 in 10 men in Scotland.
The striking ten-foot tall Prostate Cancer Memorial Statue is travelling the UK as part of a nationwide campaign from leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK. It will land for the first time in Scotland at St. Enoch Centre on 14 October and can be visited until mid-January 2023.
Appearing at other UK landmarks, the unmissable steel pyramid has popped up at London Bridge Station and Nottingham Railway Station to provide comfort to visitors who have lost loved ones to the disease, and to raise awareness across the UK of the most common cancer in men.
Prostate cancer is often treatable if caught early, but sadly over a 1,000 men in Scotland die every year from the disease. Prostate Cancer UK are working to raise awareness of the disease and to encourage men to understand their risk, with handy tools like a 30 second online risk checker helping to increase earlier diagnosis and save thousands of men’s lives.
Since late 2021, more than 500 names have been engraved on the sculpture, which is dedicated to those who have lost their lives to prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men. Visitors from across Scotland are expected to pay a visit to the memorial between now and mid- January 2023 to pay tribute to the men impacted by this disease.
Ann Ledgerwood, St Enoch Centre Director, said:
“It is a privilege to host the Prostate Cancer Memorial Statue in St. Enoch Centre on its first visit to Scotland.
“Prostate cancer affects 1 in 10 men in Scotland; by bringing this striking memorial to St. Enoch Centre we hope to raise much-needed awareness for prostate cancer and commemorate those who have lost their lives to this illness.
“St. Enoch Centre encourages people to visit the memorial and pay tribute to the men lost too soon to prostate cancer, whilst supporting the vital work being carried out by Prostate Cancer UK.”
Nicola Tallett, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement said: “The Prostate Cancer Memorial stands as a symbol of remembrance, dedicated to all the men we’ve lost to prostate cancer. The memorial has been welcomed across England in London, Nottingham, Birmingham, and Newcastle, and we are now delighted to bring it to St Enoch Centre in Scotland.
The memorial’s tour across the country is just one of the ways Prostate Cancer UK are raising awareness of the most common cancer in men, and I want to say thank you to our wonderful volunteers in Scotland including Ann Graham, Jean Holloway BEM and the rest of the Scottish Hub team in working tirelessly to get our message out there and save men’s lives. We want to see a future where men’s lives are not limited by prostate cancer, and we know men and their loved ones feel the same. Together we can stop men dying, by funding lifesaving research to support our sons, husbands, dads, uncles, and grandads. Men, we are with you.”