Worcestershire charity football match taking place to shine a light on stigmas around prostate cancer
1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
The organiser of a Worcestershire charity football match which is taking place today says it is vital men take their prostate health seriously.
33-year-old Ben Homans from Tewkesbury has set-up the match for several years with an aim to continue to break the stigma surrounding men and prostate cancer.
More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year on average, according to charity Prostate Cancer UK.
Evesham United are hosting this year’s event, with Redditch United holding last year’s, with Ben saying it was a diagnosis in his family that made him start it.
“My grandad was previously diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2012, having received treatment and thankfully still being here today I wanted give something back to those who had helped,” he said.
“There’s two reasons I do this, one of them is to break the stigma and getting men to be able t talk about the aches and pains around prostate cancer and encourage them to get checked.
“The other reason is just bringing people together as well and the support over the years has been incredible and the clear message that I want to show through this is to keep making people aware of prostate cancer.”
Kick-off is 2pm.