Cancer Support Services making strides in 2017

One local charitable organisation has reaped success in a number of areas during 2017.

Public Relations Officer of Cancer Support Services, Antoine Williams told the Barbados Advocate that this year “has been successful” and “a productive year” for the organisation.

Going into detail about the gains made, he stated the charity has “been able to maintain our relationships. We have been able to make the organisation become even more visible and we have been able to create some strong linkages.”

Giving an example of a link formed, Williams spoke “of the Memorandum of Understanding which was recently signed between Cancer Support Service and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital”.

“Cancer Support Services has adopted Ward C12, so a lot of the work [and] a lot of the contributions that we have given to the Ward as far as patients and the nursing staff, as far as they are concerned then that MOU says we are on board.”

Further highlighting the charity’s accomplishments, Williams said “this year we have seen an increase in men attending the PSA exercises”.

He spoke on side-lines of a recent donation by Popular Discounts to the charity at the supermarket’s Kendal Hill, Christ Church branch. Cancer Support Services was one of two selected by the grocery store to give back to.

Sharing with Barbados Advocate how the funds received will possibly be used, Williams stated “a lot of it will go back into the welfare element for members. Welfare in terms of providing household items, in terms of providing counselling care, in terms of providing medication for patients. I believe that in cases like this, the welfare feature of the organisation will benefit.”