Year: 2025

Another wonderful evening celebrating our King’s Award and Christmas with our Maidstone ladies this time.

We all had a great time at Georgios in Margate, celebrating both our King’s Award and Christmas.

Last year, the volunteers of BRCA Kent were fortunate enough to be nominated for the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Service.

We are delighted to share today that they have been successful and will be awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service – the equivalent of an MBE.

Thank you to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust – Living with Cancer – workplace peer support group, for inviting Elizabeth and Vickie to be their guest speakers this month.

We are delighted to have received £550 from our lovely member Meg, who held a ‘bye bye booby’ party to raise awareness of the BRCA.

We had a great turnout at last night’s meeting and were all delighted to meet two of our new members.

Elizabeth and Suzannah were joined by the lovely ladies of Margate for another great meeting.

Elizabeth & Vickie welcomed Kerry Green, Oncology Counsellor from Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to our last meeting before the summer break.

We had a wonderful day at The Women’s Health Conference at The University of Kent today, networking with other charities and sponsors, answering questions from primary healthcare professionals and handing out lots of our BRCA Kent leaflets and information.

We spent a very relaxing afternoon in the beautiful surroundings of West Malling Golf Club enjoying a delicious afternoon tea.

A huge thank you to Mark and Lee who run Taddy’s Barn in Broadstairs, for hosting our Margate afternoon tea on Saturday.

A huge thank you to Macmillan Cancer for inviting Vyckie and I along to this very interesting meeting yesterday.

Elizabeth and Suzannah had a very enjoyable evening down in Margate last night hosting our support group.

We were delighted to welcome back Janet Bates, Macmillan Counsellor for Cancer Psychological Support Services in Kent and Medway as our guest speaker this evening.

Thank you to Suzannah for hosting a lovely support group this evening down in Margate.

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Maidstone support group this week, we had a lovely catch-up over coffee and cake!

Thank you to BRCA Chat for inviting me along to talk to ladies contemplating risk-reducing mastectomies, an honour to present for this lovely charity this evening.

At Ovarian Cancer Action, we’re here to help you understand your risk of hereditary cancer and the steps you can take to protect your health. Knowing your family history and any genetic links, such as Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, can be life-saving.

We were delighted to welcome Janet Bates, Macmillan Counsellor for Cancer Psychological Support Services in Kent and Medway to our meeting this evening.