Please DO contact your GP if you have any worrying symptoms - DO NOT DELAY - 90% of Bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully if diagnosed early.

Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust

Ducks and Drakes Cancer Trust was founded to help save lives and promote well-being by raising awareness of cancer and specifically Bowel Cancer in young people, aged 18 to 30 in Dorset and UK and to support Bowel Cancer patients and their families through the provision of specialist medical equipment and financial aid.  The Trust was founded in 2012 by Andrew Drake and his family following the bowel cancer diagnosis of Andrew, aged 24. The Trust is registered with the Charity Commission No: 1147024.

The Trust was founded to:
  • Create awareness of bowel cancer in young people, aged 18 to 30 in Dorset and the UK
  • To support bowel cancer patients and their families through the provision of specialist equipment and financial aid
  • To fund specialist nurses in Dorset County Hospital, specifically in the Colorectal Department and financially support Dorset County Hospital's new cancer unit.
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We would love to come and speak at your event or club about bowel cancer awareness and Andrew's story if you would like to book us please contact Ducks & Drakes

don't DUCK THE ISSUE!

If you have any of these symptoms go see your GP right away!

The symptoms of bowel (colorectal) cancer can be:

  • Bleeding from your bottom and/or blood in your stools
  • A change in bowel habit lasting for 3 weeks or more – especially to looser or runny stools
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Extreme tiredness for no obvious reason
  • A severe pain or lump in your tummy.
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Are you a bowel cancer patient, aged 18 to 30, living in Dorset, needing financial help?

signs & symptoms

Do not be embarrassed! If it is Bowel Cancer, the sooner you are treated the better chance you have.

we are Supporting

"We are very grateful to the Dukes and Drakes Cancer Trust for all the support they have given us. The donation of special cushions has made a huge difference to the patients who have required them following their surgery for bowel cancer. The Trust have also made substantial donations to support the further education of the specialist colorectal cancer nurses which enable us to continue supporting our patients and providing them with up to date information and solutions for some of the problems they may experience following treatment. The Trust  also supports the donation of travel grants for patients  by the Semi colons bowel cancer support group and this is a big help for patients who have to travel to other trusts for long periods of treatment. The Ducks and Drakes Cancer Trust have worked hard to raise awareness of bowel cancer, particularly in younger people, and we appreciate their hard work and dedication."
Angela Ingram.  Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist, Dorset County Hospital.

“Ducks and Drakes have supported us from the beginning of the Cancer Appeal and we are very grateful to them for their very significant donation of £75,000. The money they raised has helped us to reach our Appeal target and will allow us to continue to provide the best possible care for all our patients at the new Robert White Centre in Dorchester.”
Simon Pearson, Head of Fundraising, Dorset County Hospital Cancer Appeal.

Find out more about our £75,000 support of Dorset County Hospital on our NEWS page