Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance offers the Train the Trainer programme as support to individuals who wish to train others to become Cancer Champions.
Cancer Champions are individuals who are trained to recognise the early signs and symptoms of the disease. They are equipped with the knowledge needed to raise awareness about cancer, and engage in conversations that could help to reduce the risk of cancer.
Ultimately, Cancer Champions encourage early diagnosis (in stage one or stage two), when it is often easier to treat and has a higher likelihood of being successful.
Become a Cancer Champion Trainer
Our training session will provide you with the tools, skills, and knowledge to train members of your community or organisation to become Cancer Champions. The session will refresh your knowledge of the Cancer Champions project, as well as helping you structure and deliver training sessions by assisting with the theory, planning and presenting.
Benefits
- Ensures that your organisation/community has experts and mentors with the attributes, talent, and confidence to deliver training to others
- Allows you to tailor the training to the specific needs of participants
- Having individuals trained to be aware of the common signs and symptoms can help to increase diagnosis at an earlier stage
- A certificate highlighting your skills and commitment in delivering cancer awareness training
Aims of the session
The session will help you:
- Refresh your knowledge of the Cancer Champions Project
- Gain an understanding of roles, responsibilities and expectations for you and the Cancer Alliance
- Understand how to plan, deliver, and evaluate the Cancer Champions Awareness Sessions
- Answer any questions you have
- Determine an action plan moving forwards
The training sessions are delivered face-to-face and run for 5 hours with lunch and refreshments provided.
To register an interest in attending a trainer session, please contact the team via email: [email protected]
Why Cancer Champions are important
Cancer Champions are equipped with the knowledge needed to raise awareness about cancer, engage in conversations that could help to reduce the risk of cancer and encourage early diagnosis of cancer.
Cancer Champions are individuals who have been trained to recognise the early signs and symptoms of cancer. Spotting cancer early increases the chances of a better outcome.
We want to increase the amount of Cancer Champions in Humber and North Yorkshire, and providing people with the skills to train others will help us achieve this.
“If I hadn’t done the Cancer Champions training, where would I be? Learning about cancer saved my life.”
Sharon Hornsby, a Contact Officer with Humberside Police, received treatment for early-stage breast cancer after a free awareness session prompted her to book an appointment with her GP.
We recommend that those interested in becoming trainers attend the Cancer Champions training before attending the trainer’s session. This will equip you with the background knowledge surrounding the different types of cancers and signs to look out for.
Book your session here.
Book a private training session
The Cancer Alliance also deliver private ‘train the trainer’ sessions for organisations that require several members to be trained.
To book a private awareness session for your workplace, educational establishment, or voluntary group, please email [email protected].
Alternatively, contact Peter Stevens on [email protected]