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Football club hosts second wave of cancer screenings
A second series of potentially life-saving prostate cancer screenings have been held at the Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion FC. The first screenings, organised by Burton Albion
Community Trust and Queen’s Hospital, not only helped raise awareness of the dangers of the disease but also saw 113 men tested, with eight going on to be diagnosed with cancer. The innovative project aimed to take away the ‘fear
factor’ and enabled men to seek advice at the familiar surroundings of the football club. It received a lot of media attention, including a visit
by the BBC’s One Show, and was a factor in Burton Albion being named ‘Midlands Community Club of the Year’ for the second time. Now a second programme of screenings has taken
place at the football club and has again resulted in two days of screenings being fully booked. Burton Albion Football Club contributed to the costs of the screenings. Jyoti Shah, consultant urological surgeon at Queen’s
Hospital in Burton, said: “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in this country and the demand
Burton Albion FC raised awareness of prostate cancer and helped take away the ‘fear factor’
for these the screenings shows that we are raising community awareness and continuing to break ground with this innovative project.” John Widdowson, Burton Albion Community Trust’s
health and inclusion manager, said: “We are very proud of the success of the campaign and the impact it is making.”
In Brief
The Maternity Unit at Queen’s Hospital in Burton has been awarded an additional £40,000 in funding to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies. Health Education England has
given the cash to the hospital, which will be used to deliver multi-disciplinary training to boost safety for at the nationally- recognised maternity unit.
Burton-based recruitment firm Blue Arrow has relocated to news premises in the town, at Carpe Diem House on the corner of Borough Road. The firm says the move has
followed ‘considerable’ growth in local demand for temporary staff. Business director Jason Hale
said: “The branch has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and it’s great to move to a new location where we’re even closer to the heart of this fantastic community.”
Cutting edge (from left): Charlie Swift, research and development at Swift-Cut, Madalina Pirvu, and BSDC creative students Kimberly Coulson, Macaulay Holland, Nicole Worker-McHugh and Daniel Shaw
Students hone their skills with The Swifty
A local engineering company has given students at Burton and South Derbyshire College the opportunity to borrow a brand new plasma cutting machine, ‘The Swifty’. ‘The Swifty’ is owned by Swift-
Cut Automation Ltd, and the students are using it to create metal works of art. One student, Kimberly Coulson
was filmed talking about using the machine and its software. Kimberly has used the equipment to create a piece of wall
décor made out of brass and steel, which features a design based on a compass, sun and moon design. Madalina Pirvu, marketing
associate at Swift-Cut, said: “The college is a fantastic case study for enabling us to get this equipment out there to other potential customers.” Bill Moorley, course leader at
BSDC, commented: “The college’s partnership with Swift-Cut has enabled us to gain an excellent piece of technology that is really helping students to hone their skills.”
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