Keeping urostomates up to date with the latest in policy developments, resources, events and real life stories is at the heart of our service, and our monthly e-updates deliver all the news directly into supporters’ inboxes!
You can find copies of this year’s e-newsletters below, along with links to the individual articles featured. Enjoy!
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May 2024 – including links to:
- Helping bladder cancer patients make informed decisions – our blog to mark the end of Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Ask the experts webinars – July’s will be on leaks. Details TBC.
- Trusted information at your fingertips – links to our new resources
- Create your will free of charge – how you can create a lasting impact by leaving a gift to the Urostomy Association in your will.
April 2024 – including links to:
- Cruising with a urostomy – Linda’s blog on her experiences of cruising with a urostomy
- Ask the experts webinars – May 2024’s webinar on UTIs
- Why is my urine purple? – Kate Sainsbury’s blog on purple urinary bag syndrome (PUBS)
- Create a lasting legacy – how a gift in your will would support urostomates in the future.
March 2024 – including links to:
- Managing night drainage – stoma nurse, Michaela Parker, answers urostomates’ most frequently asked questions
- John and Wendy’s walk of hope and gratitude – John Cunningham (who has two stomas) and his wife take on the Land’s End to John O’Groats challenge.
- Anxious about travel? – link to our ‘meet the experts’ webinar on travel held on 11 April. (Two of the contributions can be found here)
- Your support makes a difference – explaining how regular, monthly donations are crucial to our charity
February 2024 – including links to:
- Launching new ‘ask the experts’ webinars – experts and urostomates share their experience and advice
- New look website – our revamped website, including blogs for personal stories and expert advice from stoma professionals
- Boys need bins – latest on our campaign calling for men to have access to sanitary bins at work and in public toilets
- Support our work with a regular donation – explaining how regular, monthly donations are crucial to our charity
January 2024 – including links to:
- New office – our new contact details
- Making your voice heard – the Urostomy Association’s response to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation around modernisation of Part IX of the ‘Drug Tariff’
- New blog page – launching our new blog feature
- Donate in celebration – how you can support the Urostomy Association by asking friends and family to make a donation in lieu of gifts
- Last call skin care survey – survey being conducted by Hollister Ltd