Volunteer with MASScot! 14 July & 20/21 July

We are looking for volunteers to come along and help spread Melanoma Action and Support Scotland's sun protection message.

MASScot will be attending the Heavy Horse Show in East Kilbride on Sunday the 14th July and need volunteers to help run our stand at this event. This is one of Scotland's biggest heavy horse shows, offering the chance to get up close to nearly 200 horses, from tiny Shetlands through to sturdy Highland ponies and giant Clydesdale's  Watch show classes, donkey classes and agility courses in the ring, take a pony ride and join in with children’s craft workshops. MASScot will be there to make sure everyone is educated on Melanoma and Skin Cancer.

Date: Sunday 14th July
Location: National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride.

We will also be attending The Glasgow Show on both the 20th and 21st of July at Glasgow Green. The Glasgow show is an exhilarating weekend of amazing family entertainment and exciting activities. With live music, extreme sports, dance performances, street theatre, countryside activities, children's funfair rides and a main arena filled with international acts. You can be part of the festivities by volunteering with MASScot and helping to make the weekend even better for all attending. 


Date: Saturday 20th July - Sunday 21st July
Location: Glasgow Green

Volunteer Expenses will be paid. 


MASScot will be present at the Pollok Family Fun Day at Pollok Park on Sat the 3rd of August. There will be several arenas throughout Glasgow’s largest park with a range of entertainment and activities which promise something for everyone.
Date: Saturday 3rd August
Location: Pollok Country Park


If your up for volunteering at any of these events contact Leigh Smith at: 

0773 823 1260 or email  Leigh@masscot.org.uk media@masscot.org.uk

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Roundup

Collection of links and articles on Melanoma and Skin Cancer from the last week.


Cancer treatment time targets being missed by more than half of Scotland's regional health boards

• NEW figures show that eight of Scotland's 14 regional health boards failed to meet the target of 95 per cent of patients starting treatment within 62 days of being urgently referred at the start of this year.

Source: Daily Record

Almost half of Scots try to get sunburnt in hope of 'deeper tan'

• Getting sunburnt once every two years can triple the risk of skin cancer but 46% of people surveyed in Scotland will take the risk, according to Macmillan Cancer Support — the UK average is 40%.

Source: STV

Garden weed that could help fight off skin cancer: Picato is fast-acting treatment for condition that causes one form of disease

• A new treatment for skin damage that can lead to cancer has been created from the sap of a common garden weed.

Source: Daily Mail

Ayrshire skin cancer diagnoses still rising
Source: Irvine times

Birthday Honours trio congratulated

• Jo Swinson MP has congratulated MASScot chair Leigh Smith who was given an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Source: Bearsden and Milngavie Herald

British women's appetite for tanning salons is fading fast as the appeal of the orange look starts to wear off

• Number of UK tanning salons decreased by a third last year
• Women are favouring pale look of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence
• Using a sunbed before age of 35 increases the risk of malignant melanoma by nearly 90 per cent

Source: Daily Mail