In January 2024 The Primrose Foundation was thrilled to welcome three new Trustees to the team. Kayleigh Davenport, Screening Breast Care Nurse from The Primrose Breast Care Centre at University Hospitals Plymouth tells us more about her new role and what she is looking forward to the most.
Read MoreThe Primrose Foundation is delighted to confirm that Nick Davies MBE has joined our charity as a Trustee.
Read MoreThe entire foundation is incredibly proud and thrilled to announce that fellow Trustee, Shelley Coleman, has been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours list.
Read MoreThe Primrose Foundation is proud to announce that Asmaa Al-Allak has joined the team as our new patron.
Read MoreThe Primrose Foundation is incredibly proud of all our achievements. We have provided help, support, and assistance in a variety of ways over the past 28 years which always aim to ensure the best possible breast care services are provided to patients and their families across West Devon and East Cornwall.
Read MoreHello, I am Fiona Osmaston and I have been part of The Primrose Foundation for four years now.
I originally joined as a Trustee and in September 2022 I became the chair of this wonderful charity.
Read MoreHello, I’m Shelley Coleman and I have been a trustee of The Primrose Foundation for nearly 6 years now.
I joined the charity after being heavily involved in a fundraising event back in 2018 where nine local breast cancer thrivers dared to bare and raised a whopping £10,000 for Primrose.
Read MoreHello, I’m Maggie Jenkin and I have been a Primrose Trustee for 30 months (to be exact).
Read MoreHello, I am Julie Wheeler, and I am one of the newest Trustees to the charity, having joined in August 2023.
Read MoreHello, I’m Jim Steel and I have been a Primrose Trustee for about 20 years now (where have those years gone?).
Read MoreHello, I'm Rachel and I joined the board of Trustees in January 2023.
I believe in the value of improved patient care and recognised that The Primrose Foundation aided in supporting not only local breast care services but the clinical staff too. I therefore felt it was a great cause to be involved with.
Read MoreIf we were to summarise 2022 up in one word, it would be inspiring, for many reasons however, mainly because we have been so deeply touched by so many inspirational people who even as they walked through some dark and scary moments, still managed to be humbled and grateful for their treatment.
Read MoreIn April 2021 The Primrose Foundation announced that thanks to ongoing local support, we were able to fund two new part-time Breast Nurse Specialist posts for two years for the breast service at University Hospitals Plymouth.
Read MoreIn September 2022, five local ladies from the South Hams, Devon will take on an epic Scilly swim challenge around the Isles of Scilly, just off the coast of Cornwall in aid of The Primrose Foundation.
Read MoreBack in March 2020, The Primrose Foundation agreed to provide the Oncoplastic surgery team at University Hospitals Plymouth with a £10,000 training bursary.
Read MoreThanks to the work of its incredible fundraisers, Derriford-based charity The Primrose Foundation has been able to fund a fixed-term clinical psychologist for the Primrose breast care centre at Derriford Hospital - and one Plymouth woman has been speaking about how the support offered helped her to cope with a shock diagnosis.
Read MoreMy journey to becoming one of the Trustees of The Primrose Foundation starts from being a Radiographer staff member of The Primrose Breast Care Centre.
Read MoreCath Williams has been providing quality care to patients and their families as a nurse at Derriford Hospital since 1999.
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