Our new season of Prostate FFIT comes to Tayside! As well as continuing our Prostate FFIT programme at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, we’re excited to announce our new partnership with Saints in the Community. Prostate FFIT is coming to St Johnstone FC at McDiarmid Park in Perth! We’ve teamed up with the SPFL Trust to launch the unique Prostate Football Fans in Training (Prostate FFIT). Our programme is open to all men affected by prostate cancer and is a great opportunity to meet men in a similar situation, to share experiences and improve fitness levels. Kicking off on Wednesday 12th June from 10 ..read more

Rotary in Scotland has been a driving force for good in 2023, raising over £22,000 in aid of our work! We’re delighted to receive continued support and funds from Rotary Clubs in Scotland. While Rotary Rides for Prostate Cancer have been a big part of Rotary’s support of our work, we’ve really enjoyed collaborating with clubs on other activities. This year, we’re a nominated beneficiary of Biggar Rotary Club’s Charity Film Screening Night in April and Eyemouth and District’s Cycling Sportive in September – read on for more news on these special events! Rotary Activity for Prostate Scotland in ..read more

We’re over half way into the third season and Prostate FFIT’s on the news! Prostate FFIT, our pioneering exercise programme for men affected by prostate cancer was featured on STV News at Six! It’s run in partnership with The SPFL Trust and the University of Glasgow. We’re thrilled to work with Kilmarnock FC and Rangers FC this season. The team from STV News at Six went along to one of our training sessions at Ibrox to talk to our ‘players’ and find out more. Take a look at their report: Credit: STV News at Six Prostate FFIT is suitable for all men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer or ..read more

11 March 2024 11.55 am Prostate Scotland welcomes the decision by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to make Olaparib available on the NHS in Scotland for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. Prostate Scotland said: ‘This is very welcome and helpful news as Olaparib with abiraterone has been shown for people who have metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer and who have not yet had chemotherapy or where chemotherapy is not an option, that it could increase the chances of progression free survival[i]. Its’ availability could in particular be helpful for men with BRCA1 and BR ..read more

With our new season of Prostate FFIT kicked off, we’d like to say congratulations to last season’s ‘players’ for completing their programme! Our teams at Rugby Park and Tynecastle completed Prostate FFIT in December. It’s our 12 week exercise programme run in partnership with the SPFL Trust and the University of Glasgow. We offer this course to men affected by prostate cancer. Prostate Football Fans in Training is a tailored version of Football Fans in Training (FFIT), the SPFL Trust’s flagship health and wellbeing programme. FFIT is hugely popular, and run at several football clubs acr ..read more

‘Enlarged prostate’ has been widely talked about in the news over the past week. This prostate disease is less widely known and talked about than prostate cancer. However, it is a common condition. In Scotland, almost 1 in 2 people over 50 who have a prostate can be affected and it becomes more common as they get older.  The medical term for this is Benign Prostatic Enlargement (BPE) or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). BPE is characterised by the non-cancerous (benign) growth of prostate cells, with the effect that the the prostate progressively enlarges. Benign means a growth which i ..read more

Get Prostate FFIT at Ibrox and Rugby Park! After our hugely successful programmes this year at Rangers, Hearts and Kilmarnock, Prostate FFIT kicks off again! It’s our free exercise programme specifically for all men affected by prostate cancer. Join us at Ibrox and Rugby Park in January 2024! We teamed up with the SPFL Trust to launch the unique Prostate Football Fans in Training (Prostate FFIT). It’s an opportunity to meet men in a similar situation to share experiences and improve your fitness levels over 12 weeks. Prostate FFIT has been specifically designed for men undergoing treatment fo ..read more

Prestonfield’s Burns Supper in aid of Prostate Scotland returns on Thursday 25th January. There’s a superb line up of speakers to enjoy! This celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns is full of wit, wine, whisky and wisdom, accompanied by fine seasonal food and one or two musical surprises. About our speakers This year we’re thrilled to have Ray Bradshaw, International award-winning comic, Scottish Culture Award winner and regular host of Scotland’s most popular radio show, Breaking The News, to propose The Toast to the Lassies. The Reply to the Lassies will be given by Multi-award-w ..read more

The Kiltwalk returns for 2024! Registration is now open for Glasgow and Aberdeen Kiltwalks! It’s a supercharged Sunday walk at your own pace, and a great way to raise money for our cause. The Kiltwalks are all about having fun and celebrating the valuable work of Scotland’s charities – our supporters love it! You walk at your own pace, and you can choose from 2 or 3 distances. What’s more, we’ll support you with a free fundraisers place when you fundraise for Prostate Scotland. Head to our event pages to apply, it takes just a couple of minutes: Glasgow – 28 April Aberdeen – 2 June Dundee – 1 ..read more

Prostate Scotland expresses disappointment over Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) decision not to approve lutetium (177 Lu) for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer but welcomes decision to approve darolutamide for metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer 9 October 2023 10.50 Prostate Scotland, Scotland’s prostate disease charity,  has today (9 October 2023) expressed its disappointment at the decision by the SMC not to approve Lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan to be available on the NHS in Scotland for men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. This is a ..read more