What we do
As a charity our aim is to improve bowel cancer survival rates. Working towards this goal, we raise money to to support various projects:
We fund the Family Colorectal Cancer Clinic (FCCC). The clinic is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and offers advice and screening to people at a high risk of developing bowel cancer.
We fund equipment and facilities to help improve the care and treatment of bowel cancer patients at the RSCH.
We provide grants for research into new ways of detecting bowel cancer and better ways of treating the disease.
GUTS works to raise awareness of bowel cancer and the steps people can take to reduce their own risk of developing the disease.
We provide a unique service for the community but we need your help to both maintain this service and to spread awareness of this common cancer. As a registered charity, we rely solely on donations from you, our supporters, to continue our fight against bowel cancer. You can support GUTS in a number of ways – please visit the ‘Volunteering for GUTS’ pages to find out more about taking part in our community fundraising activities.
Papillon Radiotherapy machine purchased for the RSCH in 2014 by GUTS and sister charity Bright .
Who we are…
The Trustees of GUTS include surgeons, pathologists and patients who all give freely of their time to help organise fundraising events and oversee the projects that funds are used to support. The Charity has two paid employees: Nerissa Deeks manages all the day to day running of the charity and Joe Smith looks after trust fundraising and media. Both are part time posts.
Upcoming Fundraising Events
Bolt Round the Holt
This chip-timed, traffic-free route through lovely Alice Holt Forest is a fabulous run with courses for all ages and abilities, from the children’s 1k up to a half-marathon. Canicross runners also welcome. The race will be raising money just for GUTS, so any sponsorship you raise will be go helping our work to improve bowel cancer screening, detection, treatment and facilities at the Royal Surrey. Your entry fee will only cover our costs for staging the event so please do…
GUTS Motor Tour
As usual, we will be driving a scenic 50-60 mile route to the final destination, which this year is Goodwood Race Course. Bacon rolls and coffee/tea will be provided from 8.30am at the departure point. Cars will leave at intervals from around 9.30am-10am and there will be a mid-morning coffee stop en-route. Participants should arrive at our final destination of Goodwood Race Course at around 1pm where there will be time for a picnic lunch before prize giving at around…
Registered Charity No: 1026791
Fundraising Office
Level A, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX
Call us
01483 408316
Screening Services
For information and advice on bowel cancer screening (in association with Colorectal Cancer Family Clinic),
please contact:
Beverley Gumbiti-Zimuto
Level D, Royal Surrey County Hospital,
Egerton Road, Guildford,
Surrey, GU2 7XX
email: rsc-tr.GUTS@nhs.net