Planting trees to raise awareness

Fruit trees will be planted at the Combe Valley Countryside Park next week, as part of efforts to raise awareness of cancer and ways to reduce the risk of developing it.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Jun 2018, 12:54 BST
Updated 19th Jun 2018, 16:33 BST
Combe Valley Countryside Park Discovery Centre and Community Café. Photo by Sid Saunders SUS-160516-053425001Combe Valley Countryside Park Discovery Centre and Community Café. Photo by Sid Saunders SUS-160516-053425001
Combe Valley Countryside Park Discovery Centre and Community Café. Photo by Sid Saunders SUS-160516-053425001

The event is being organised by the Hastings and Rother Cancer Awareness Project and Groundwork South. Activities start at 10.30am on Thursday, June 14 at the Discovery Centre.

Growing and eating more fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet is an important part of raising awareness about cancer prevention. Obesity is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer after smoking. Figures from Public Health England show only 53 per cent of the Hastings population eats the recommended five-a-day portions of fruit and veg.

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