Marie Tudor
CEO of National Skin Cancer Charity Skcin
Marie Tudor is CEO of National Skin Cancer charity.
Marie works tirelessly for skin cancer charity Skcin and has been in the role for the past 5 years, after working for five years as freelance Business and Marketing Consultant.
Skcin is the UK’s only charity dedicated to raising awareness of skin cancer through education to promote prevention, early detection, improve prognosis and save lives. The charity has been operating for 14 years and was born out of the loss of family member to melanoma the deadliest form of skin cancer They work strategically to help combat a huge financial burden that is estimated, by 2020, to cost the NHS over £550 million annually
Skcin focus is on proactive intervention on a national scale. Their targeted, bespoke, accreditation programmes offer longevity and provide statistics, reporting and feedback on all levels and measured outcomes. They offer FREE on line accreditation and resources for Schools,www.sunsafeschools.co.uk, nurseries, www.sunsafenurseries.co.uk, and Workplaces, www.sunsafeworkplaces . Skcin worked for five years lobbying and campaigning to secure sun safe teachings on the national curriculum for Primary Schools that will finally become mandatory in 2020.
Skcin were Founder members of the Melanoma Taskforce started in 2010 to support the Government in practical solutions and addressing the concerns raised by Taskforce and the shocking rising statistics of skin cancer that has grown by 45% in the last decade with over 350,000 cases of both non melanoma and melanoma .annually. Skcin are also involved in recommendations to Government, lobbying and campaigning and are stakeholders to NICE , National Institute for Clinical Excellence, in reviewing and setting standards in clinical pathways for early detection and diagnosis of skin cancer. Skcin were involved in developing and setting hair/beauty industry guidelines in 2010 and since that time have undertaken education sessions with key targeted audiences.
Marie was pivotal in the concept of launching an online training for industry in 2017 Masced, Melanoma and Skin cancer early detection training, www.masced.uk that has taken the industry by storm. The training help hair and beauty professionals identity the sign and symptoms of skin cancer and melanoma using interactive platform. The charity has trained over 4700 leaners via its online training in less than two years. Their programme is now supported by industry and key providers Due to the success in uptake and the impact of an increase in skin referrals and growing early detection cases .Skcin are keen to see the training made mandatory for all staff working in this sector and it clear it can save lives and early detection can mitigate the huge burden of costs to the NHS and the hair and beauty industry professionals become powerful advocates in the fight against skin cancer.