News and events

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 2022

April is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month. IBS is a disorder in the gut-brain interaction. In IBS, it is thought that the gut and the brain ‘over communicate’, causing symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating,...

1st April 2022

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2022

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK. Almost 9 out of 10 people diagnosed are diagnosed when they are over the age of 60....

31st March 2022

World Cancer Day 2022

The 4th February is World Cancer Day. On this day across the globe, organisations come together, raise awareness and take action. Guts UK is a proud founding charity member of the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce...

3rd February 2022

Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month 2022

February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month. Oesophageal Cancer is the 9th most common cancer worldwide, and Guts UK is proud to be raising awareness, funding research and providing expert information on oesophageal cancer. Guts UK is...

1st February 2022

Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day 2022

Guts UK is a founding charity member of the Less Survivable Taskforce (LSCT). The LSCT was set up by a group of charities all aiming to double survival rates of the 6 less survivable cancers...

11th January 2022

Understanding your guts at Christmas

Whatever festive season you celebrate, many of us can tend to ‘overindulge’. Many social aspects of festive celebrations revolve around food and drink, so we’ve put together a guide to understanding your guts this Christmas....

3rd December 2021

Free Gut Health Webinar!

Guts UK has joined forces with The Gut Stuff to bring you a free webinar. Together, we’ll explore the fascination that is the gut microbiome (the bugs in our guts) and how this influences our gut...

14th October 2021

A poo costume and a Professor – what a team!

On Sunday 22nd August this year we had our small but mighty team of runners take on the famous half marathon route through London for Guts UK! This incredible course weaves through some of London’s...

4th October 2021