AWARENESS
Resources

If you are looking for educational resources to raise awareness of skin cancer prevention and early detection across your stakeholder community, you’ve come to the right place. Our comprehensive range of digital and printed resources are available to support anyone and everyone in helping to combat skin cancer on a small, medium or large scale.

Woman holding phone displaying the Skcin App

THE SKCIN MOBILE APP

Comprising six key features, the Skcin app is a comprehensive, accessible solution developed by Skcin to educate, empower and equip the nation with all the advice and self-management tools required to help reduce their risk of skin cancer, detect the early warning signs and take charge their skin health and surveillance.

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A6 AWARENESS BOOKLET

Our 20 page, A6 ‘pocket sized’ booklet is a small but mighty resource providing comprehensive information to educate the nation on the prevention and early detection of skin cancer. Widely sourced by hospitals and health centres nationwide, these booklets can be purchased in boxes containing appox 320 units for £45.00 (inc delivery) or downloaded for free.
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Sunbed Leaflet

SUNBED AWARENESS LEAFLET

Our sunbed awareness leaflet highlights the real risks behind tanning and sunbed use, including the link to skin cancer. It addresses common misinformation around supposed “health benefits,” outlines current regulations, dispels persistent myths, and emphasises the importance of choosing safer alternatives. A valuable resource at a time when sunbed use is on the rise—particularly among young adults.

Skcin awareness rulers

SKCIN MOLE RULERS

Our handy mole rulers with 6 punched out diameter measuring holes, makes measuring moles and keeping track of changes in size easy. The rulers are printed on flexible, durable plastic and promotes vital messaging on how to check your skin for the key warning signs of melanoma, highlighting the ABCDE of melanoma detection tool. These rulers can be purchased in batches of 50 units for £12.95

Monthly skin examination record chart

LESION TRACKING BODY CHART

Our skin examination body map and monthly record chart provides patients with skin check advice and the ability to monitor and record changes to skin lesions over a 6 month period. Signposting to the Skcin app further supports users with free advice, images, a step-by-step skin checking guide and monthly skin check reminders – supporting them in taking charge of their skin surveillance.
Primary care prevention toolkit

PRIMARY CARE PREVENTION TOOLKIT

Our Primary Care Prevention Toolkit provides healthcare professionals with early detection & referral guidance and the provision of patient information, awareness and signposting to proactively promote the prevention and early diagnosis of skin cancer across their patient communities.

POSTERS & DIGITAL SCREEN ADVERTS

Raise awareness of skin cancer prevention and early detection across your stakeholder and social communities with our range of posters and media assets perfectly sized for digital TV screens and/or social media reels and stories. Highlighting key facts, prevention and vital early detection messaging with essential signposting to further information and support. Each set contains: Digital poster, A3 print ready poster and digital screen adverts sized 1080 x 1920 pixels in both portrait and landscape designs.

SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (MAY)

Whilst at Skcin every month is skin cancer awareness month, May is the perfect opportunity for individuals and organisations to get on board with raising awareness of the UK’s most common cancer. Join us in our mission to help educate, empower and equip the nation with our range of posters, digital screen adverts and social media graphics.

AWARENESS POSTERS AND DIGITAL SCREEN ADVERTS

Each set contains: Digital poster, A3 print ready poster and digital screen adverts sized 1080 x 1920 pixels in both portrait and landscape designs.

SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS

Light up your social channels during the month of May with our range of social media graphics promoting key prevention and early detection messaging and essential signposting to further information, tools and resources. Each set contains graphics sized for Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The digital screen portrait adverts above can also be used for reels and stories.  We have provided a suggested post copy below – please remember to tag us in! @SKCIN  |  @skcincharity
 
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK and worldwide, yet 90% of cases are preventable and almost all cases are curable if detected, diagnosed and treated early. Education is our most powerful weapon in the fight against the disease and this #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth SKCIN are urging you to #ProtectYourSkin daily from UV damage and #CheckYourSkin monthly for signs of change. For information, tools and resources help you reduce your risk, detect the early warning signs and take charge of your skin health visit: skcin.org

CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Skcin are passionate about early years education to influence behaviours and prevent skin cancer for our future generations. Our much loved mascot ‘George the Sun Safe Superstar’ is heavily featured in the comprehensive range of free educational resources we provide primary and pre-schools nationwide. The story of George has been told to hundreds of thousands of children across the UK and beyond via our national accreditation programmes and it’s safe to say, he’s a firm favourite with children. Why not give the gift of knowledge and educate your little sunbeams on the importance of sun safety…

Child reading "George the sun safe superstar" book

GEORGE THE SUN SAFE SUPERSTAR / BOOK

Written and produced by Skcin, this beautifully illustrated, rhyming story book and animation tells the wonderful tale of a young boy who learns all about the importance of sun safety – how he spreads the message near and far and becomes a ‘Sun Safe Superstar!’ Extremely popular with primary school aged children, the book engages and educates youngsters on how and why to stay safe in the sun – promoting the adoption of healthy habits in early years to prevent skin cancer in later life. You can download the book and watch the animated version for free or purchase a hard copy for £7.99

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CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY BOOKLETS

Sold in boxes of 400 units, these fun, 16 page, A6 activity booklets engage early learners with sun safety, reinforcing key messaging throughout the story book “George the Sun Safe Superstar.” A popular solution for early years settings and awareness events to gift to children and keep little ones entertained whilst learning a valuable message.

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Sun safe superstars board game

SUN SAFE SUPERSTARS BOARD GAME

Designed and produced by Skcin, featuring our much loved ‘George the Sun Safe Superstar’ character, this fun, interactive board game teaches children all about sun safety. The game takes children on an adventurous sun safe journey with questions, obstacles and lots of fun forfeits along the way. Who will make it to sun safe superstardom first and win the game?! Great for children to play together and fantastic family fun, which will no-doubt teach adults a thing or two about sun safety! You can purchase the professionally produced board game for £20 each.

BESPOKE RESOURCES FOR TARGET AUDIENCES

In addition to our wide range of educational resources, Skcin have developed and operate a suite of five national accreditation programmes that specifically target high risk and influential audiences. Each programme is supported by a comprehensive range of bespoke resources to support the needs of individuals, organisations and their wider stakeholder communities.

Primary Care Toolkit

Our Primary Care Prevention Toolkit assists healthcare professionals with early detection, referral guidance and the provision of patient information, awareness and signposting to proactively promote the prevention and early diagnosis of skin cancer across their patient communities.
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MASCED Training

Skcin have trained a growing army of 12,000+ beauty industry professionals with our bespoke MASCED (Melanoma and Skin Cancer Early Detection) training programme that is ‘training eyes to save lives’ across the UK and beyond.
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MASCED PRO Training

Filling the void in skin cancer education within healthcare, our MASCED PRO training programme, reviewed and supported by the British Association of Dermatologists provides bespoke early detection training for Allied Health Professionals nationwide.
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Sun Safe Schools

Skcin work with thousands of primary schools across the UK and beyond providing comprehensive free resources and a bespoke accreditation programme to help them fulfil their duty of care to safeguard children against UV & prevent skin cancer through education.
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Sun Safe Nurseries

Skcin work nationally with nurseries and pre-school settings, providing them with the tools and resources to ensure they are fulfilling their duty of care to provide a sun safe environment and introduce sun safe messaging and healthy habits to early learners.
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Sun Safe Workplaces

Skcin work closely with employers of outdoor workers equipping them with the tools and resources to help them safeguard and educate employees to reduce the risk of occupational skin cancer and promote the early diagnosis of potentially cancerous lesions.
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