ALTON Lions are spearheading a drive to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

The charitable group is teaming up with Prostate Cancer South Organisation to offer men, aged 45 to 75, a free blood test to detect possible signs of prostate cancer.

Blood samples will then be sent to a prostate cancer charitable trust, who post the results back to the patient, with an explanatory letter authorised by a retired consultant urologist.

The free NHS cancer-testing initiative will be held at Alton Community Centre on Saturday, July 21, from 10am-3pm.

An Alton Lions spokesman said: “Early-stage prostate cancer does not generally have any symptoms, so if you are in the target age group it’s prudent to have a simple blood test which could save your life.”

To book an appointment, call 01962 773698.