Pancreatic Cancer Action (PCA) and Pancreatic Cancer Scotland (PCS) have said that they plan to merge.
Both organisations were formed ten years’ ago aiming to raise awareness and improve early diagnosis. They said they think they will be able to have a bigger impact over the next decade by merging.
PCA has an annual income of around £900,000, while PCS has an income of around £230,000.
Initially the two organisations will continue as separate entities, before merging into one new charity, subject to approval from OSCR, the Scottish Charity Regulator.
A new trustee board will comprise of trustees from both organisations.
Ali Stunt, founder and chief executive of PCA, is expected to be the CEO of the new charity, while Fiona Brown, development manager at PCS, will run the Scotland office. Brown is the most senior member of staff at PCS, which has never had a chief executive.
Stunt said: “The pancreatic cancer charity world is very fragmented; this merger will reduce any potential duplication of effort and resources and means we can make a bigger impact.”
Brown added: “The intention to merge will strengthen and grow our combined activities, enabling us to add more value, take more action and drive positive change: by coming together the 2020’s will be the decade of change for pancreatic cancer.”
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