Thank you to everyone that took part in Colostomy Day, our annual awareness day. An opportunity to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and show the world what it actually means to live with a stoma.

Beryl has had a stoma since she was 5 years old. Here she tells her story and talks about the changes in stoma care over the last 50 years.

We are delighted to announce that our booklet: ‘Active Ostomates – Sport and Fitness after stoma surgery’ was ‘highly commended’ at the BMA Patient Information Awards on Monday night.

We are delighted to announce that as of 16th September 2017 we have changed our name from the Colostomy Association to Colostomy UK.