With the Huidfonds Sun Week on the way to a skin-cancer-free generation

Published Feb 25, 2019

One in six Dutch people will develop skin cancer, and the trend is increasing. The main cause of skin cancer is unprotected exposure to the sun. The Huidfonds wants to stop this trend and is committed to a skin-cancer-free generation by informing parents of young children about protecting their skin in the sun.

With the Huidfonds Sun Week on the way to a skin-cancer-free generation

Do you work at (or know someone who works at) a daycare centre, preschool or as a childminder? With your childcare location, you can help prevent skin cancer through good information and measures such as applying sunscreen, wearing a sun hat and UV-protective clothing, and staying out of the sun. In this way, we hope to see a skin-cancer-free generation grow up!

Will you join us?

During the Huidfonds Sun Week, children learn about the sun and sun protection in a playful, positive way. Make use of the ‘In the Sunshine’ video, colouring pages, sunscreen application games and other activities. And you could even win a UV-protective Sub limo parasol from Solero parasols.

Would you like to contribute to a skin-cancer-free generation? Register your childcare location—free of charge—here for the Sun Week.

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