IWPCSG Newsletter extract
October 2020
 
Peter was a foreign language teacher who taught locally for a number of years here on the Isle of Wight, teaching several members’ children.
 
When diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011, he became part of a group of men who had to travel to Portsmouth for their treatment of radiotherapy for 37 days. At that time the only means of travelling from the Hovercraft to the hospital was by bus or taxi and so the group very soon organised themselves to share a taxi to reduce the cost and travelled daily for 7 weeks, waiting in the café  in the hospital until the final member of the group had been treated before returning together via taxi and hovercraft to the Island.
 
On completion of their treatment, the group had found a friendship which they decided to continue, meeting regularly in a local pub. They soon realised that the support they had received from each other was needed for new patients and so decided to hold a public meeting in 2011, at which 30 people attended. From this a committee was formed and Peter soon after became Vice Chairman of the group, a position he held for 9 years, only stepping down in February of this year due to his failing health.
 
Peter was a natural conversationalist and so was part of the initiative to run a befriending group at St Mary’s Hospital which was so successful it won a PCK award. He was happy to help at Stalls run at various Shows and Fairs around the Island, usually turning up on his trusted scooter which he preferred to his car.
 
He was so proud of his 4 children and his grandchildren and would bend anyone’s ear to tell them all about their achievements and lives.
Always prepared to speak his mind, he nevertheless always backed the group in all its endeavours, even becoming the voice of the group on Isle of Wight Radio giving an in-depth interview about our PSA screening events.
 
Many of our members were helped and supported by Peter during their initial time of diagnosis, and they, like many others, will miss him. To his family and close friends, our sincere condolences, and our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.
 
Peter Hunt R.I.P.
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