A Teddington-based cancer charity was joined by Olympic drummers to take part in the Lord Mayor’s Show.

Beating Bowel Cancer’s float at the annual parade featured the London 2012 Olympic drummers beating the message on giant toilet rolls that bowel cancer can be beaten.

The drummers also walked alongside the charity’s float using fake toilets as drums to raise awareness and spread the word about symptoms.

Bowel cancer survivors were on the float to spread the word that with early diagnosis, the disease is treatable.

Graham Kelly, director of fundraising at Beating Bowel Cancer, said: “Bowel cancer is a treatable condition when caught early which is why it’s so important that everyone knows the symptoms.

“The Lord Mayor’s Show gave us a great opportunity to create an eye-catching float which got spectators wanting to find out more about the disease.”

The Lord Mayor of London’s Show is held every year to celebrate the newly elected Lord Mayor of London and attracts more than half a million visitors to watch a pageant of charities and organisations parading through the streets of London.

The newly elected Lord Mayor, Fiona Woolf, chose Beating Bowel Cancer as one of the charities to benefit from the Lord Mayor’s annual appeal.

The charity, located in Teddington High Street, hopes their share of the appeal will reach £0.5m, which will transform lives by helping to fund the charity’s specialist nurse support helpline.

The helpline provides a lifeline for people worried about bowel cancer, patients going through treatment and also supports family members.