Tag: Breast Cancer Now

tombola teams up with Breast Cancer Now for ‘eyes down, check up’ campaign that encourages one million people to check their breasts and raise £1million

Stuart Mitchell

tombola has teamed up with leading research and support charity, Breast Cancer Now, to launch their ‘eyes down, check up’ campaign, which aims to encourage one million people to regularly check their breasts and raise up to £1million for the charity.  Every 10 minutes in the UK, one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, and one man is diagnosed daily*. Around two thirds of breast cancers in England are found when a woman detects an unusual breast change and gets this checked by a GP**. Yet fewer than half (44%) of…

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Breast Cancer Now calls for urgent action to improve awareness of and access to vital breast screening as breast screening uptake remains below target for the fourth consecutive year

Stuart Mitchell

As latest NHS England screening data reveals breast screening uptake remains below target for the fourth consecutive year, Breast Cancer Now calls for action to improve awareness of and access to vital breast screening. With today’s alarming new NHS England data showing breast screening uptake remains below target for the fourth consecutive year, charity Breast Cancer Now is calling on the government and NHS England to deliver a national breast screening awareness campaign to encourage more women to attend screening and ultimately save more lives from breast cancer. Only 64.6%…

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Billboards around the UK urge people to Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer Now

Stuart Mitchell

Thousands of people are being encouraged to ‘wear it pink’ this October, with the help of some outdoor advertising space gifted to the UK’s largest breast cancer charity. Outdoor media operator 75Media has donated space on more than 50 digital billboards across the country, including London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow with a creative advert they’ve designed especially for Breast Cancer Now’s wear it pink campaign. Breast Cancer Now is encouraging people to raise money by simply wearing pink at school, at work or at home. It’s a campaign which has…

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Asda set to launch biggest ever Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Campaign with over 200 exclusive pink products

Stuart Mitchell

Asda is set to launch its biggest ever Tickled Pink campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October with over 200 exclusive pink products available to purchase. Sales of the products will help to raise vital funds for charity partners Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel! supporting new breast cancer treatments, vital education, and life-changing support, as well as on pack vital breast cancer awareness on a range of products. The range will see support from some iconic brands who are turning their packaging pink, including Diet Coke, Heinz Baked Beans…

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Asda carparks provide alternative location for vital breast screening services in England

Stuart Mitchell

A cross-sector collaboration with Breast Cancer Now, NHS England and Asda, will provide new, alternative locations for the mobile breast screening units, to be used by the NHS Breast Screening programme, run by NHS England. Asda has made their car parks, in specific regions, available, in a bid to increase convenience and visibility of vital breast screening services in England. The announcement was made as part of an Asda Parliamentary event, hosted by Matt Vickers MP, which focussed on supporting community organisations, utilising store space and fundraising for national charities.…

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