Bolton South East MP Dr Brian Iddon “Wears it Pink” for Breast Cancer Month
19th October 2007
Dr Brian Iddon MP is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign in its award winning “wear it pink” day on Friday 26 October 2007 as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and urges you to join in too.
So what do you have to do? It couldn’t be easier. Whether you are in an office, at school, or simply doing the shopping, on 26 October donate £2 to Breast Cancer Campaign and wear an item of pink - anything you like, lots of pink, a little bit of pink, as long as it’s pink.
Your donation will allow the Breast Cancer Campaign to continue researching the cure and help the one woman in nine in the UK that will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
Last year’s wear it pink day raised a whopping £3 million for breast cancer research and helped to fund over forty new research projects in the United Kingdom. This year we want to raise more.
Dr Iddon said,
“Every year nearly 44,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer. Like many others, I know people who have lost friends and family members to breast cancer. I would like to encourage everyone in my constituency of Bolton South East and throughout the country to support wear it pink day on October 26 to help raise valuable funds for breast cancer research.”
Help Breast Cancer Campaign reach its target of £3.5 million and take part in the UK’s original and best pink day. To register and to receive your free fundraising pack either call freephone 0800 107 3104; or visit www.wearitpink.co.uk
Dr Brian Iddon pictured here wearing it pink in support of Breast Cancer Month
2. Breast Cancer Campaign is the only charity that specialises in funding independent research into breast cancer throughout the UK. Our aim is to find the cure for breast cancer by funding research which looks at improving diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, better understanding how it develops and ultimately either curing the disease or preventing it. Currently it supports 95 research projects, worth over £11.6 million in 50 centres of excellence across the UK.
3. For more information about Breast Cancer Campaign visit www.breastcancercampaign.org
4. For further information about the wear it pink campaign visit www.wearitpink.co.uk
5. For more information about this press release please contact Gemma Reay in the Office of Dr Brian Iddon MP 0207 2192096