Wear It Pink

Friday 26 October 2007 is wear it pink day.

Falkirk East MSP Cathy Peattie is supporting the Breast Cancer Campaign day (part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and you can do so too.

"Every year over 3,500 people in Scotland are diagnosed with breast cancer," said Cathy.

"Like many others, I know people who have lost friends and family members to breast cancer. I would like to encourage everyone in Falkirk East and throughout Scotland to support wear it pink day on October 26 to help raise valuable funds for breast cancer research."

"All you have to do is wear something pink. It can whatever you want, a little or a lot, as long as it's pink. Wear it to work, to school, or to do the shopping."

The Breast Cancer Campaign is asking people who take part to donate £2, to allow the 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 part of this money was used to fund eight new research projects in Scotland. This year they want to raise more.

To help Breast Cancer Campaign reach its target of £3.5 million and take part in the UK's original and best pink day, you can register and get a free fundraising pack by calling freephone 0800 107 3104; or visiting www.wearitpink.co.uk

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Notes

1. Friday 26 October is wear it pink day. Visit www.wearitpink.co.uk for further information or a fundraising pack.

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.

3. Currently it supports 95 research projects, worth over £11.6 million, in 50 centres of excellence across the UK.

4. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women.

5. In the UK, almost 44,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women each year - that's 120 a day.

6. Breast awareness: the five-point code

  • Know what is normal for you

  • Look and feel

  • Know what changes to look for

  • Report any changes without delay

  • Attend breast screening if aged 50 or over

7. Changes to look for

  • A lump or thickening which is different to the rest of the breast tissue

  • Continuous pain in one part of the breast or armpit

  • One breast becomes larger or lower

  • A nipple becomes inverted or changes shape or position

  • Skin changes including puckering or dimpling

  • Swelling under the armpit or around the collarbone

  • A rash on or around the nipple

  • Discharge from one or both nipples

8. Press contact: Claire Learner, Science Media Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign


DD: 020 7749 3705, Email: clearner@breastcancercampaign.org

(October 2007)

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