Come onthe Borders and wear it pink®

Christine Grahame MSP 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 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 we want to raise more.

Christine Grahame MSPsaid:  “Every year over 3,500 people in Scotland 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 the Borders 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


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

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