Wear pink to save lives

I AM writing to ask all readers in Manchester to join us this October for the UK’s biggest pink fundraiser, Wear it pink.

Wear it pink, Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, takes place on Friday October 20 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise money for life-saving breast cancer research.

To get involved, all you have to do is ditch your everyday colours and pull on some pink and fundraise to help Breast Cancer Now achieve its aim that by 2050 everyone who develops breast cancer will live.

Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Around 287 women in Manchester are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and around 51 women in Manchester lose their lives to the disease. Last year 613 fundraisers across Greater Manchester got involved in wear it pink and raised an amazing £30,318 for Breast Cancer Now’s vital breast cancer research.

Wear it pink is for everyone and there are lots of ways the readers in Manchester can get involved – whether it’s at school, work or in the local community. You can try a whacky pink tie competition at work, host a pink cake decorating night in your community, or organise a pink party at school with bunting galore. Visit wearitpink.org to sign up and get ideas for your fundraising.

I hope we see lots of people in Manchester sign up to wear it pink this year – all of us at ‘Pink HQ’ can’t wait to see your pink outfits and hear all about your fabulous fundraising activities! Lottie Barnden, Wear it pink Senior Manager at Breast Cancer Now