MP is in pink to help breast cancer battle
THE MP for Heywood and Middleton is dressing in pink to lend her support to Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink campaign.
Liz McInnes, has joined more 190 MPs across the country in becoming a Breast Cancer Now Ambassador, championing breast cancer issues both in her constituency, which includes Bamford, Norden and Castleton, and nationally, working towards a day that the disease will stop taking lives.
The campaign will see thousands of people across the UK adding a splash of pink to their outfits on Friday,October 20 and raise vital funds for breast cancer research.
Liz said: “Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. One in eight women will face it in their lifetime, and every year around 11,500 women and 80 men lose their lives to the disease.
“This is why I’m urging as many people as pos- sible to take part in Wear It Pink on Friday, October 20.
“It’s such a fun and easy way to support Breast Cancer Now’s vital research, and help stop breast cancer taking the lives of those we love.
“Breast cancer affects so many people both here and across the country, so as a Breast Cancer Now Ambassador I am proud to take part in Wear It Pink to raise awareness of the impact of the disease locally and to support for Breast Cancer Now’s vital research. I hope that everybody in Heywood and Middleton will join me and Wear It Pink.”
Baroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive at Breast Cancer Now, said: “It is fantastic that so many MPs dressed up in pink at our Westminster Wear It Pink event and we are really grateful for all of the support and enthusiasm shown.
Wear It Pink is a wonderful opportunity for communities across the UK to come together and have fun, whilst showing their support for everyone affected by breast cancer.
“Simply by wearing something pink and donating, you’re raising funds for life-saving research and helping Breast Cancer Now reach our goal that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live.”
To take part in Wear It Pink this October, visit wearitpink.org/2017 for further details, fundraising ideas and how to register for a free fundraising pack.