Breast Cancer Now's £1000 challenge is back!

Editor,

Breast Cancer Now’s £1,000 challenge is back, and we need as many people as possible to sign up to help fund life-saving breast cancer research.

The challenge is exactly as it sounds.

All you need to do is raise £1,000.

How you do that is completely up to you.

Whether it’s a sponsored cycle or walk, a ball or a bake sale, or even your very own mini-festival (yes, someone really did that!) we’ll be here to support you all the way.

In the UK, someone dies from breast cancer every 45 minutes.

But research has the power to change this.

All life-saving drugs begin their journey as an idea that’s investigated in the laboratory by the brightest minds in research. 

Breast Cancer Now is currently funding around 70 cutting-edge research projects that provide people at risk or affected by breast cancer hope there can be a better future for those diagnosed.

By taking on the £1,000 challenge, every pound you raise will go towards helping our scientists answer the most pressing questions - like how can we improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy, or what makes some triple negative breast cancers more aggressive and more likely to spread?

If you reach your target by October, we’ll send you an exclusive pin badge to wear with pride, knowing you’ve helped the scientists at Breast Cancer Now move closer towards a future where everyone diagnosed with breast cancer lives, and is supported to live well. Together, we can make this possible.

Challenge accepted?

Sign up at: breastcancernow.org/1000challenge

Dr Kotryna Temcinaite

Head of research communications and engagement at Breast Cancer Now

The views expressed are those of the author of the letter and not those of Oldham Chronicle.