It’s time to wear it pink and help beat breast cancer

Jim Dobbin MP 'wears it pink'

Jim Dobbin MP is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of for its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink, today (Friday 30 October).

It’s time to wear it pink, it’s time to beat breast cancer and Jim Dobbin is urging residents, young and old to get their pink outfits on. Schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to wear it pink in support of Campaign and donate £2 each to fund innovative world-class breast cancer research.

Last year over one and a half million people took part in wear it pink to help improve survival rates for the one in nine women who experience breast cancer during their lifetime. This recession busting fundraiser is affordable and easy to take part in, giving everyone the chance to help make a difference.

Mr Dobbin says: “Every year over 45,500 women and 300 men in the UK 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 my constituency of Heywood and Middleton and throughout the country to support wear it pink on October 30, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research.”