MP joins forces with breast cancer campaign

Jim Dobbin MP supporting 'wear it pink'

Jim Dobbin MP for Heywood and Middleton is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its biggest fundraising event, wear it pink day.

On Friday 28 October supporters in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to don an item of pink in support of Campaign and each donate £2 to fund innovative world-class breast cancer research.

Last year hundreds of thousands of people took part in ‘wear it pink’ to help improve survival rates for the one in eight women who experience breast cancer during their lifetime.

Mr Dobbin, said: “Every year in the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women. Although it is rare, men can also suffer from breast cancer, with around 340 men diagnosed each year.

“I know people who have lost friends and family members to the disease and I would like to encourage everyone in my constituency of Heywood and Middleton and throughout the country to support wear it pink on October 28, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research.”

To take part visit www.wearitpink.co.uk and register to receive a free fundraising pack.