Wear it pink!

10.48.20am UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 22nd Oct 2007

Local MP, Andrew Stunell, is calling for everyone to 'wear it pink' this Friday as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Last year's 'wear it pink' day raised £3 million for breast cancer research and helped to fund over forty new research projects in the United Kingdom.

The campaign calls for people to donate £2 to Breast Cancer Campaign and wear an item of pink to show their support for sufferers on Friday, October 26.

The Hazel Grove MP said:

"Every year over 200 people in Stockport are diagnosed with breast cancer. It is a devastating diagnosis for both patients and their families.

"I urge everyone to support wear it pink day on October 26 to help raise valuable funds for breast cancer research and give hope to the one in nine women who will be diagnosed in their life times."

ENDS

Notes to editors

1. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, accounting for nearly one in three of all cancers.

2. In Stockport, every year over 220 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women.

3. Breast Cancer Campaign is the only charity that specialises in funding independent research into breast cancer throughout the UK. Currently it supports 95 research projects, worth over £11.6 million in 50 centres of excellence across the UK.

4. For more information about Breast Cancer Campaign visit www.breastcancercampaign.org

5. For further information about wear it pink visit www.wearitpink.co.uk