Calling all walkers – Notts fundraisers needed to beat breast cancer

Press release For immediate release: 10 May 2010 Press contact: Katie Power, 020 7749 3720 kpower@breastcancercampaign.org Calling all walkers – Notts fundraisers needed to beat breast cancer The people of Nottinghamshire are being encouraged to seek out their angelic side and raise funds to beat breast cancer by signing up the Edwinstowe Angels Friendship Walk being held next month in support of Breast Cancer Campaign. The five-mile family friendly walk takes place on Sunday 13 June around Sherwood Forest and it is hoped that over 200 people will take part. Each walker is also being encouraged to wear fancy dress to help create a trail of pink angels throughout the forest. Walk Champ Julie Hallam, from Edwinstowe, first organised the sponsored walk in 2005 with her friend, Mandy, who had breast cancer. Mandy sadly passed away in 2006 and Julie has continued to host the walk each year in her memory and to date the walk has raised a staggering £72,800 to help Campaign continue funding vital breast cancer research. This year Julie is hoping to top last year’s total of £7,000 but needs your help to make it even bigger and pinker than before - so sign up to take part now! Julie said “Each year we welcome new and regular walkers. This is a fun walk and an ideal opportunity to spend a couple of valuable hours catching up with friends and family in our beautiful Sherwood Forest while raising much needed money for Breast Cancer Campaign. “Breast cancer touches the lives of so many people and families across the UK and that’s why I want to get as many people as possible signed up to help the charity beat this disease. The walk isn’t a race and there’s no registration fee. Just turn up, bring your friends and don’t forget your fairy wings!” The walk starts at 10am at the Edwinstowe cricket pavilion and is free to take part however every walker is encouraged to raise a minimum sponsorship of £20. All the money raised from the walk will help fund Drs Martin and Woolston’s research project at the University of Nottingham, which is studying a group of molecules called redox proteins which are thought to help breast cancer cells survive. To take part in the Edwinstowe Angels Friendship Walk please call Julie on 07973 676 950 or visit www.friendshipwalks.co.uk ENDS Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 113 research projects, worth over £17 million, in 40 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 46,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 125 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/

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