ENGAGE, EDUCATE & INSPIRE

WELCOME BY BOOBEE CAMPAIGN PRODUCER & PATRON OF PREVENT BREAST CANCER

Margo Cornish  

Dear Followers,

We are thrilled that you have chosen to join us in our mission to engage, educate and inspire the women of Greater Manchester. We have much work to do to make us the most breast cancer aware city in the UK.

As it stands the number of eligible women coming forward for screening here in Manchester remains lower than the national average. Furthermore, the number of women losing their lives prematurely is higher in more deprived areas, when compared to women living in the least deprived areas. We need to act now and together we can help change these statistics.

Our campaign is two-fold, firstly raising awareness because we know that more awareness leads to early detection and early detection is the main key to a speedy diagnosis and a better prognosis. That means we can save lives.

We also need to raise money to support the work of the amazing Prevent Breast Cancer scientists here in Manchester who are at the forefront of medical research into preventing breast cancer and changing the landscape of cancer research from their base here in Manchester.

Our goal is to reach out to the women here in Greater Manchester ( and beyond) and educate them in order to make sure that they know what they can do to reducer their risk of getting breast cancer. Throughout our BooBee platform and series of events, we hope to engage, educate and inspire. We will change mindsets and give as many women information and a toolkit to take control of their breast health from now on.

 Together we will can achieve our goal of making breast cancer an illness of the past for our daughters, grand-daughters and all future generations of women not just in Manchester but throughout the world. 

Very importantly, this year, we have added two more layers to our campaign. Our HOPE sub-campaign will highlight the challenges and issues faced by women living secondary breast cancer, again creating awareness about the associated signs and symptoms. We want to champion their cause as well as a charity that gives them the important support they need as they live with a treatable but incurable diagnosis.

Secondly, over the time I have been working with women living with breast cancer ( and cancer in general) the conversation around physical intimacy and relationships has been a bit of a hot topic. It became clear that not enough was being done to help women through the physical and emotional rollercoaster of relationships during and post cancer treatment. Through our “Sex and the Titty” Podcast we hope to : address myths and mis-information, provide a safe forum to share experiences and provide a toolkit for maintaining intimacy and relationships during and post treatment.

Thank you for supporting us .

Margo X