Asda has boosted its efforts to support anyone affected by breast cancer by raising money from Unity Bands on World Cancer Day (4th February).
Asda will stock three types of pink Unity Bands and all money raised goes to Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now, which Asda also supports through its annual Tickled Pink campaign.
A spokesperson for Asda, said: “We know that our local customers and colleagues will unite to support World Cancer Day.
“We encourage everyone to pop into store and pick up a Unity Band – while you’re there, take a selfie and make a donation – it’s for such a fantastic cause.”
There are three pink Unity Bands to collect this World Cancer Day, and are available in all Asda stores now, for a suggested donation of £2.
About Breast Cancer Care
When you have breast cancer, everything changes. Time becomes measured in appointments. The next scan. The next results. The next challenge.
At Breast Cancer Care, we understand the emotions, challenges and decisions you face every day. So, from the day you notice something’s not right to the day you begin to move forward, we’ll be here to help you through.
Whether you want to speak to our nurses, download our specialist information or connect with volunteers who have faced what you are facing now, we can help you feel more in control.
For care, support and information from day one, call our nurses free on 0808 800 6000 or visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk
About Breast Cancer Now
Breast Cancer Now is the UK’s largest breast cancer charity.
· Breast Cancer Now’s ambition is that by 2050 everyone who develops breast cancer will live. The charity is determined to stop women dying from the disease, working in a new, collaborative way and bringing together all those affected by the disease to fund research, share knowledge and find answers.
· Breast Cancer Now’s world class research is focused entirely on breast cancer. The charity supports nearly 450 of the world’s brightest researchers at more than 20 locations across the UK and Ireland. Together, they’re working to discover how to prevent breast cancer, how to detect it earlier and how to treat it effectively at every stage so we can stop the disease taking lives.
· Breast cancer is still the most common cancer in the UK. Nearly 700,000 people living in the UK have experienced a diagnosis and one in eight women will face it in their lifetime. This year alone, more than 50,000 women will be told they have the disease.
· The UK still has one of the lowest breast cancer survival rates in Western Europe and every year around 11,500 women and 80 men die from breast cancer – that’s nearly 1,000 deaths each month. It’s time to act.
· Breast Cancer Now launched in June 2015, created by the merger of leading research charities Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
· For more information on Breast Cancer Now’s work, visit breastcancernow.org or follow us on Twitter or on Facebook.
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