Clwyd West AM Darren Millar is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its award winning fundraising event, ‘wear it pink’ which will take place on Friday.

Over the last 10 years ‘wear it pink’ has raised a staggering £23 million and on Friday 25October 2013 people will come together in schools, colleges and businesses across Wales to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Campaign’s lifesaving research.

Darren said:

"Every year in Wales around 2,500 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, along with around 13 men. Sadly, around 615 women die from the disease each year in Wales. This is why we need to support Breast Cancer Campaign’s fundraising efforts so they can continue to fund research which will one day lead to a cure.

"I know people who have lost friends and family members to the disease and would like to encourage everyone in my constituency of Clwyd West and throughout the country to support ‘wear it pink’ this Friday, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research."

Breast Cancer Campaign vitally needs the money raised from ‘wear it pink’ for its researchers to have the best possible chance to find the cure.

To register for ‘wear it pink’ and receive your fundraising pack visit:

www.wearitpink.org or call 0800 107 3104.

Picture Caption; Clwyd West AM Darren Millar who is supporting Breast Cancer Campaign’s award winning fundraiser ‘wear it pink’ day.

Notes:

• • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women.
  • Around 50,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK, including around 2,500 in Wales.
  • 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
  • As of September 2013, the charity currently funds 105 projects worth £18.2 million in over 30 locations across the UK and Ireland. 6 of these projects are in Wales.
  • Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign
  • This year Primark is supporting the fight against breast cancer and will donate 20% of the full product price for every wear it pink item sold in store.
  • The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org