A South Cheshire charity founded in memory of a young woman who died of triple negative breast cancer has won a major award for its impact.
The Shine Bright Foundation, created in loving memory of the inspirational Sarah Bennett from Crewe, won the coveted ‘Charity Impact Award’ sponsored by ‘Phenomenal Women’ at the Butterfly Breast Cancer Awards 2024.
Crewe & Nantwich charity Shine Bright Foundation has donated £40,000 to breast cancer research.
The funds will go towards Breast CANcer Risk Assessment in Young women (BCAN-RAY) – a study led by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
A new Tomosynthesis (Tomo) digital X-ray mammogram technology kit has been funded by Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity for the Breast Care Unit at Leighton Hospital.
The £58,000 machine creates clear, 3-dimensional images of the breast, which helps early cancers and difficult to detect lesions to be identified.
A Cheshire radio presenter who held a charity night to raise funds for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity’s Breast Care Fund.
Kim Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2020 and after undergoing treatment is now cancer free.
By Jonathan White
A Wistaston woman is taking part in the “Bakewell Pink Ribbon Walk” in aid of breast cancer charities.
Anne Garner, a Learning Mentor at Cheshire College – South & West (Crewe Campus), is participating in the charity event in the Peak District on Saturday June 12, if government guidelines allow.
Jonathan White
A breast cancer survivor is embarking on a 155-mile charity walk in aid of Leighton Hospital where she was treated.
Kim Smith, 60, made 10 visits to the Breast Care Unit at Leighton Hospital in Crewe whilst being treated for her cancer.
A Nantwich nurse fought off breast cancer and held a “Debbie’s Not Dead” party to celebrate and raise more than £2,000 for St Luke’s Hospice.
Deborah Brown, 41, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer after feeling ridges in her breast last Easter.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Laura Smith joined the search for new life-saving breast cancer treatments at a research fair in Parliament.
The fair, hosted by UK charity Breast Cancer Now, was an opportunity to meet scientists behind cutting-edge research.
By Stephen Topping
A nationwide fault meant 1,400 women from mid and south Cheshire were not sent invitations for routine breast cancer screening, it has emerged.
Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, announced last week that as many as 450,000 women aged 68 to 71 in England had not been sent invitations since 2009 – and up to 270 women may have died as a result.
Nantwich patients at Leighton Hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Unit have been boosted by state-of-the-art medical equipment. A donation from charity organisation Boot Out Breast Cancer has provided the unit with a scalp-cooling DigniCap system.
Nantwich women can now sign up for 2012 Midnight Walk to help raise money for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice. The walk, the eighth to be held in the region, takes place on Saturday June 9 through Crewe and Nantwich.
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