Becoming Breast Cancer Now

As two individual charities, the Boards of Trustees of both Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now believed that we could achieve more together than we could apart. We united around our shared ambition that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer lives – and is supported to live well.  

The merger has created the UK’s first comprehensive breast cancer charity, bringing together our combined heritage, passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks to create a stronger force for people affected by breast cancer, now and in the future. 

The merger provided a bold opportunity to connect the UK’s largest breast cancer research community with the UK’s largest breast cancer support community, to speak with one clear voice for people affected by breast cancer. 

Our merger has created the UK’s first comprehensive breast cancer charity, bringing together our combined heritage, passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks to create a stronger force for everyone affected by breast cancer, now and in the future – we can achieve more together than we can apart. 

In 2015, there was the opportunity to merge Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Campaign – two similar research and campaigning organisations to form Breast Cancer Now. In 2019, we took the opportunity to unite two complementary charities – Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now and create one breast cancer charity in the UK for all those affected by breast cancer. This opportunity did not exist four years ago. 

Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now officially became one charity on 1 April 2019, under the legal name Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now. Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now is a company limited by guarantee registered in England (9347608) and a charity registered in England and Wales (1160558), Scotland (SC045584) and Isle of Man (1200).

Yes. The breast care nurses and highly trained staff on our free and confidential Helpline are here for you, your family and friends, whatever you’re going through. So, whether you have been diagnosed with breast cancer yourself, or have questions about a loved one - we’re ready to listen. You can call the Helpline for free on 0808 800 6000 from 9am-4pm, Mondays-Fridays, and 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

Yes. We are absolutely committed to funding world-class research, as well as campaigning for progress for everyone affected by breast cancer. We currently fund around a third of breast cancer research in the UK.

Secondary breast cancer was and remains one of the priorities for the new charity. As one charity with one clear voice we believe we will be able to drive greater, much needed progress in this area. Our aim is that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and be supported to live well, which means that so much of what we have achieved in the past, and what we do now and going forward is about stopping women dying of secondary breast cancer and supporting women to live well.

Whether that’s finding ways to support patients’ needs more effectively, and, through research and campaigning, preventing the disease spreading and developing new treatments that patients can access to give them more time to live and live well.

In October 2019, the charity will be launching a dedicated secondary breast cancer campaign to shift perceptions around secondary breast cancer and drive change to support them to live well. 

Delyth Morgan is Chief Executive of the new charity and was appointed into the role on 1 April 2019.

Breast Cancer Now’s Head Office is in Aldgate, London, with offices based in Sheffield, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow