Blogs
This Is Us Now
We asked you, the breast cancer community, to show the reality of living with or beyond breast cancer in the UK. We called it #ThisIsMeNow –...
A bold new chapter, a brand-new look
We’re excited to reveal our refreshed brand, which is part of an exciting new chapter in our history.
We’re advising EastEnders on Sam Mitchell’s breast cancer storyline
Breast Cancer Now’s nursing team has been advising the research team at EastEnders over the last few months, to make sure that Sam Mitchell’...
Bingo Against Breast Cancer Is Back!
Bingo Against Breast Cancer is back for another exciting evening of prizes, fun, and fundraising – and you could win a guaranteed jackpot of...
The Cost of Breast Cancer: 2025 Update
2 years after Demos and Breast Cancer Now first revealed the shocking cost of breast cancer, our new report exposes a worsening situation. T...
Introducing Our New Partnership with tombola: Eyes Down, Check Up
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new partnership with Britain’s leading bingo brand, tombola, as we join forces to raise a...
The Big Breast Cancer Survey report
In 2024, we started the process of developing our next strategy – the plan we’ll use to guide our work over the coming years. We wanted the ...
Eimer on what it’s like to be a breast cancer nurse specialist
This National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Day, we’re sharing and celebrating the story of Eimer McGeown. Eimer is a clinical nurs...
Our public health talk was a huge success
Sarah booked a public health talk at her workplace, Bank of America, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024. She tells us about the posit...
Meet our Fairfax & Favor brand ambassadors
Fairfax & Favor have been supporting us for 9 years now. Each October, they sell a limited-edition range of products to mark Breast Cancer A...
Have your say in our Big Breast Cancer Survey
Tell us how breast cancer has impacted your life. We’re creating our next strategy – the plan we’ll use to guide our work over the coming ye...
Co-production week 2024: Keeping people with lived experience at the heart of what we do
Co-production week is a national week, running from 1 to 5 July. It’s hosted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence and gives organisat...
Here for You: Creating meaningful change through co-production
Our Here for You team, Michaela and Zoe, are working with a group of people affected by breast cancer to co-create different aspects of the ...
Q&A with Cassie on ‘personalised support’
Cassie is one of our clinical nurse specialists. We asked her about personalised support for people with primary breast cancer, including wh...
Do you treat younger women with breast cancer? Here's Vic's advice
Vic is a clinical nurse specialist who supports younger women with breast cancer. We asked her about the rise in cases, her tips for healthc...
This International Nurse’s Day, we’re sharing and celebrating the story of our specialist nurse, Addie
In celebration of International Nurse’s Day, we asked Addie about our nurse helpline and why it’s so important. Find out more.
Understanding the risks of late side effects to the heart after radiotherapy
How Breast Cancer Now Voices helped researchers understand people’s perceptions and understanding of late side effects to the heart.
10 thoughtful items to gift someone during their breast cancer treatment
If you know someone undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy, here are some simple things you can get for them to help them through.
Most breast cancers don’t come back after treatment, but we know how scary it can be when they do
It’s very common for people who have had a primary breast cancer diagnosis to worry about a recurrence. If it does happen, we're on hand to ...