Jeanne Chattoe, from Witney, is the founder of Witney in the Pink, an event that has been held in the town since 2000 and raised over £250,000 for Against Breast Cancer. After losing her sister Delia to breast cancer in 1994, and twice overcoming the disease herself, Jeanne was determined to raise money towards breast …
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Jive+ proved once again that they could step it up with their latest Jiveathon, fifty jivers in pink T-shirts and some with pink faces kept going for 12 hours of non-stop jiving raising an astonishing £30,000! Many of the couples managed to complete the full twelve hours, without missing a step these intrepid ‘soles’ tripped …
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This year we are marking a very special occasion, it is 25 years since Dr Anthony Leathem together with his wife Pat decided to set up Against Breast Cancer. In 1993 Anthony recognised the urgent need to improve patient survival by preventing deaths from secondary spread breast cancer. A Pathologist at Middlesex Hospital at the time, …
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Getting ringside with Industry Boxing When Industry Boxing first contacted us to talk about their ladies only ‘white collar’ events we will admit at first we were a little shocked and a bit concerned, we were also really intrigued. Who on earth would want to get into a boxing ring we thought? Well, as it …
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Congratulations to everyone who braved the soaring temperatures and took part running the hottest London Marathon on record this year. 24 runners braved the heat of over 27 degrees Celsius to take on the distance for Against Breast Cancer. Despite the soaring mercury and a shortage of water in the latter stages each of our …
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