Breast Awareness & Education
At Prevent Breast Cancer, our breast awareness and education activities are designed to empower individuals with knowledge, encourage regular screenings, and ultimately save lives.
Why Breast Awareness and Education Matters
The importance of early diagnosis cannot be overstated. It can mean the difference between minor surgery and more invasive treatments like chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
- For every 500 women screened, one life is saved.
- In 2022-2023 alone, nearly 19,000 breast cancers were detected through screening.
- Breast screening saves around 1,300 lives each year in the UK, with around 21,000 cancers detected.
Knowing breast cancer signs and symptoms, risk factors and preventative measures could save your life. This is why our Breast Awareness and Education work is so crucial.
Our Breast Awareness and Education Goals
1 – Education & Empowerment: We are dedicated to educating everyone about the importance of breast awareness, understanding signs, symptoms, risk factors, and preventive measures. Through accurate information, we empower women to make informed decisions about their breast health, dispelling myths and misconceptions.
2 – Encouragement: We promote the importance of more frequent self-checks, provide knowledge on when to seek advice, and emphasise lifestyle measures to prevent breast cancer.
3 – Screening Awareness: We highlight the importance of attending routine NHS breast screening appointments and work towards increasing uptake, especially in Greater Manchester.
4 – Data-Driven Insights: Through our outreach activities, we collect meaningful data to identify barriers to screening appointments, enabling us to inform and shape future campaigns.
Our Breast Awareness and Education Activities
1 – Health Hour Talks: Our engaging talks reach diverse audiences, from corporate settings to community groups and schools, both in person and online. This year, we delivered 50 talks to over 5,600 people across the UK and beyond! We believe that it is important that breast awareness starts from a young age and so we are proud to have delivered 14 talks to high school and university students.
2 – Community Education: Through targeted campaigns, we are on the ground encouraging women to attend their screening appointments. By gathering valuable insights through outreach activities, we’re continuously improving our approach to reach those most in need.
3 – Breast Awareness Campaigns: Partnering with organisations like Network Rail, Brands2Life and Manchester Airports Group, we take our message directly to communities with low screening uptake. From awareness buses to campaigns in train stations, we’re making a tangible impact where it matters most.
4 – Health Information Literacy: We disseminate vital health information through leaflets, social media, and educational videos featuring expert clinicians. These resources empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health.
Feedback for our Health Hour talks:
“A fantastic, intimate, honest and pragmatic conversation around breast cancer screening and a risk-based approach to breast cancer.”
“Many women were moved and inspired by the work that Prevent Breast Cancer does and will now be more vigilant about their breast health”.
Past Breast Awareness & Education Campaigns
A sample of some awareness activities and campaigns, including some in collaboration with companies and organisation.
About Prevent Breast Cancer
Prevent Breast Cancer is the only UK charity entirely dedicated to the prediction and prevention of breast cancer – we’re committed to freeing the world from the disease altogether. Unlike many cancer charities, we’re focused on preventing, rather than curing. Promoting early diagnosis, screening and lifestyle changes, we believe we can stop the problem before it starts. And being situated at the only breast cancer prevention centre in the UK, we’re right at the front-line in the fight against the disease. Join us today and help us create a future free from breast cancer. If you have any questions or concerns, email us today.
