Care homes host ‘Wear It Pink’ day events for Breast Cancer Now

HC-One’s Newlands Care Home in Heaton Moor, Stockport in Cheshire, took part in Breast Cancer Now’s ‘Wear It Pink’ Day for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Colleagues and residents decorated the home as pink as possible and wore pink clothes and accessories to show their support for breast cancer awareness and research.

Newlands held a pink themed afternoon tea with a selection of iced cakes, live entertainment from Just Jay, a raffle, an auction where breast cancer merchandise was sold, and a range of other fundraising activities to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now. Two guest speakers from Public Health England delivered an educational session about cancer, the early warning signs and symptoms and when to seek medical advice.

Colleagues and residents also took the opportunity to raise awareness of Breast Cancer to visitors at the home, speaking to resident Alison Graham who lives at Newlands Care Home after recently having a double mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis. In total, Newlands Care Home raised over £400 which was donated to Breast Cancer Now.

Melissa Johnson, Home Manager at Newlands Care Home, said: “I am incredibly proud of all our colleagues, relatives and residents for their support and for taking part in our ‘Wear It Pink’ Day. Everyone has had a wonderful day raising awareness and funds for Breast Cancer Now.”

At Springwater Lodge Care Home in Calverton, Nottingham, residents, relatives and colleagues at the home took part in ‘Wear It Pink’ Day wearing pink to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The home hosted the day to help raise funds for life-changing breast cancer research and support to donate to the charity, Breast Cancer Now.

Collection boxes were placed around the home and everyone who encouraged to wear pink accessories and clothing, and to contribute by donating £2 to raise vital funds for the charity, Breast Cancer Now.

Diane Lesley Bruce, Home Manager at Springwater Lodge Care Home, commented: “I am extremely proud of the team at the home who got involved with ‘Wear It Pink’ Day to raise funds for such an amazing cause. I am thrilled that colleagues and residents had a fun filled day whilst also raising awareness and money for Breast Cancer Now.”

Hambleton Grange Care Home in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, raised over £400 for the charity, Breast Cancer Now by hosting a ‘Wear It Pink’ community coffee morning in honour of a staff member who is recovering from a breast cancer diagnosis.

Sunny Potter, Care Assistant at Hambleton Grange, found out she had breast cancer one year ago. Sunny is now on the road to recovery, and the residents and staff in the care home are looking forward to welcoming her back to work.

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month and the support shown to Sunny over the past year, Hambleton Grange who run monthly coffee mornings on the second Friday of each month between 10.30am – 12pm, dedicated their October monthly coffee morning to fundraising for Breast Cancer Now.

The team, residents and visitors from the local community wore pink clothing and accessories for ‘Wear It Pink Day’ and came together to enjoy delicious refreshments, raising a total of £410.

Sunny Potter, Care Assistant at Hambleton Grange Care Home, said: “I feel so lucky to have such fantastic support from my friends and work colleagues at Hambleton Grange, they’ve kept me going. Thank you so much to everyone for their generosity, I’m overwhelmed!”

Sandra Anderson, Home Manager at Hambleton Grange Care Home, added: “Sunny is an incredibly inspiring person. She truly cares about everyone at Hambleton Grange, and we don’t know what we would do without her!

“We’re so pleased to have been able to show our gratitude and support for Breast Cancer Now, whose life-changing research and support is invaluable to everyone living with breast cancer.”