As today is International Charity Day, and as we gear up for the launch of this year's Great Pink Bake Off, we're delighted to announce that last year's inaugural campaign has been shortlisted as a finalist for Best Fundraising Campaign at Charities Institute Ireland's Charity Excellence Awards 2024. These awards highlight the very best of the not-for-profit sector, and we are hugely grateful for this acknowledgement of our fundraising efforts to help drive forward critical research and clinical trials - in a bid to ensure that breast cancer becomes a treatable illness for ALL those affected. We're honoured to represent our fundraisers, donors, loyal supporters, talented agency teams and of course our sponsor for this campaign, Dr Oetker. We recognise the incredible impact of the other charities shortlisted in this category, and look forward to meeting with our industry peers on the night of the awards, and to celebrating our collective efforts and commitment. #GPBO #CharityExcellenceAwards #Finalists2024 #CharityImpact #CEA2024
Breast Cancer Ireland
Research Services
Research discovery is the reason we have more time together.
About us
Breast Cancer Ireland is a registered charity (CHY19926) established to raise vital funding to support pioneering breast cancer research nationally as well as promoting and raising awareness on the importance of breast health amongst women of all ages Our vision is to transform breast cancer from often being a fatal disease (with 650 deaths annually) to a treatable illness long term. How do we achieve this? Speed of research discovery is critical. If we can speed up our research discovery across all the designated cancer centres in Ireland we will deliver better treatment outcomes of patients. Investment in Research is critical towards advancing this goal. Achievements to date: - Through sophisticated blood test, patients now receive personalised and tailored treatment plans - specific to their own type of breast cancer....it is no longer "one treatment fits all" - We now have 8 designated state of art cancer centres - as opposed to a facility within every hospital in Ireland. This leads to more accurate diagnosis and better facilities for treatment - BCI are funding specialist Breast Research Nurses within these designated cancer centres - whose role is to work collaboratively, profiling patients and collecting tissue samples into one large centralised resource. This in turn allows clinicians and scientists to now avail of much larger sample volumes and help speed up our discovery efforts How do we raise funds: As an organisation, we are non government funded and rely entirely on the generosity of the general public in supporting our annual nationwide raffles; our two main annual fundraising events eg the Great Pink Run (29th August, Phoenix Park) and our Strictly Against Breast Cancer event in the Convention Centre Dublin (Sat 21st Nov); Community supported events & sponsorship, and also as Charity nominees within the corporate sector.
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http://www.breastcancerireland.com
External link for Breast Cancer Ireland
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Dublin 2
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Medical Research, Breast Cancer Awareness, Health promotion, and Fundraising
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
Dublin
Dublin 2, IE
Employees at Breast Cancer Ireland
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Sian Gray
Director of Global Marketing at Phorest Salon Software and Board Member of Breast Cancer Ireland
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Samantha McGregor
Breast Cancer Ireland - Development Manager at Breast Cancer Ireland
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Nicky Crichton
Director of PR & External Affairs at Breast Cancer Ireland & Founder of Crichton Communications Ltd
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Gerardine Lally
Executive Business & Communications Coach. Mentor & Guest Speaker. Non Executive Director & Board Member
Updates
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Calling all Cork supporters! You may not be running in the Very Pink Run this year, but you can still join the Very Pink Cheer Squad! We encourage you to show your support this Sunday, the 8th of September, if you can! #VeryPinkCheerSquad
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🎉 Here Come The Girls! Join us at Frascati Centre for a fun evening of style and entertainment, all in support of Breast Cancer Ireland. 🌟 Huge thanks to everyone involved in organising this special event and to all who've purchased tickets so far. Your generosity is making a difference! https://lnkd.in/gcz9jCur
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Audrey Daly was hesitant to attend an educational session hosted by one of our BCI Coordinators, but she’s so glad she did. She learned that breast cancer isn't just about finding a lump, there are other signs and symptoms to watch out for. Thanks to this knowledge, her diagnosis was caught early, and her treatment will be straightforward. It's crucial to know the signs and symptoms. Don't hesitate - educate yourself today. #BreastCancerAwareness #EarlyDetectionSavesLives
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Breast Cancer Ireland reposted this
This week we have literally been painting the town pink! 🎨 💖 We encourage everyone to join us and sign up (verypinkrun.ie) to jog, walk, hop, skip, shimmy or stroll with your family or friends in this year’s Very Pink Run and together we can help make a difference in the fight against breast cancer. Well done to Bárbara Casanova for leading this campaign, with partners Bold Studios dentsu PML Group, to the rest of our Very marketing team for all their work on this fantastic partnership Karen Fitzpatrick (Nason) MPRII Ayesha Oye Dean Kenny James Davison Clare Sullivan Amy Hughes Gabby Shaw Aimee Gilhooly Dara Spencer Rebecca Crawshaw Amy McNaughton The Very Group as well as the wonderful team Breast Cancer Ireland Aisling Hurley Samantha McGregor Nicky Crichton
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Thank you for showing immense interest in our podcast, More Than A Lump. We recommend you listen to S1 – Episode 7 – Meet Jamie Martin Smith. In this episode, Aisling talks to Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Jamie Martin-Smith about his career choice, running the general plastics clinic at Beaumont Hospital and managing the full spectrum of plastic surgical cases, as well as a dedicated reconstructive breast surgery clinic.
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Get involved in either one of our three physical events; Dublin 31 Aug (12pm); Kilkenny 1st Sep (12pm); Cork 8th Sept (12 pm) or virtually, within your own community, during these dates. Every km taken is a step closer to a cure, so let's do this for them. Register now at www.verypinkrun.ie #BestFunRunBarNone
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Meet Louise Watson, RCSI student, deserving recipient of the Breast Cancer Ireland supported Orla Byrne PHD, the third generation of her family to be involved in the fight against this disease. Louise's work will focus specifically on research into breast cancer brain metastasis - the most challenging area from a research perspective. #MetastaticMatters
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If you're entitled to an employee volunteer day or simply have a passion for volunteering, we'd love to hear from you! The Very Pink Run is a key event for helping to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Ireland’s ongoing research and awareness efforts. To learn more, please contact Samantha McGregor at [email protected]. Your support can make a real difference! Dublin (31st Aug), Kilkenny (1st Sept), Cork (7th Sept): Start time 12pm, volunteering for 2-3 hours.
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In 2018, Leanne was diagnosed with primary breast cancer aged 33. Leanne's advice to other people is to remember that cancer doesn’t discriminate, it can happen to anyone. If you are lucky enough to be healthy please don’t take it for granted. Read her story here - https://lnkd.in/eSUzQNgR
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