Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has expressed local people’s deep frustration with the lack of progress on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Cancer Strategy. Launched one year ago by the then Health Minister, the strategy aimed to improve prevention, early diagnosis, waiting times, treatment,...
Shoppers across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to visit their local Cancer Focus Northern Ireland charity shop on Friday 19 May, as 11 local organisations take part in a high-powered, Apprentice-style volunteering challenge organised by responsible business network Business in the Community N...
No Smoking Month is fast approaching, and the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are encouraging smokers to plan ahead to ‘Make March Your Month to Quit’. Kelly McCartney Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement Manager, with the PHA, said: “March is No Smoking Month and a f...
Cancer Focus NI has announced a £60,000 commitment to fund a two-year research audit into Secondary Breast Cancer in Northern Ireland. After engaging with secondary breast cancer patients and campaigners, Julie Lillis and Ann McBrien, into the urgent need for such research, the charity lobbied polit...
NI telecoms firm, Barclay Communications has announced a new charity partnership with Cancer Focus NI in a bid to drive funding for those affected by the life-changing illness. Britt Megahey, Founder and Managing Director of Belfast-based Barclay Communications has pledged to support the charity thr...
