Cancer Focus NI has unveiled details of its new Go Pink fundraising campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. The charity has also announced dairy co-operative Dale Farm as the official sponsor of the Go Pink campaign. The campaign is being launched as projections from the Northern Ir...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has said the ongoing absence of an Executive and Assembly is putting cancer patients and those awaiting a diagnosis at further risk. It follows the publication of the latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics for January – March 2023 from the Department of Health which...
We are deeply saddened to hear the news that our dear friend, supporter, loyal fundraiser, and one of Northern Ireland’s most passionate cancer campaigners has passed away. Julie first connected with our charity when, two months after receiving a cancer diagnosis in September 2020, she cycled 300km...
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...
