Bestival success for Isle of Pink fundraisers!

9/14/2011 7:52 AM EST

Press Release

For immediate release: Wednesday 14 September 2011
Press contact: Marilena Patuto, Media Relations Officer, DD 0207 749 3720, Email:  

Bestival success for Isle of Pink fundraisers!

Bestival went pink for Breast Cancer Campaign’s Isle of Pink fundraising initiative and helped raise more than £1800 over the three day period for breast cancer research.

Team Pink volunteers brought some colour to Bestival illuminating the Isle of Pink fundraising stall, where festival-goers could buy a range of pink goods such as wigs, wands, whistles and wings, as well as get their face painted in support of the charity, helping to turn the event as pink as possible.

Exclusive Breast Cancer Campaign wristbands were very popular amongst the revellers, as was a game inspired by TV gameshow ‘The Cube’ where revellers were asked to sort coloured balls in the shortest time for the chance to win a ticket to next year’s festival, generously donated by the Bestival team.

Debbie Morris, who was part of the team of volunteers who ran the stall, said: “Bestival was absolutely amazing and it was great to have so much support from revellers at the Isle of Pink stall. Thanks to festival-goers the event was filled with pink and we raised some much needed funds for breast cancer research.”

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Notes to editors
• Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure
• The charity currently funds 95 projects worth almost £16.5 million in 31 locations across the UK and Ireland
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women
• In the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day
• The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org
• Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign