Top volunteer named national charity’s ‘Volunteer of the Year’

5/23/2011 11:35 AM EST

Press release

For immediate release: Monday 23 May 2011
Press contact: Marilena Patuto, 020 7749 3720  


A Surrey volunteer who gave up her free time to help support a national breast cancer charity has been named the charity’s ‘Volunteer of the Year’.

Pippa Lee scooped the award after dedicating a huge amount of her time to Breast Cancer Campaign last year, working at the charity’s head office in central London for three months to help support the team in preparing for fundraising initiatives taking place throughout the UK during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

Her dedication and enthusiasm were clear to all, and she always went above and beyond to help staff, volunteers and fundraisers. Her passion for the cause and commitment meant that she would often work past office working hours and on her days off, and she sometimes spent evenings and weekends making materials to help promote events such as the Isle of Pink.

Pippa said: “I’m delighted to have been named this year’s ‘Volunteer of the Year’. I had a fantastic time working at the charity and am really proud that I have helped the team raise awareness of breast cancer and raise money to fund the life-changing research aimed at beating the disease.”

Pamela Goldberg, Breast Cancer Campaign’s Chief Executive said: “Congratulations to Pippa for winning this prestigious award for her outstanding fundraising. It is thanks to the continued support and commitment from people such as Pippa that we are able to fund innovative world-class research to help us improve the lives of breast cancer patients and beat the disease.”

Pippa was presented with the award at a Breast Cancer Campaign ceremony held at the House of Lords on Thursday 19 May.

If you want to be in the running for next year’s award, then contact the charity to find out how you can help beat breast cancer. Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org, call 020 7749 4114 or email  

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Photo: Pippa Lee accepting the award from the Baroness Fookes of Plymouth, DBE DL, Patron of Breast Cancer Campaign and sponsoring peer.

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.
• Currently it supports 97 research projects, worth over £16.7 million, in 31 centres of excellence 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, nearly 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year – that’s 125 a day
• Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org
• Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/
• 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 www.breastcancertissuebank.org