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KEEPING ABREAST FOUNDER BEVERLEY BIRRITTERI PUTS ON HER WALKING BOOTS TO RAISE MUCH-NEEDED FUNDS
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for the past few weeks Beverley Birritteri, one of the founders of our charity, has been putting on her walking boots to raise much-needed funds. Beverley wanted an ambitious walking challenge and decided to complete 122 miles in total, which is the equivalent of the distance from Norwich, where the charity was founded, to …
Lister Hospital Celebrate International Nurses Day
Our Herts & Beds group were out promoting their group at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage last week to celebrate International Nurse’s Day. Caroline Brooking (Staff Nurse Plastic Surgery Outpatients and KA Volunteer) was on hand with her colleagues to provide information about the group and the services they offer. They were also able to promote the new patient packs they …
KA Liverpool strut their stuff on the catwalk
It was a great night, held at Pablinos on the 8th November. We wanted to show that women can still look great after reconstruction and have fun. It was a great experience, having hair and make up done professionally and hearing so many lovely compliments. The clothes were provided by Bags of Sparkle Liverpool. Thanks so much to all those …
Pink Party kicks off Octobra in style in Liverpool
Our Liverpool group kicked off Pink OctoBRA in style at the beginning of October with their very own Pink Party! After many weeks of planning and prepping the team welcomed 100 people including consultants and Breast Cancer nurses. It was a great night lots to do including pin the nipple on the booby, limbo, selling retro sweets on the tables, …
Cake & Samosa’s Raise Awareness of BRA Day in Leicester
On Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day – Wednesday 17th October our Leicester group were out raising awareness of Keeping Abreast at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. With it also being National Burn Awareness week, both Keeping Abreast and Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service held a joint Cake & Samosa sale during the day and raised a total of £342. Megan Sweeney Burns …
Handover of cheque to purchase four trolleys for the Plastics Outpatients Department by KA Norwich
Chairman Liz Winter, Treasurer Carol Hale and Secretary Jane Crockett to Sister Jane Knights and Breast Reconstruction Nurse Specialist Ruth Harcourt. NNUH NHS FT Our thanks go to @KAbreast for their generous donation of £1,600 . Funds raised will be used to purchase 4 treatment trollies for use within the plastic surgery department for patients who have suffered from breast …
Just Walk 2018: Dust off those hiking boots and Just Walk for Keeping Abreast.
How Visit: https://www.just-walk.co.uk When Saturday, 12th May 2018 Where Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester What 10k, 25km, 35km, 45km or 60k charity walk Just imagine it: the first signs of Spring are blossoming around you as walk through a back drop of dramatic rolling hills, idyllic pastures and tranquil woodland, either just enjoying the time to yourself or soaking it all …