Freeze Your Bits and Bobs Off 2025 is a sponsored walk through Bradgate
Park with participants wearing decorated bras and pants – outside their regular
clothing! – to raise awareness of breast and prostate cancer.
All funds raised will go to Breast Cancer Now and PROSTaid.
Breast Cancer Now
are dedicated to giving support for today and hope for the
future, for everyone affected by breast cancer. Their world class researchers
work in labs across the UK and Ireland. Their nurses and expert staff provide
health information and support services. Fundraising helps to make sure that all
their vital work can continue. Breast cancer isn’t yesterday’s problem. Over
55,000 people are diagnosed every year in the UK alone. And 1,000 people still
die from the disease every month. Last year
770 women in Leicestershire were
diagnosed and treated at Glenfield Breast Care Centre (which we supported
through our 2024 walk). That’s why we’re supporting Breast Cancer Now.
PROSTaid
is a local charity which funds three local PROSTaid prostate cancer
nurses in the East Midlands, two based in Leicester. They actually fund more
prostate cancer specialist nurses than anywhere else in the NHS! Additionally,
they provide five support groups across our area, to give support to local men
newly diagnosed and treated and to patients with advanced prostate cancer.
They also fund new ‘cutting edge’ treatments not available on limited NHS
budgets and raise awareness and educate local men and local GPs.
We are delighted to be supporting these two charities. The 2024 Freeze Your
Bits Off Walk raised in excess of £16,000. We aim to beat that sum in
January 2025!
So put the date in your diary –
Sunday 12 January 2025. 10 am start
.