An Invitation to Celebrate and Wear Pink

Rebbitzin Tanya arranged An Evening of Inspiration and Empowerment with help from some of the ladies in the community in aid of Secondary1st. All those coming to her Breast Cancer Awareness Event were invited to celebrate and wear pink, and learn more about breast cancer. Tanya, an advanced practice radiographer for the NHS Royal Free…

Update From Dr Klaus Pors and Our PhD Student

Dr Pors and Enrica, the PhD student working in his team at the University of Bradford whose first year was funded by a grant from Secondary1st, have provided this update on progress with their research project. Available for download. Project background Dr Klaus Pors and his PhD student at the University of Bradford are hoping…

A Message From Donna

Donna lost her sister to secondary breast cancer in 2019. Six months later another sister was diagnosed with breast cancer; she went through treatment and is now back to life with her family. Donna found that she too was a carrier of a mutated BRCA gene so she took the brave decision to have a…

Tracey Walks Again

Tracey is raising money for Secondary1st in memory of her close friend Jo Bartlett. This year Tracey has already completed the Virtual Easter 50 Challenge and the 100k Thames Path Challenge as one of “The Young and The Breathless” with Jacob and Sam. On 30th October she will be taking part in the 50k Halloween…

A Special Haircut

Ruby decided to raise more money for Secondary1st in honour of her Auntie Charlie. She cut off more than 10 inches of her hair and donated it to the Little Princess Trust, which provides free real hair wigs to children and young people who have lost their own hair. She received a certificate from the…

NHSE Audit of Secondary Breast Cancer

NHS England is to fund the first national secondary breast cancer audit to produce accurate information about the numbers living with this disease. The audit will also give insight into the needs and experiences of people living with metastatic breast cancer and so help to ensure that the treatment and care programmes and services needed…

Riding the Trans Pennine Trail

Katie, Jenny and Kate are taking on a huge challenge to raise money for charity. Although they are not avid bikers they are aiming to cycle the Trans Pennine Trail, a distance of 206 miles across Northern England, in four days. The Trail starts in Stockport on the West Coast and continues through Liverpool, Warrington,…

Our Brighton Superheroes

Tim, Lyndell and Harry did it in true Superhero style for Secondary1st. They each completed the full Marathon distance of 42.185 km plus the unexpected extra 568 metres added on by the organisers’ mistake in calculating the course distance, and finished in fantastic times. They found it a truly rewarding experience and their amazing costumes…