Walk the Walk for Breast Cancer with SlipTest

On Saturday 17th May Faye and Sarah from the SlipTest team will be talking part in a 26 mile walk across London over night to raise much needed funds for breast cancer research and support.

If anyone wants to sponsor this great cause, it would be very much appreciated.

The Pink Prancers

Some information about the Walk the Walk Mission:

Our first mission

Is our commitment to encourage women, men and children to consider their lifestyle choices and to realise their own potential for good health and well-being. It is the ethos the charity has been built on, seeing regular walking as the root to good health. When we began, scientists knew that lifestyle had an impact on our health, but they didn’t know to what extent. Research over the past few years is now showing that lifestyle and being active are the most important aspects of prevention, not just for breast, but all cancers. Whilst it is by no means a guarantee, the thought of actually preventing breast cancer in the first place, has to be something we all want to aim for.

Our second mission

Has been to help drive the awareness for the need of integrated care, offering vital emotional and physical support for those on their journey through cancer. This is now considered a valued and an important part of the cancer journey, allowing people to live well during treatment and beyond their cancer diagnosis.

Our third mission

Has always been aimed at supporting all our future health by investing funds into ground breaking research which has contributed to shaping the way breast cancer is diagnosed, all the way through to treatment.

Cancer statistics speak for themselves*

  • 1 in 2 people will experience cancer in their lifetime
  • 55 thousand women and approximately 400 men are diagnosed each year with breast cancer
  • Around 40% of cancers could be avoided with lifestyle changes
  • 27% of breast cancers could be avoided with changes to lifestyle
  • 7%  just by being more active

*World Cancer Research Fund