The Scottish National Party’s Christina McKelvie MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland region, is supporting the Breast Cancer Campaign’s ‘wear it pink’ campaign. Christina said:

“I am delighted to be supporting ‘wear it pink’ day and the Breast Cancer Campaign. October is to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month and ‘wear it pink’ at the end of the month is a one day event which will see individuals, groups and families wearing pink and donating £2 each to the Campaign.

“Over 4,000 women and 20 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in Scotland every year. It is the most common cancer for women in Scotland, accounting for nearly a third of all cancers diagnosed in women.

“So this is a massively important issue. Breast Cancer Campaign funds many research projects in Scotland, which aim to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure.

“I urge as many people as possible to help with that fight, donate to breast cancer research and wear some pink on 30 October.”