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It Starts with You – Hereditary Cancer Campaign
In 2004, BBC Radio Derby's breakfast show presenter, Becky Measures, found out she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation, meaning she had a significantly increased risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Two years later, at just 24 years old, she made one of the biggest decisions of her life – to undergo a preventative double mastectomy. She was the youngest woman at the time in UK to have the operation.
Now, 20 years later, BBC Radio Derby is launching 'It Starts With You'. A campaign aimed at getting people to have conversations about their family history and be aware of their hereditary cancer risk.
Click here to find out more about the campaign and Becky's story.
The Colin Bloomfield Sun Safe Campaign
To mark ten years since our presenter Colin Bloomfield died from melanoma skin cancer, we're trying to make Derbyshire and East Staffordshire some of the most sun safe places in the country.
We're continuing Colin’s legacy of educating people young and old to stay safe in the sun. We're doing this by helping to make schools Sun Safe and teaching people about how to check their skin.
Click here to find out more about this year's campaign
Workshops for outdoor workers
If you're an outside worker or manage people who regularly work outside, you can find free training and advice via the Skcin website.
Join us at a free skin educational event and meet a Dermatologist from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.
Date: Wednesday 3 September Venue: Derby Arena between 11:00 and 14:30.
About
At a time when we’re being asked to work together, we will be sharing details of where you can find help and support from organisations and individuals in your area who are working hard to make things easier for you.
If you are in a position to help and have something that you’d like us to share, get in touch:
Email: radio.derby@bbc.co.uk and put "Make a Difference" into the subject title.
Phone: 01332 361111.
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