1st Supporter Story - Hayley's trip to Africa

We have many supporters that do a wonderful job in raising vital funds for our research into breast cancer, and every now and then we hear an amazing story of one of our supporters who goes the extra mile to help us, and in this case quite literally!

Hayley O'Shea and her bras for the bra scheme

Hayley O'Shea is a woman from HR Services in Cardiff who contacted us to request one of our bra banks to collect her and her friends old bras!

Nothing different we thought when we received a phone call from her!

However Hayley's story was a little different to the last person who ordered a bra bank, as she explained that she been inspired to get involved in our bra bank scheme after she saw it in action during a safari holiday in Africa.

She said: 'While on safari in Kenya, I was amazed to discover women of the Masai Mara tribes wearing bras under their traditional colourful wraps. I was intrigued and discovered an initiative to provide African women with second hand, affordable bras to assist women's breast health. The donation to Against Breast Cancer' is made by their recycling partner, it's based on the weight of bras collected - so more bras means more funds. For every tonne of textiles collected, Against Breast Cancer will receive £1,000 to help fund their research into treatment for breast cancer. The bras are then shipped out to west Africa and sold at village markets helping small businesses in Africa which in turn prevents valuable textiles going to landfill here in the UK.'

Contact Details:

If you'd like to order a bra bank then please contact our recycling manager Emma 
on 01235 534211 or emma@againstbreastcancer.org.uk