Pink bun campaign 2023
STAND WITH US SUNDAY 20 AUGUST, 1PM, MCG That’s right! Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is excited to finally be able to announce the date of the 2023 Field of Women. After five years, we can’t wait to fill the MCG again and stand together in the shape of the Pink Lady to pay tribute to all those diagnosed and living with breast cancer, and to reflect on the personal impact breast cancer has on our community. The 2023 Field of Women will take place prior to the Round 23 AFL match between Melbourne and Hawthorn. Don’t miss out on the thrill of walking onto the ground in solidarity with thousands of others affected by breast cancer. The event is complemented by a free family festival that will take place outside the MCG in Yarra Park. Buy your tickets now at fieldofwomen.org.au FIELD OF WOMEN DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!
B akers Delight bakeries across Australia embraced the pink during this year’s Pink Bun campaign! The annual three-week campaign, run by our Foundation Partner Bakers Delight, raises generous funds for Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). This year between 11 and 31 May, 100 per cent of all Fun Bun sales at Bakers Delight were donated to BCNA in support of all Australians affected by breast cancer. Our ambassadors, Donna, Holly and Kim, each shared their lived experience of breast cancer as a Bakers Delight franchisee, all highlighting the importance of support from their communities. You can watch Donna, Holly and Kim’s stories here . To all of those who visited Bakers Delight to buy a Pink Bun (or six!), thank you! Your support contributed to an incredible $2 million and still counting , to ensure BCNA can continue to provide information, support and a voice for the 20,640 Australians expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
MAKING METASTATIC BREAST CANCER COUNT BCNA is headed to Canberra to seek greater support and recognition of people with metastatic breast cancer In 1998, the inaugural Field of Twenty-five years later, BCNA is heading back to Canberra in August, this time to hold a national roundtable to highlight the need for the routine collection and reporting of cancer stage and recurrence data across all states and territories.
This is because they are literally not being counted consistently by our cancer registries. We must have this visibility in order to plan for, and invest in, this growing population with complex and unmet needs. This is why we are off to Canberra – with some of our consumer representatives and others with a lived experience – to make change. The routine collection of stage and recurrence data will also benefit those with early breast cancer as such data can help shed light on service demand and variations in care. We will have more details as we get closer to the national roundtable.
Women was planted on the lawns of Parliament House, Canberra, at the launch of BCNA. BCNA’s unstoppable advocacy, achievements and advancements made in support of Australians affected by breast cancer had begun. That year, following a public meeting in every state and territory, over 300 women converged on Canberra to discuss issues affecting people with breast cancer. An action plan was developed and formed the inaugural Making a Difference report. That passion for change has just grown stronger.
The roundtable will bring together key policymakers, cancer sector stakeholders and consumers to develop a set of recommendations for government. In October last year, BCNA released the issues paper Making Metastatic Breast Cancer Count , calling for national leadership and accountability to ensure those living with metastatic breast cancer are counted and made visible.
Incomplete data means those living with metastatic breast cancer are ‘invisible’ to health systems and policymakers.
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June 2023 | Issue 95
Breast Cancer Network Australia
bcna.org.au
Issue 95 | June 2023
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