Breast Cancer Care

Breast Cancer Care
	Breast Cancer Care logo
Founded	1973
Founder	Betty Westgate
Type	Support Charity
Focus	Health
Location	Chester House, Kennington Business Park, 1-3 Brixton Road, Oval London SW9 6DE, UK;
Area served	United Kingdom
Services	Helpline, Ask Our Nurses by email, online Forum, face-to-face support, patient information, healthcare professional training
Key people	Samia al Qadhi (Chief Executive), Dr Emma Pennery (Clinical Director), Betty Westgate (founder)
Website	www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Formerly called	Breast Care and Mastectomy Association of Great Britain

Breast Cancer Care is the only specialist UK-wide charity in the UK providing care, support and information to anyone affected by breast cancer. The charity's headquarters are in London, with additional offices in Sheffield, Cardiff, and Glasgow. It is regularly quoted by media looking for the perspective of patients on breast cancer.

In November 2018 support focussed Breast Cancer Care and research focussed Breast Cancer Now announced that they would merge on 1 April 2019, creating a charity with an income of about £45 million. The merged charity is chaired by Jill Thompson, formerly a trustee of Breast Cancer Care, and the chief executive is Delyth Morgan, formerly chief executive of Breast Cancer Now. The combined headquarters are at Breast Cancer Now offices at Aldgate, London. The charity will operate using both names for about a year, when a new logo and name is expected to be introduced.

It is supported by Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign. Lacey Turner, Louise Redknapp and Pandora's Kiss have all supported it.

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