10 simple ways to support Breast Cancer Awareness

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Indulge your handbag addiction

health,women,celebrity fashion,Cancer Research UK,cancer,wellbeing Sienna Miller - Handbag Amnesty: Breast Cancer Awareness month: 10 simple things you can do to help

Fancy owning the arm candy of Sienna Miller, Keira Knightley or Maggie Gyllenhaal? Cancer Research UK and handbag.com have teamed up to create Handbag Amnesty. Bid on eBay from 3 to 14 October for handbags donated by your favourite celebrities and you can help raise thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK. You can also sell one of your own handbags on eBay, and choose a percentage to benefit the charity.

 
Click here to see which celebrities have donated their handbags

Find out more about Handbag Amnesty

Hit the shops

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Whether you\'re a beauty junkie or fashionista, there\'s no better excuse to shop to your heart\'s content than to help Breast Cancer Awareness.

 
Tickled Pink t-shirt (left, worn by Keira Knightly), £6 from ASDA, stockists 0845 300 1111

 
Check out our pick of Breast Cancer Awareness beauty products

Donate just £2 a month

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Donating just £2 a month by Direct Debit can help Cancer Research UK. Plus you can download a free desktop calendar of the very fit Tommy.

 
Visit breastawarenessguy.org

Make bath time stylish

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Buy a Cancer Research UK duck, designed by Twiggy, Sharon Osbourne and Barbara Hulanicki. They come with information about being breast aware and are the perfect reminder to check while you\'re in the bath. You can also buy a limited edition duck, signed by either of the three celebrities at Cancer Research UK\'s eBay shop.

 
£4.99 from Cancer Research UK shops and online

Send a text

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Text Cancer Research UK for £2 and receive a super cute duck screensaver for your mobile. A minimum of £1.23 will be received by Cancer Research UK.

 
Text ‘Duck T\' to 63320 for Twiggy\'s duck

Text ‘Duck B\' to 63320 for Barbara\'s duck

Text ‘Duck S\' to 63320 for Sharon\'s duck

Be breast aware

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Follow these top tips from the new breast cancer awareness campaign It\'s A Girl Thing:

 
- Be breast aware

- Attend screening when invited

- Cut down on alcohol

- Maintain a healthy body weight

- Being active may lower your risk by about a third

- Breastfeeding lowers your risk, and the longer you breastfeed the lower your risk

Throw a party

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Hold a pink fundraising event. Not only is it the perfect excuse to get together with your friends, but together you can raise money for breast cancer. No matter how much (or little) time you have, there\'s an event out there for you.

 
Get ideas from cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer

Get physical

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Join a pink walk! Not only will you be getting fit and have a motivation to exercise, you\'ll be raising money to save lives. Many events need volunteers to help on the day, so you can still get involved even if you\'re trainer phobic. 

 
Visit cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer to find your nearest pink walk.

Donate

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Breast cancer is still the most common cancer in the UK, affecting one in every nine women. Help fund vital research, no matter what your budget by donating today.

cancerresearchuk.org/donate

 
Pig money box (left), £5 with £1 going to Cancer Research UK, from Peacocks

 

Want to do more?

health,women,Cancer Research UK,cancer,wellbeing Breast Cancer Awareness month: 10 simple things you can do to help

Visit cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer for further information and to find out how else you can help.

 
Check out our Breast Cancer Beauty buys 

 
It\'s the ultimate celebrity handbag auction! See the celebrity bags up for grabs in our Handbag Amnesty with Cancer Research UK 

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