Little Greene & Breast Cancer Awareness Month
At Little Greene, we are proud supporters of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For several years, we have pledged our support for breast cancer charities by donating proceeds from every tin of paint and roll of wallpaper sold in the UK throughout October.
Help us to support Breast Cancer Awareness charities
To increase our annual donations to breast cancer charities, our UK customers can simply make a purchase during the month of October. Whether they buy online or in-store, we’ll make a donation for every single tin of paint and roll of wallpaper that we sell. We pledge 15p from the sale of every tin of paint and roll of wallpaper to our chosen charities.
A charity partnership close to our hearts
A family-run business, we work closely with charities and partners that mean a lot to us. We’re committed to supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month every year. We promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month through our showrooms, via our UK-based retailers, and online.
Little Greene also supports breast cancer charities in Ireland, Holland, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden.
"It’s a real privilege to be able to support this wonderful group of charities up and down the country. They offer the much-needed help for those affected by breast cancer. Whilst there are several charitable organisations doing exceptional work raising funds for cancer research, our focus with this campaign is to ensure no-one goes through treatment without somewhere to turn to for emotional support. Aided by our fantastic stockists and customers nationwide, I’m confident we will have another hugely successful year raising funds for these precious services."
David Mottershead, Founder & MD Little Greene.
The charities we support during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Charities we have been delighted to support in the past include:
- Breast Cancer Haven
- The Christie Charitable Fund
- Keeping Abreast
- Breast Cancer Unit Appeal - Yeovil Hospital Charity
- The Breast Cancer Action Group (Wolverhampton and District)
As well as donating proceeds from our sales each year, we have also donated physical resources to some of these charities. We pledged more than 200 litres of paint to transform a support centre for Breast Cancer Haven and also donated paint to renovate Future Dreams House, a breast cancer support centre based in London.
See how we've participated in Breast Cancer Awareness Month in recent years
Little Greene supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 2021
Little Greene & Breast Cancer Haven, 2010-2019
Breast Cancer Haven is a charity that supports women through their breast cancer treatment. It provides tailored packages of emotional, physical and practical support that help women through this difficult time. Every £1000 raised provides a 10-week course of treatment.
Collaborating for almost a decade, Little Greene and Breast Cancer Haven joined forces to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness month.
With centres around the UK, Breast Cancer Haven is the only national breast cancer charity that provides one to-one support to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by breast cancer. Working alongside the NHS, Breast Cancer Haven offers a free, integrated breast cancer support service and a telephone service for patients unable to travel to one of their centres. Trained therapists, counsellors and advisers are on hand to listen to individual patients and provide them with bespoke practical, emotional and physical support.
Since opening, Breast Cancer Haven has provided over 230,000 appointments and has helped over 34,000 visitors.
Matt Jameson - Fundraising Manager Yorkshire at Breast Cancer Haven adds:
“The support we receive from Little Greene is invaluable, without the incredible relationship we have with the company we wouldn’t be able to be there for people living with breast cancer right now. This collaboration really does show that working together in a productive and positive way makes such a big difference to people’s lives: we can’t thank Little Greene enough!”
The Confetti Ball, 2018
200 guests attended our Confetti Ball at The Monastery in Manchester, UK, to support Breast Cancer Haven.
The evening began with a drinks reception and acoustic entertainment before flamingos on stilts lead guests through to The Monastery for a three course dinner.
The Brothers of Swing serenaded guests throughout dinner before a live charity auction was held featuring football memorabilia, dining experiences and even a day with our Managing Director, David Mottershead.
Transforming The Safe Haven, 2015
In 2015, we were delighted to collaborate with breast cancer support charity, The Haven on the development of their fourth regional centre in Hampshire, UK.
Founded in 1997, the charity offers one-to-one specialist care to breast cancer patients through their free services including counselling and complementary therapies. At the time, there was no other breast cancer support service in the region, so the charity hoped to help the 2,700 women treated for the disease each year in Wessex hospitals.
We supplied 200 litres of paint to the Grade II-listed property which now offers support to nearly 3,000 breast cancer patients in the region. The Haven’s interior design team selected a range of neutral shades.
The renovations to the listed property included a reception area, library, group therapy space, kitchen and four one-to-one therapy rooms. The outdoor space also became a relaxing visitor garden.
For more information about The Haven, visit their website.
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