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Baabra the Herdie Yow was going to take her shepherdess to walk all of the Knotts in the Lake District - a 'Knott' is a craggy outcrop on the fell and there are about 170 of them. Her aim was to gain sponsorship per Knott and generate some funds toward's the research technician post, as mentioned below. However, her shepherdess is finding the task a bit difficult so now we're asking for a £1 donation from as many people as possible, rather than being reliant on completing all the Knotts. We'd like to raise at least £1,000 towards funding the research technician's post (the total amount needed is £58,000). Baabra's friends are doing their bit by donating some luck money when someone buys them and takes them to their new home.

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
Only about 15% of breast cancers are classed as triple negative. Women who develop breast cancer under the age of 40, along with women of African-Caribbean origin and those who have inherited a faulty BRCA gene, are more likely to have triple negative breast cancer. 

The disease can be very aggressive and currently there are fewer treatment options than for other types of breast cancer. Because a lot of younger women have this type of cancer they typically have young families on whom the impact is devastating. So the more funding that can be put into research the sooner they'll be able to find new, and more successful, treatments.

You can find more information about TNBC on the Breast Cancer Care and Macmillan websites.

The Christie - Triple Negative Breast Cancer Research Technician Post

The Breast Cancer Research Fund at The Christie supports Dr Anne Armstrong’s research trials which explores the immune system as a treatment for breast cancer; immunotherapeutic approaches aim to discover alternative ways to treat breast cancer, in particular the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Research into triple-negative breast cancer treatment is under researched and needs our support. Donations towards Dr Anne Armstrong’s work will go towards funding a research technician post on her trial team and the charity has pledged to raise £58,000 to fund this post for two years.  

 Over 2,000 women are treated at The Christie for breast cancer every year; but with an active programme of research, donations are helping us to develop both our understanding of this disease, and new and more effective treatments to combat it. Charitable funds are vitally important to this work and donations allow us to fund vital research that will have a significant impact on how we are able to care and treat our patients.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Thanks from Baabra and her shepherdess, Julia x