Mother Daughter, Breast of Friends: Graysons champion new breast cancer awareness podcast
Graysons are teaming up with radio presenter Becky Measures and her mother Wendy Watson MBE on their brand new Mother Daughter Breast of Friends podcast.
LISTEN: The podcasts can be found at motherdaughterbreastfriends.co.uk.
The shows highlight how 97% of people who carry a faulty gene still don’t know - it aims to raise awareness and navigate the complexities of genetics.
The podcasts are the latest public information drive by the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline, founded more than 25-years-ago by Wendy after she became one of the first people in the country when she had both breasts removed as a precautionary measure to avoid breast cancer, following the deaths of her grandmother and mother from the disease.
Becky, underwent the same procedure in 2004 after finding out she had an 80 to 90 percent risk of developing breast cancer.
Bradie Pell, partner at Graysons, said: “Few people have been more inspirational in this field than Wendy Watson and her daughter Becky Measures. Our support means awareness of hereditary breast cancer can spread far further and, for a firm that employs a high percentage of females, this is very important.”
Becky said: “Having Graysons support the podcast has not only enabled us to carry on spreading this incredibly important message , it has also highlighted many factors that people don’t always want to talk about which we will be discussing with them in the podcast.
“Building this relationship with a firm that has such a long standing highly respected reputation within our community is massively humbling, and we are so grateful to have them with us on the next leg of our journey.”
Graysons Solicitors specialise in property, family law, lifetime planning, wills, estates and trusts, elderly client services, personal injury, and clinical negligence.
The law firm first formed in 1925 and currently employs around 65 staff. Graysons are situated at Courtwood House, Silver Street Head, Sheffield S1 2DD. They also have offices in Chesterfield and Hathersage.
More information visit graysons.co.uk
The National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline, which also recently announced hair products company Watermans UK as a sponsor for its second podcast series, provides a national 24-hour service.
It has taken more than 100,000 calls and changed the lives of 100,000’s of people – call 01629 813000, visit www.breastcancergenetics.co.uk, follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NHBCH and X: @nhbch.
Powered by the support of Aware® Breast self-examination aid, a leading advocate for breast health awareness, the podcast aims to be a beacon of positivity, encouraging self-examinations and proactive health choices.
Look out for updates at www.motherdaughterbreastfriends.co.uk and search on social media for the hashtag #MotherDaughterBreastOfFriends.
LINKS:
Mother Daughter, Breast of Friends website: motherdaughterbreastfriends.co.uk
National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline website: www.breastcancergenetics.co.uk.
Helpline: 01629 813000
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NHBCH
Twitter: @nhbch