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What does your breast cancer charity donation achieve?
Illustrative programme costs: £25 for screening, £75 for a biopsy and diagnostic work-up, £150 for a month of hormone therapy support and £500 for surgical access support. Actual costs and services vary; donations are pooled according to need. Live programme headcounts stay at zero until partner reports are filed.
Our programme cost estimates are £25 for screening, £75 for a biopsy, £150 for hormone therapy support and £500 for surgical access support. Donations are pooled and costs vary by location and patient need. These estimates are not verified patient outcomes; see our cost methodology and published reporting.
Who this is for: donors who want itemised unit costs and an honest line about what we have not yet counted.
Who this is not for: donors seeking laboratory cancer-research grants; anyone expecting a personal NHS mammogram booking; anyone wanting a live “lives saved” ticker we refuse to invent.
Why are the impact counters at zero?
Programme headcounts stay at zero until partner reports are filed. Absence of a counter is not evidence of absence of work — it is a refusal to publish a marketing number. Unit costs below are planning estimates.
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What could your gift help fund?
Choose an amount to explore our estimated screening costs.
screening cost equivalents
based on an estimated £25 per screening
An illustration of programme costs, not a guarantee of individual care. Donations are pooled; costs and services vary by location and patient need. Read the cost methodology.
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What does every donation amount achieve?
Choose an amount and give with confidence — knowing exactly what it delivers.
One Full Breast Cancer Screening
A woman who has never been examined receives a free clinical breast exam and ultrasound scan at a mobile screening unit. For many of the women we reach, it will be the first medical examination of any kind they have ever had.
- Clinical breast examination
- Ultrasound scan
- Referral coordination if needed
Biopsy + Diagnostic Work-Up
When a screening detects something concerning, a biopsy confirms whether cancer is present. Without your funding, a woman who has finally found a lump and sought help may be unable to afford the next step.
- Core needle biopsy procedure
- Full pathology lab analysis
- Results and treatment referral
One Month of Hormone Therapy
In the UK the NHS subsidises tamoxifen to near-zero for patients. In a low-income setting with no subsidised supply chain, £150 covers a month of real treatment access — local private drug cost, oncologist consultation, monitoring labs, and transport/coordination — not the UK pharmacy sticker price alone.
- Drug at local private price (portion of £150)
- Oncologist consultation & monitoring
- Transport and follow-up coordination
Surgical Access Support
Reaching the operating table is only possible if a woman can get to the hospital, stay near it, and meet co-payments. Your donation funds the practical bridge from diagnosis to life-saving surgery for one patient.
- Transport and accommodation
- Surgery co-payment support
- Post-operative follow-through
Impact at a glance
| Amount | Funds |
|---|---|
| £25 | One complete breast cancer screening |
| £75 | Biopsy and full diagnostic work-up |
| £150 | One month of hormone therapy |
| £500 | Surgical access support |
Why £150 for one month of hormone therapy?
In the UK the NHS subsidises tamoxifen to near-zero. Overseas, without a subsidised supply chain, a month of treatment means drug + clinic + monitoring + getting there. Illustrative split (trustee-reviewed; update quarterly):
| Line item | Approx. |
|---|---|
| Drug at local private price | £40 |
| Oncologist consultation | £45 |
| Monitoring / labs | £35 |
| Transport & coordination | £30 |
Figures are programme planning estimates for low-income partner settings — not UK NHS prices. Live impact counters: impact.json (as-of date inside file).
What we publish — and what we will not invent
Unit costs above are planning estimates. Programme headcounts (women screened, biopsies funded) stay at zero on this page until partner reports are filed. We would rather show an empty counter than a marketing number.
- Open data package and CSVs: /open-data/
- Machine-readable counters: /impact.json
- UK and global epidemiology we cite (NHS, CRUK, WHO) is sourced on each clinical guide, not presented as our field results.
How donations are deployed
How are donations deployed?
Donations are deployed across three interconnected programmes, each addressing a critical point in the journey from risk to survival.
Community Education
Community health educators — trained and employed locally — deliver breast cancer awareness sessions in villages, community centres and places of worship. Women learn to self-examine, identify warning signs, and understand that treatment exists and is effective.
Mobile Screening Units
Fitted vehicles travel to communities with no local clinic. Women receive clinical breast examinations, ultrasound scans, and, where indicated, referrals for further testing. The unit returns regularly to maintain continuity of care.
Treatment Access
Diagnosis is not the end. For women from remote communities, reaching specialist treatment centres requires transport, accommodation and money most do not have. We fund the practical bridge between diagnosis and survival.
The human reality
Are these real patient stories?
Composite stories representing the real experiences of women in the communities we work in. No real patient data is used.
"A labelled composite: a woman attends a community awareness session, later notices a breast change, seeks clinic care she would not have sought before, and begins treatment after an earlier-stage diagnosis than is typical without outreach."
"A labelled composite: free clinical exam and ultrasound at a mobile unit find a concerning lump; biopsy confirms early-stage disease; surgery follows. Names are not real individuals."
"A labelled composite: symptoms noticed for over a year; subsidised diagnostics finally make a clinic visit possible; Stage 1 diagnosis and treatment begin. Not a specific patient record."
Frequently asked questions
What does my breast cancer charity donation fund?
Why are the impact counters at zero?
Does my donation fund cancer research?
Can I see audited accounts?
What happens after I donate?
Whatever you can give is deployed to screening, diagnosis and treatment access through vetted local partners. See the itemised asks above — then donate with a clear outcome in mind.
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