An insurance company in Abingdon will be wearing pink and holding a cake sale on Friday, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise funds in aid of Breast Cancer Now.

A-Plan Insurance said it is looking forward to the pink event and hopes to raise lots of money towards support and research.

The Abingdon team are baking cakes which will be available for a small donation.

Last year the company held a fundraiser in its Thatcham branch and raised £346. This year the company aims to go bigger and better and involve more branches including its Abingdon branch.

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Summer Kendrick, wear it pink manager at Breast Cancer Now, said: “Breast cancer hasn’t stopped for the pandemic. Over the past year people have been diagnosed with the disease at a time when everything from treatment to screenings have been disrupted, making the support that we provide, and the hope our research generates, a vital lifeline."

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