Events
Breast Health Day 2010
Taking exercise and being physically active + keeping a normal body weight + eating a healthy diet can help protect your breast health!
For Breast Health Day 2010, EDI is focusing on one or more of these lifestyle choices that can influence your future breast health and help prevent breast cancer.
Why not organise an awareness raising event in your area focusing on healthy choices on Friday 15 October 2010 (no fund-raising needed!).
EDI agm and Information Session 2010
Our 2010 AGM took place in Buswells Hotel, Dublin on May 15th. It was followed by an Information Session on "Exercise and Breast Cancer" featuring Charlotte Coleman Smith of the Plurabelle Paddlers, and Marie Murphy, Exercise Specialist for the Simm/Mann UCLA Centre for Integrative Oncology, Los Angeles; Marie is also a 1988 Irish Olympian (Marathon), an IOC Sports Nutritionist, and Fitness Instructor for the Dr Susan Love Research Foundation.
9th EUROPA DONNA Pan-European Conference, Stockholm
This conference was a chance to meet European cancer experts and also to meet women with experience of breast cancer from many European countries.
Breast Health Day 15 October 2009
More Active Today for your Breast Health Tomorrow
On 15 October, we urged women to do something active and organise an event in their local area. This was an awareness-raising event with no fund-raising involved. See list of events that took place around the country.
The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade kindly supported this event by providing goodie bags for the event in St Stephen's Green.
9 things you should know about breast cancer
Europa Donna Ireland launched a leaflet on 5 October highlighting 9 things every woman in Ireland should know about breast cancer. The leaflet was launched by Minister Mary Harney and it was delivered to three quarters of a million households around the country. Download the leaflet (478 KB)
For copies of the leaflet, please contact us on info@europadonnaireland.ie or tel. 01-4960198.
LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit Dublin
The Lance Armstrong Foundation LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit took place in Dublin from August 24th – 26th 2009. The Summit was the starting point for sustained worldwide action to combat the cancer burden and convened world leaders, advocates and representatives from non-profits and corporations.
AGM 2009 and Information Session
Our AGM and Information Session was held in May and we were delighted to have Dr Ailis Ni Riain, Irish College of General Practitioners, to speak on the topic of Follow-Up after Breast Cancer.
Scientist to Survivor Programme
World leaders in general cancer research came together in Denver, Colorado to announce and discuss the latest progress in cancer detection, treatment and prevention.
'Surviving Breast Cancer' Conference
EDI's Conference "Surviving Breast Cancer" took place in September 2008.