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Wendy Watson's Charity Work

Wendy founded the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline in 1996 after pioneering preventive mastectomies (BRCA1&2) before developing breast cancer. She also changed the government's directive to patent genes, which would have been counterproductive to the adversary of genetic testing and research. To date, the Helpline has taken 100s of thousands of calls, and its mission statement is 'Everyone has the right to have full information on all the options available - then full support no matter what the choice'. To that end, the Helpline has battled to keep those options available to all - striven to raise awareness of familial risk - and is available seven days per week, 9 am until 3 am. The Helpline is fully supported by the eminent Professor Gareth Evans and Hon. Professor Julian Barwell, providing answers to medical queries within 24 hours. Much work is required as a staggering 97% of the population who carry a gene fault are still unaware!

 

This partnership is determined to help reduce those numbers. The musical, Wendy's World, will indeed be a major catalyst for this. We are eternally grateful for this partnership opportunity all with the same goals, to raise awareness; to save one person is to save generations to come.

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Wendy Watson BBC Radio Somerset
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