Dan Rogerson MP for North Cornwall

Pauline Giles and Dan Rogerson MP at this year’s St Piran’s Day event in Parliament

Pauline Giles and Dan Rogerson MP at this year’s St Piran’s Day event in Parliament

North Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MP, Dan Rogerson, has said he is ‘honoured’ to become a trustee of breast cancer charity, BosomBuddiesUK.

The Cornwall based charity aims to put education at the centre of its campaigning by speaking to groups of young women in their final year of secondary school about the disease, and crucially how to check themselves for its symptoms.

The charity’s founder Pauline Giles, from Par, recently invited Dan to become a trustee of BosomBuddiesUK.

Speaking about working with the charity, local Mr Rogerson said:

“I am incredibly impressed with what Pauline and BosomBuddies have achieved in such a short space of time.”

“The central idea of the charity is a simple but powerful one – that the best time to reach young women with information on breast cancer and how to recognise the symptoms early is in their final year of school.

“It has been my pleasure to host the charity in Parliament on several occasions, where other MPs from across the UK were supportive of BosomBuddies’ aims and were keen to help the charity get up and running in their own areas.

“It is an honour to be asked to become a trustee, and I look forward to supporting Pauline in her work.”

BosomBuddiesUK’s founder, Pauline Giles, added:

“Dan Rogerson was the first Cornish MP that I saw once I had set up the charity and told him about my vision. From the outset he has been 100% behind my work and has continued to be a great supporter.

“I am thrilled that he has agreed to sit on the charity’s Board of Trustees, and I look forward to our collaboration promoting Breast Cancer awareness not only for the ladies of Cornwall but indeed the world.”