Education programme

The programme increases community awareness and understanding of breast cancer and breast health awareness and aims to:

• increase the number of women over 40 who have mammograms
• improve information about breast cancer
• to increase breast health awareness and knowledge of risks and lifestyle choices
• reach out to at risk communities – Maori and Pacific Islanders/rural NZ
• to increase knowledge of support/resources available through the Foundation.

Our National Educators are available for presentations within all sectors of the community: workplaces, community centres/houses, events, government and non-government organisations, sector groups, disability and mental health services as well as men's and women’s services.

These sessions can be tailored to the needs of individual workplaces/groups – from 30 minutes to one hour.

For requests outside of the greater Auckland area several presentations may be coordinated in the same region in order to keep costs to a minimum. This may require some flexibility with times/dates.

For an inquiry/booking please email breasthealth@bcf.org.nz

Educators work alongside Maori and Pacific service providers to ensure the information provided for their women/men is accurate and appropriate. Our key focus is to work alongside at-risk communities to improve their breast cancer outcomes.

Comprehensive online educational resources are also available.