FD Magazine Feb 2017 by Future Dreams Charity

Make you mark EDITION

HOW IT ALL BEGAN We tell the inspiring story of our founders Sylvie and Danielle

ONE WOMEN’S MISSION Louise Court speaks with Amandine Ohayon, MD of L’Oréal Luxe, about Lancôme’s upcoming campaign which features a breast cancer survivor alongside it’s celebrity ambassadors and empowered women

This collection is now available from www.amoena.com 30% of all proceeds will go to Future Dreams charity

UNITED FOR HER Amy Grier reviews the annual Future Dreams Ladies Lunch as over 300 people gathered at the Savoy for a fundraising lunch

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#UnitedByDesign Melissa Odabash revolutionises the world of pocketed swimwear with Amoena for Future Dreams

FIGHT NIGHT Beatrice Aiden tells us all about the inaugural Future Dreams Fight Night that featured 10 white collar boxers getting into the ring to fight breast cancer, raising a staggering £410,000

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48 One Women’s Mission Amandine Ohayon, MD of L’Oréal Luxe, talks about Lancôme’s upcoming campaign which features a breast cancer survivor alongside it’s celebrity ambassadors and empowered women

14 Trustee Update Read how our year kicked off with a bang!

FEATURES 74 Common Threads #UnitedByDesign revolutionising the world of pocketed swimwear with Melissa Odabash, Amoena and Future Dreams 78 Look up, look out Karen Diamond shares her 35 years experience as director of Models 1, alongside dream team Simon Emmett and Yasmin Le Bon all collaborating for Future Dreams

FUNDRAISING 36 Fight Night The inaugural Future Dreams Fight Night that featured 10 white collar boxers getting into the ring to fight breast cancer, raising a staggering £410,000 42 United for Her Over 300 people gathered at the Savoy for a the beautiful annual Future Dreams Ladies Lunch

Our Mission An insight into Future Dreams’ mission to raise funds for breast cancer research, awareness and support

19 Breast Cancer Awareness Real life awareness stories from Breast Cancer Care 22 Future Dreams House Future Dreams House is an ambitious project devised through a partnership between Future Dreams and Breast Cancer Haven, to provide London’s leading breast cancer support centre 30 Future Dreams Founders A story of hope, positivity and two kick-ass women 72 How to Shop It Indulge in some retail therapy and support Future Dreams with exclusive products from prestigious brands and supporters of FD

PERSPECTIVES 84 Balancing Emotions A male perspective on the effects of breast cancer and supporting his partner

52 LIVE Gala at The Roundhouse Meet the dynamic team and story behind our unique Gala, LIVE at the Roundhouse

info@futuredreams.org.uk - 020 8906 3709 www.futuredreams.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1123526

BEAUTY 60 Rediscovering Mii Mii opens the doors to a beauty day dedicated to re-discovering you - an exclusive makeup masterclass for those going through breast cancer treatment

HEALTH 46 Better Together Dr Muireann Kelleher, a consultant oncologist specialising in the treatment of patients with breast cancer shares her commitment to breast cancer care 56 We need to talk about BRCA Four siblings discuss the way in which they are dealing with the dilemma of testing for BRCA 64 It’s all in the Balance Breast Surgeon and FD Ambassador, Joanna Franks, explains that support is essential during and after breast cancer diagnosis 68 Nutritional Knowledge Tips, tricks and know-how from Breast Cancer Haven

THE COVER Growing up with a mother who is the managing director of the Africa Cancer Foundation, Lancôme Ambassador Lupita Nyong understands the importance of giving and the need for a solid support system for women touched by breast cancer.

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EDITORS LETTER

EDITOR’S LETTER

Making marks From the very beginning, relationships have inspired Future Dreams, starting with the extraordinary bond between Sylvie and Danielle (Louise Court, journalist and editorial consultant, tells their story on page 30) and continuing with the invaluable working partnerships we have formed over the past decade which help us to deliver on our founders’ mission to support, cure and raise awareness of breast cancer. Lancôme have enabled us to hold one of our most ambitious fundraising events to date, our ‘Live’ Gala at the Roundhouse in February 2017. Read about how Amandine Ohayon (MD, L’Oréal Luxe) was inspired by Danielle and Sylvie’s strength and determination to lend us her support over the last nine years. Cosmopolitan’s Features Editor, Amy Grier attended the ‘United for Her’ lunch at the Savoy in October 2016, supported by Matchesfashion.com, Estée Lauder Companies and Models1 and you can read her account of this fabulous occasion on page 42. Engaging men with our campaign went down a storm at our first ever white collar boxing event, Fight Night, at the Park Lane Hotel in September 2016. The event was such a roaring success, with ten boxers getting in the ring to fight breast cancer. We are proud to announce that Fight Night II this year is already in planning. Read FT Journalist, Beatrice Aidin’s thrilling account of the battles on the night on page 36. Our brand family grew even larger last year with so many wonderful partnerships. Amoena.com joined the team and now Melissa Odabash’s latest stunning designs for pocketed swimwear will be available in over 80 countries when the Future Dreams Swimwear Collection is launched in February 2017. This would have been an impossible task without our sassy swimwear model and FD Ambassador, Sky presenter, Jacquie Beltrao and the care, talent and generosity of FD Ambassador Melissa Odabash and her dream team (read more about this amazing collaboration on page 74). Our loyal brand Ambassadors, Mii Cosmetics opened their doors to a beauty day dedicated to re-discovering you. Back in November last year, Mii Cosmetics in conjunction with Future Dreams hosted an exclusive makeup masterclass for those going through Breast Cancer treatment (Read about the Mii Workshop on page 60). We have been awed by the empowered women and men who have agreed to document their difficult journeys and share their experiences with humour and grace. Read about Eddy’s searingly honest account of how he dealt with his partner’s diagnosis and treatment. See how Lili Sohn’s comic strip diary helped her face adversity and share a frightening journey with laughter rather than tears, (page 90) and to read about the questions raised by a family of four siblings when faced with the very individual and personal decision to test for the BRCA gene mutation (We need to talk about BRCA page 56). Heartfelt thanks must go to Nikki Tibbles of Wild at Heart for her expertise in designing the perfect FD bouquet - page 99. Her use of cream hydrangeas, garden roses, lavender and eucalyptus reflects the love, empowerment, serenity and peace that we hope to replicate at our proposed centre. This will be available on their website throughout the year. We hope that you’ll enjoy this issue!

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LOUISE COURT Louise is a journalist and editorial consultant. She’s worked across some of the world’s most famous magazine brands including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. She won many awards as Editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, including ones for campaigning, so loved the idea of working with Future Dreams.

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‘‘Future Dreams is such a dynamic charity and has such big ambitions to build Future Dreams House, home to Breast Cancer Haven, I really wanted to get involved.”

CONTRIBUTORS

AMY GRIER

MICHELLE BELLMAN Mother of three and primary school teacher, Michelle was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 40s. A friend of our charity founder Danielle Leslie, Michelle is committed to raising awareness of breast cancer and rocked the Lili Grace catwalk in aid of our charity. She shares her experience and emotions highlighting the connection and euphoria felt by all those involved.

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“Breast cancer has played a huge part in mine and my family’s life and we’ve been very fortunate with the support we’ve had. I wanted to be able to give something back and am really grateful that Future Dreams has given me the opportunity to do so.” Amy Grier is an award winning journalist and Features Director at Cosmopolitan magazine. She was previously Associate Editor at How to Spend it at the Financial Times, Features Editor at Women’s Health and features writer on Stylist Magazine. She has also written for The Sunday Times, The Observer, Marie Claire, Men’s Health and Intelligent Life.

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NATALIE SILVERTON Award-winning journalist turned PR Manager at Gerrard International for Mii Cosmetics and Jessica Nails, Natalie Silverton told Future Dreams: ‘When I joined Gerrard International, I discovered that the family and company had a strong affiliation with Future Dreams. It struck a personal chord – my mother had grown up with Sylvie Henry and her family in Salisbury Rhodesia (being a distant relation), and I met Sylvie and Danielle as a young child after moving from Africa to England. It felt serendipitous to re-connect like this, and it was a real privilege to tell Susan and Danielle Gerrard’s own mother-daughter story of positivity.’

BEATRICE AIDIN Beatrice Aidin writes for How to Spend It in the FT, The Telegraph, The Times and many other publications. She started with a column in the Independent on Sunday called Dear Wolfgang, sartorial, home and beauty issues were answered in the guise of Wolfgang, a German with very strong views on taste and has won five journalism awards for her work in the FT. She became involved with Future Dreams through Estée Lauder and loves the mission, the message and the proposal for Future Dreams House, supporting women and their families when breast cancer enters their lives.

MICHELLE OKIN After 13 years in client services for advertising, in 2011, Michelle set up her own tutoring and mentoring business, Rose Okin. Taught as a young girl by Sylvie and the mother of two daughters herself, she feels a natural affinity with Future Dreams and, combined with the appeal of reviving her role as editor of the school magazine, Michelle has been indulging her love of punctuation and grammar through the Future Dreams magazine for the last couple of years.

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To a life changing charity founded by two inspirational women, everyone at Lipsy wishes Future Dreams every success.

Congratulations to the committee for such an outstanding job.

WELCOME

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TRUSTEE UPDATE

2016: a year of highs…and more highs

2016 ENDED ON A HIGH NOTE AND 2017 PROMISES TO BE AN EVEN BIGGER YEAR FOR FUTURE DREAMS. We welcome three dynamic additions to our family, Samantha Landesberg, Abi Reiss and Emma Simons, and say a heartfelt goodbye and thank you to Talya Richman, who lent us her vital support over the last two years: we wish her great success in her new journey.

Research:

Future Dreams has raised over £2.2m towards breast cancer research for Professor Clare Isacke’s Laboratory at Breast Cancer Now, Research Centre, London. Clare and her team have had many pioneering breakthroughs, making significant advances in the field of secondary breast cancer research and its treatment. She was appointed Fellow of the Academy of Medical Services in 2016. ‘I feel very privileged to know many inspirational people involved with Future Dreams and also personally thankful for the funding they have invested into secondary breast cancer research. Because of their continued support, our progress in tackling breast cancer has increased and we are that vital step closer to living in a world where the disease is no longer feared’ Professor Clare Isacke, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology - Breast Cancer Now This year, we are proud to be empowering the next generation of secondary breast cancer researchers by funding groundbreaking research into secondary breast cancer, an incurable form of the disease. Dr William Brackenbury, an outstanding researcher with a stellar reputation in his field, has facilitated a better understanding of the development and spread of breast cancer by applying an innovative approach, inspired by neuroscience, that has never been used before in breast cancer and which involves the recording of electrical signals in breast cancer tumours. This project could herald an entirely new approach to tackling breast cancer.

Support:

The long-term aspiration of the Support “arm” of FUTURE DREAMS is to set up FUTURE DREAMS HOUSE, home to Breast Cancer Haven. This remains the central focus of our fundraising. Future Dreams House will provide a lifeline to those women who have

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recently been diagnosed, those who are undergoing treatment and those who are coping with issues of survivorship or tackling the devastating news that they have had a relapse. The central location of Future Dreams House will allow more patients based in Central, North and East London, to utilise the much-needed therapies provided, completely free of charge. These therapies will address the physical and emotional symptoms and side-effects of each woman’s medical treatment, ranging from psychological and emotional support, practical support and touch therapies such as acupuncture and reflexology to specific treatments such as lymphoedema massage. Function support will include image workshops, lifecoaching, financial advice and nutritional guidance on exercise and healthy eating. Perhaps the most vital function of Future Dreams House is to provide a non-medical environment in which, as well as accessing support services, women can form friendships and networks that will allow them to take on this disease from a place of solidarity and empowerment. The campaign to open FUTURE DREAMS HOUSE has never been more pressing. Breast Cancer Haven will be in need of a new London Base from 2019, when the lease on its current building expires. In the meantime, we are delighted to be able to offer a weekly Outreach Service, giving vital support and the core Breast Cancer Haven services to women, based at each of three London hospitals: UCLH, The Whittington and The Wellington, Golders Green. These Outreach centres will be entirely funded by FUTURE DREAMS and we intend to have the most essential services up and running in the spring of 2017. ‘Future Dreams Outreach service by Breast Cancer Haven at The Whittington would enable us to provide a greater holistic approach to our patient care. This would significantly improve the experience of our patients, many of whom are young women undergoing difficult treatments whilst juggling the needs of family and career. The ability to offer complementary therapies, counselling services, nutritional advice and others, without patients having to travel more than about half an hour, would be a huge complement to our service.’ Dr Emma Spurrell Consultant Medical Oncologist Whittington Health

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Awareness

Promoting awareness of breast cancer is a fundamental part of Future Dreams’ work. One in eight women will experience the disease in their lifetime and more and more younger women are being diagnosed. Our mission is to ensure that women are breast-aware, informed about looking out for any changes and screened regularly. Future Dreams is proud to announce its collaboration with Breast Cancer Care as a recommended expert, providing information and support to people wanting to know more about breast cancer. If you have any questions about breast cancer, or would like to speak to one of their nurses in confidence, please call Breast Cancer Care free on 0808 800 6000 or visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk.

Renowned nail brands, professional distributors and companies alike partnered across the nail industry in support of Future Dreams for the third year running, to create the incredible campaign Nail Breast Cancer, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Once again this year, for the month of October, each salon, nail technician and nail bar involved will ask their clients to add just £1 to the cost of all treatments to be donated to Future Dreams. We would love you to join us in helping us Nail Breast Cancer for good! Please visit nailbreastcancer.com to find out more. Finally, Future Dreams have had their own makeover and are pleased to be launching their new branding and website - designed by Honest.

Brand partnerships

In addition to our partnerships with clinical experts, we have also teamed up with prestigious brand partners in order to extend our reach. Alignments with MATCHESFASHION.com, Lancôme, L’Oréal, PB Donoghue Waste Management, Lola Rose, Estée Lauder have added credibility and weight to our campaign as well as giving us access to a wider audience. The best example of this is demonstrated by our collaborative mastectomy swimwear launch with Melissa Odabash and Amoena. This new product launch will provide a global platform for Future Dreams to increase awareness of our charity and its aims in over 80 countries.

PHILIPPA BROWN

JOANNA FRANKS

CEO OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP UK

CONSULTANT BREAST AND ONCOPLASTIC SURGEON AT NHS UCLH AND THE WELLINGTON HOSPITAL

Our brand Ambassadors Mii Cosmetics raised £5,500 through sales of their Lip Nourishing Sheen in 2016, and Lola Rose have raised over £20,000 to date through the Lola Rose website. Future Dreams are going to have a great presence at The Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 8th October. Individuals and corporates have signed up and we will be there to cheer them over the finishing line. We have had an exceptionally successful year of fundraising activity, with our Future Dreams Fight Night at the Park Lane Hotel raising an astonishing £410k. Fight Night ll promises to be equally exciting and we look forward to the first bell on 28th September! To sign up for the event, please contact joanne@futuredreams.co.uk. Our 2016 annual ladies lunch, United for Her at The Savoy, was our most successful lunch to date and we are extremely grateful to our luxury brand partners Estée Lauder, MATCHESFASHION.COM and Models 1 who supported us and PB Donoghue Waste Management, our corporate sponsors, who enabled Future Dreams to put on this unmissable treat. Our 350 guests mingled with celebrities and leaders in the field of oncology whilst being treated to a catwalk show, designer handbag auction and prize-laden raffle.

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DALE HENRY

CHIEF EXECUTIVE BREAST CANCER HAVEN

PROPERTY CONSULTANT

SPENCER LESLIE

DEAN POSTER

CFO DUKELEASE PROPERTY

PARTNER MISHCON DE REYA

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in Excellence 1 in 8 women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The Wellington Hospital Breast Care service covers the full spectrum of breast management, from the diagnosis and treatment of benign breast disease, to breast reconstruction. We offer screening, breast awareness consultations and a triple assessment clinic for women with breast symptoms. We can also offer female breast specialists to support you through your entire treatment.

To call020 0203627 74834672 5148 Tomake makean an appointment, appointment, call www.thewellingtonbreastcareunit.com www.wellingtondiagnosticscentre.com

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Our Mission

FUTURE DREAMS IS RAISING FUNDS FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, SUPPORT AND AWARENESS A unique and dynamic charity, Future Dreams, was set up by mother and daughter Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie. By a cruel twist of fate they were both diagnosed with breast cancer. Danielle was just 35 and a mother of two sons and a daughter, Amy.

United by their experience and love for Amy, Sylvie and Danielle created an incredible powerhouse of determination and compassion, both knowing that they were working on borrowed time. Their aim was to ensure that Amy would never have to go through the pain and suffering that they endured. Their dream was to make sure that nobody should ever have to face this illness on their own. While Sylvie and Danielle had the tremendous support of family and friends, Future Dreams House is still somewhere they would have loved to have as a place of comfort and care. It is not uncommon for women who have come through breast cancer to say how this illness has encouraged them to live richer lives. Future Dreams wants to help all women suffering from breast cancer to reach this place, to try to live without fear, to make every second count and

to somehow increase awareness of this terrible disease. This is Sylvie and Danielle’s legacy. Since their deaths in 2009 and 2010 respectively, the charity has been striving to provide essential funding for research, raise awareness and provide support, but it needs your help to give women with breast cancer the chance to make their Future Dreams a reality. Started with just £100 in the bank, the charity has raised £3million to date. Future Dreams is a charity born out of love, family, warmth, friendship, sheer guts and the desire to make a difference. It is dedicated to an infectious lust for life, courage and hope. Future Dreams is devoted to raising vital funds for Breast Cancer Research, Support and Awareness.

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AWARENESS

Breast Cancer

AWARENESS We all know how important it is to check our breasts - the trouble is many of us are not quite sure what we should be looking for. While lumps are the number one symptom that most women think of when they are worried about breast cancer, there are in fact a number of different signs and that is why it is vital that you get to know your body and go to see your doctor about any changes.

These three women did just that. “My nipple started to pull in” Becky Leach, 36, Hemel Hempstead Most people associate a lump with breast cancer but for Becky, as for many women, it was a different symptom that rang alarm bells. She says: “I noticed that my nipple had become inverted – it was very slight at first, and I thought it was probably just a hormonal change. I had my sister’s wedding coming up, so put it to the back of my mind. But when the nipple became even more pulled in, it prompted me to check further, and that’s when I found a lump.” Becky went to her GP, and when he referred her to the breast clinic on an urgent two-week referral, it hit home that it could be serious. Still, her diagnosis in November 2015 was a shock, and she was apprehensive about treatment:

“I don’t want breast cancer to affect how people view me in the future”

“Once I got used to the idea of surgery I was OK with it. But I was very nervous about chemotherapy. It just felt like another mountain to climb with far-reaching effects into all parts of my life.” Becky was also forced to think about the future, as treatment could have affected her fertility. She says: “Your head can feel all over the place after a breast cancer diagnosis, but as a young woman it’s so important you get the chance to pause and think and talk about your future fertility. Having all the information and access to support is crucial to help you make a decision you’ll be happy with once you finish treatment and are moving forward with the rest of your life.” Now, Becky is looking forward to what’s next: “I don’t want breast cancer to affect how people view me in the future, particularly at work or when looking to start a new relationship. I’m determined to stay positive and face the future head on.”

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How do I CHECK my breasts?

check all parts of your breasts, your armpits and up to your collarbone for changes

a change in size or shape

redness or rash on the skin and/or around the nipple

discharge (liquid) that comes from the nipple without squeezing

a lump or thickening that feels different from rest of the breast tissue

a change in skin texture such as puckering or dimpling (like the skin of an orange)

your nipple has become inverted (pulled in) or looks different (for example changed its position or shape)

a swelling in your armpit or around your collarbone.

constant pain in your breast or your armpit

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AWARENESS

‘“I had discharge from my nipple” Carol Micklethwaite, 47, South Yorkshire “I always knew it was important to know all the signs of breast cancer, but it was looking for a lump that always sprang to mind,’ says Carol. “Then after a workout in the gym one morning I noticed a tiny spot of dark red discharge from my nipple when I was getting changed. It was only a small amount – no bigger than a pin prick really - and I had no other symptoms, there was no pain or discomfort. But I thought it was a bit unusual so at the end of the week I went to see my GP.

“It’s so crucial that if someone finds even the slightest change and it just doesn’t seem right, they go and see their GP”

“It never crossed my mind it could be breast cancer, so when I was diagnosed I was totally stunned. Even when I told people, many assumed I’d found a lump. “Things went very quickly – from noticing my symptom to my mastectomy was just six weeks. The fact that it was detected early was really important to me as I didn’t have lots of waiting around. But during the times that I did struggle, I used the Breast Cancer Care Helpline and Forums, which helped my husband and I to cope with what was going on and know what to expect during and after my treatment. “It’s so crucial that even if someone finds even the slightest change and it just doesn’t seem right, they go and see their GP. I’m so glad that I did and was able to be treated quickly.”

“I had a lump that didn’t go away” Michelle Johnson, 38, Manchester When mother-of-three Michelle found a lump in her breast in April 2015, soon after a family holiday, she assumed it was linked to her menstrual cycle. But when it hadn’t disappeared by the next month, she made an appointment to see her GP straight away. By June, she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Michelle says: “I never thought I would get breast cancer – as a young woman it just wasn’t something that was on my radar. But I knew when the lump didn’t go away that I needed to see a doctor as soon as I could, and I’m so glad I did. “I had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The treatment all happened quickly which was great, but it has still been hard. The side effects have been particularly draining. During treatment I was very sick and fatigued, suffered from severe heartburn and found my taste buds changed a lot. Since then I have found that the long-lasting side effects are difficult too - I have gone into an early menopause and I suffer from lymphoedema, which has made returning to work as a staff nurse difficult. “I’ve now been identified as at higher risk of recurrence due to the BRCA2 gene, and am planning a risk-reducing double mastectomy in the near future. But even though I still have a lot to go through, I see myself as a survivor. This is a new me, and I will learn to love myself again. And being here for my husband and children is priceless.”

“Even though I still have a lot to go through, I see myself as a survivor.”

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Support

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home to Breast Cancer Haven Future Dreams House is an ambitious project devised through a partnership between London breast cancer charity Future Dreams and national breast cancer support charity Breast Cancer Haven, to provide London’s leading breast cancer support centre. This ground-breaking project will revolutionise the aftercare and support that breast cancer sufferers from London and beyond can access. By doing so, the project will play a significant part in increasing the services available for patients with breast cancer in the UK.

JOANNA FRANKS BREAST SURGEON UCH/WELLINGTON HOSPITAL “Future Dreams House will provide a lifeline to those women who have recently been diagnosed, are undergoing treatment, coping with the issues of survivorship or tackling the devastating news that they have had a relapse. The location in Central London should allow more patients across North and Central London to use these vitally-needed services. Patients will benefit from it as soon as the doors open.”

Future Dreams House will plug a gap in the medical pathway when it provides vital one-to-one emotional and physical support and complementary therapies to improve the life of anyone affected by breast cancer from London and beyond. Future Dreams House will support more than 600 people annually.

BERNADETTE PHELAN BREAST CARE NURSE “The entire breast cancer journey is filled with fear and trepidation for patients and their loved ones and to have some place away from the clinical environment, where patients and their loved ones can just sit and ask some very pertinent questions is a definite necessity. In a very busy NHS clinic, time can be limited and patients feel they may not have sufficient time to ask their clinical team all the questions.”

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ANUP SHARMA

“Image workshops to help people to look good during breast cancer”

LEAD CONSULTANT IN ONCOPLASTIC BREAST SURGERY, ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST “The provision of these services is likely to reduce the incidence and severity of both psychological and physical complications of a breast cancer diagnosis and the effect of its treatment. These patients would otherwise have to be treated and supported in an already-overstretched NHS. So there are benefits for the patients themselves as well as the wider community.”

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Services available at Future Dreams House: • Emotional support including support groups and one-toone counselling for the visitor and their family. • Acupuncture, reflexology, aromatherapy massage, nutritional therapy and hypnotherapy can all be helpful in reducing breast cancer symptoms and side effects.

Future Dreams House Pops Up at a Hospital Near You! We are striving to offer every patient with breast cancer the opportunity to experience Breast Cancer Haven in a permanent location in the Capital. In the meantime, we are delighted to be able to offer a weekly Outreach Service, giving vital support and the core Breast Cancer Haven services to women, and based at each of three London hospitals: UCLH, The Whittington and The Wellington, Golders Green. These Outreach centres will be entirely funded by FUTURE DREAMS and we intend to have the most essential services up and running in the spring of 2017. Therapists from Breast Cancer Haven will be funded by Future Dreams to bring their essential support services, complimentary treatments and practical advice to breast cancer patients from the surrounding hospitals.

• Lymphoedema which affects 25% of people with breast cancer can also be helped with a specific form of lymphoedema massage and specific exercises. • Image workshops to help people to look good during breast cancer are also very important for the person and their family. • Exercise and healthy eating are two key factors recognised worldwide in both reducing the incidence of as well the recurrence of breast cancer. Exercise in groups and classes includes Nordic Walking, Gentle yoga, Qi Gong or Tai Chi. Helping people gain confidence to get moving both during and after breast cancer treatment is an important part of their ongoing wellbeing. • Healthy eating advice given individually, in cookery workshops and demonstrations as well as healthy lunches being provided in Breast Cancer Haven kitchen help provide people with whatever they need.

This is a momentous outreach effort, to enable more patients to overcome the challenges of living with breast cancer. With the combined efforts of Future Dreams and Breast Cancer Haven, a new setting for cancer care will be created, with survivorship at the helm. The journey is the patient’s own, but they will not walk alone.

“Future Dreams House will be a safe place to gain knowledge, ask questions and get the right advice.” MUIREANN KELLEHER CONSULTANT MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST “We are showing women that breast cancer does not always take away from their lives. They are automatically enrolled in a community of women learning from and supporting each other. Having a space to express fear or grumble and complain without frightening partners, friends and family in a place where sensible reassurance is on hand or just understanding of how tough things are from people who know is invaluable.” FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 23

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Celebrity

AMBASSADORS

NICOLA ADAMS OBE BOXER

GABY ROSLIN

“I want to focus on the importance of empowerment, fitness and support. As a double gold medal Olympian, I understand the need for a strong support network and knowing that you always have others on your side. I believe that Future Dreams House will be a safe and special place for women and their families affected by breast cancer – an empowering environment where they will never feel alone.”

TELEVISION PRESENTER “Sylvie and Danielle stole my heart. Their love for life and for their families was so deep and they filled everyone’s hearts with love and kindness.”

MELANIE C SINGER-SONGWRITER

JACQUI BELTRAO SKY NEWS PRESENTER “The fundraising work that Future Dreams is doing is giving women the opportunity to have a place where they can connect with people who have been affected by breast cancer and feel safe, knowing that they will be supported through their toughest times.”

“This is a dynamic and ambitious challenge but together we can achieve something incredible.”

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CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS

VERNON KAYE TELEVISION AND RADIO PRESENTER Vernon Charles Kay is an English television presenter, radio DJ and former model best known for his television roles with ITV.

STEPH HOUGHTON MBE FOOTBALLER “I have personal experience with my family being affected by cancer and I strongly wanted to support a cancer charity. That’s why I got in touch with Future Dreams.”

CAT DEELEY TELEVISION PRESNTER AND MODEL Catherine ‘Cat’ Deeley is an English television presenter, actress, model and mother. She is currently living and working in LA, wowing audiences as the co-host of So You Think You Can Dance.

KIRSTY GALLACHER TELEVISON PRESENTER “I have seen how vital it is to support one another when this awful illness strikes. By raising awareness and supporting the wonderful work of Future Dreams we can face this together.”

PATRICK KIELTY TELEVISION PRESENTER AND COMEDIAN Patrick Kielty is a Northern Irish comedian and television personality from Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

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SUSAN GERRARD CEO OF GERRARD INTERNATIONAL I admire all the work and commitment that goes into taking Future Dreams forward and keeping it alive in special memories.

REBECCA CAMPBELL AUTHOR AND SPIRITUAL MENTOR “I am delighted to support Future Dreams. Like so many, my life has been cracked open by breast cancer and so I am grateful for the priceless work Future Dreams does in ways big and small.”

Breast cancer is something that NICK SCOTT PARTNER, GINGER & WHITE has touched Community is at the core of Ginger + White and us at Ginger we are proud to support and help Future Dreams &their White – to raise awareness and funds with campaign to support women through bothand their families at Future Dreams House, home to Breast Cancer Haven. Emma and Tonia’s families. Emma’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and more recently Tonia’s elder sister Nicky was diagnosed in December 2013. Both NIKKI TIBBLES underwent surgery and chemotherapy and OWNER OF WILD AT HEART it was both heart breaking and inspiring to RONNY LEMMENS “Breast a cause very CEO AMEONA witness.cancer TheisHaven provided much needed close to my heart and has affected Giving back to women living with the after support to Tonia’s sistertoand people close to me. I wanted get we are proud effects of breast cancer is a shared mission so I can give something back.” to involved be involved in Future Dreams. and a perfect partnership for Amoena. “My Mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993. It then recurred in 1995. She died in 2009, after a long FOWLER and courageous battle.NINA FutureMAE Dreams’ ARTIST work is amazing and important, both “Future Dreams feels to me an intensely for the sufferers of this personal horrendous project, founded by a mother and daughter, whose family and friends disease and their families. We are so are driven by love and strength in continuing their pleased to be able to contribute inlegacy. our” own small way.”

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– Emma Scott, Co-founder

Future Dreams is so well respected and offers so many wonderful programs for women that it just felt like a natural fit. We are honoured to be working with such a highly regarded charity and are looking forward to launching this collection together with you and Melissa Odabash.

BRAND AMBASSADORS

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AMBASSADORS LISA CROOK CEO OF LOUELLA BELLE

MELISSA ODABASH SWIMWEAR DESIGNER “Understanding the effects of breast cancer and the vulnerability that women can feel when affected, I have collaborated with Future Dreams and designed a range of exclusive swimwear for women to empower themselves to feel good and confident about themselves post surgery.”

“My mother and grandmother suffered from breast cancer and I am now in my sixth year of remission so it is an issue that is of great importance to me. I also knew Sylvie and Danielle personally and wanted to give something back to honour their memory.”

NIKKI GEWIRTZ MBE FOUNDER OF LOLA ROSE JEWELLERY

ALICE STONE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF LILY AND LIONEL “I was incredibly moved by the story of Sylvie and Danielle and so inspired by the strong and dynamic women of the Future Dreams committee. I have every confidence that the charity will build the Future Dreams House, I wanted to give back and be part of the journey”.

“Since 2008, my relationship and work with Future Dreams has grown from strength to strength. It is such a vital cause close to my heart, and my special memories of Sylvie and Danielle compound my commitment to the charity.”

BECOME AN AMBASSADOR The Future Dreams Brand Ambassadors support is invaluable. All committed to our cause and individually raising awareness, sharing their industry expertise to benefit Future Dreams, we are stronger together. To become a brand ambassador contact ilana@futuredreams.org.uk FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 27

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EMPOWERING MEN AND WOMEN

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As a journalist I come across many charities and meet lots of incredible people, but there is something about Future Dreams that stopped me in my tracks.

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It isn’t just because the fight against breast cancer touches us all. Sadly I have seen too many of my friends battle the physical and emotional side effects of not just the illness but the cures.

It was followed by so many likes, loving comments and jokes that it couldn’t fail to make me smile and reminded me, and everyone else, of how much they love her.

It isn’t solely the vitally important vision of building a Haven Centre in Central London to give support and respite to hundreds of women and their families.

Fighting cancer is personal in many ways. Everyone deals with it differently and so do their families and loved ones.

It is the fact that this charity is not just a well-meaning body doing hugely important work. It is personal. Founded by an extraordinary mother and daughter, Sylvie and Danielle, they’ve so far inspired an army of friends, family and complete strangers to raise over £2million towards research. Their dream was to prevent Danielle’s daughter from going through breast cancer as they had done. This weekend my friend Michelle posted one of those pictures Facebook flags up as a memory. It was from six years ago as she was going through breast cancer and chemo and had been photographed for the first time with a bald head. She’d written the caption: ‘Gone! So now you have fair warning and won’t be quite so frightened/amused/ freaked out when I see you next. M x’. She shared it again saying: ‘I was going to delete it but then I thought it was quite a good reminder of how things can only get better, as they say.’

My lovely friend, Michelle, happy and well five years on

Future Dreams is powered by many men and women, some of whom you will read about in this magazine, who have very different reasons for getting involved. But the bottom line is they really care. They care about the future dreams, hopes and aspirations of every individual who finds themselves unwillingly dragged on this scary journey. They want you to know that there are people who really do know how you feel and what you are going through and don’t want you to feel alone.

P lease join us on our journey.

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One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK. There is something we can all do to improve the experience for many women and their families.

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Future Dreams represents the start of a new journey of setting out to do the impossible and is a testament to two extraordinary women who refused to see breast cancer as an end. The initial reaction to being diagnosed with ‘those two words’ is often extreme anger and a searing loneliness, regardless of whether you have an army of loving friends and family. Many women will be terrified about what the future holds and how they will cope practically with the disease and its treatment and how their loved ones and dependents will handle the journey. How do they wade through all the well-meaning but often unhelpful advice that will come to them through friends and the internet? How do you find someone who really understands? Some sufferers genuinely have no-one to turn to. A unique charity, Future Dreams, set up by Sylvie and Danielle, a loving mother and daughter, was born out of those emotions - feelings they knew well. In a devastating blow, they were diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time. Danielle was just 35, the mother of three young children.

According to breast cancer care, every year nearly 58,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK, That ’s the equivalent of one person every 10 minutes. In that respect they knew they were lucky and so their dream was to make sure that nobody should ever have to face this illness on their own. From the start they vowed to live life to the max with the people who were important to them and to do everything they could to stop Danielle’s daughter (Sylvie’s grand-daughter), Amy from facing the same illness. Future Dreams represents the start of a new journey - of setting out to do the impossible and is a testament to two extraordinary women who refused to see breast cancer as an end.

The bond between any mother and daughter is extraordinarily strong but these two women created a powerhouse of love and compassion, appreciating they had the most incredible support system of family and friends.

Breast cancer may happen to an individual but it sends waves through the lives of everyone who loves them. Over 50,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, the equivalent of one person every 10 minutes according to Breast Cancer Care. That is 50,000 families and friendship groups who are affected. Thankfully nearly 80% will survive ten years or more and the vital support all sufferers are given on that journey is what Future Dreams is about.

Breast cancer may happen to an individual but it sends waves through the lives of everyone who loves them

Sylvie and Danielle were as alike as they were different. Beautiful, smart, effervescent and charming, Sylvie, had the ability to walk into a room and bring it to a standstill. Ostensibly the stronger, feistier and more challenging by contrast, her daughter Danielle, was softer and more vulnerable. But when the chips were down she scooped her mother up with a strength even she didn’t know she had. They decided to use their love of the theatre, singing and dancing (both had trained at the Royal Academy of Dance) to raise funds by putting on a West End show persuading the cream of theatreland to give their services for free. FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 31

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To date, the charity has raised over £2million and their goal now is to raise £5million to fund Future Dreams House, home to The Breast Cancer Haven support centre in Central London from the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet and Chase Hospitals to The Whittington and from 8 private hospitals such as The Wellington and LOC, all well within one hour’s travelling time. While Sylvie and Danielle had the most tremendous support of family and friends it is still somewhere they would have loved to have been able to visit.

They raised £300,000, and, despite failing health, Sylvie took to the stage and had 1,500 people on their feet as she thanked them for their support. Two further shows were organised and their army of supporters has since hosted annual lunches, auctions and fashion shows. To date, the charity has raised over £2million and their goal now is to raise £5million to fund Future Dreams House, home to The Breast Cancer Haven support centre in Central London. This will be the largest centre in the UK, where women living and working across North, East and Central London, Hertfordshire and Essex and their loved ones can come for practical help and emotional support. From massage treatments and counselling to financial services and legal advice, as well as creative sessions and mentoring for work.

It is not uncommon for women who have come through breast cancer to say how this illness has made them live richer lives. Future Dreams wants to help all women get to this place, to try to live without fear, to make every second count and to bring the people who love them on that journey. That is Sylvie and Danielle’s legacy. Since their deaths in 2009 and 2010, the need to give as many women as possible the hope of future goals is something the charity feels more strongly than ever. This inspiration that came to life in a family home in North London where a mother and daughter battling breast cancer were determined to make a difference is now about to make a difference to thousands of women. But it needs your help to give these women the chance to make their Future Dreams a reality.

Central London is the ideal location for the centre. The site will enable breast cancer sufferers and their families to access Future Dreams House from the surrounding 14 NHS Hospitals

There were around 53,700 new cases of breast cancer in women in the UK in 2013, That ’s around 150 women every day. source: Cancer Research UK.

Specialist Travel Consultants support Future Dreams Here at Specialist Travel Consultants we feel privileged to have worked so closely with Future Dreams for several years and in that time we have formed a close bond. For all new clients who book any holiday with Specialist Travel Consultants in 2017 we are delighted to make a donation to the Future Dreams charity, to continue to support this very worthwhile cause in the fight against breast cancer.

Passionate about travel, we are a husband and wife team with over 35 years’ experience in the travel industry. All too often the term ‘luxury’ is totally overused, but here at Specialist Travel we believe that a holiday is about the experience, not just a hotel room.

making the ideal holiday just for them. It goes without saying we only feature the very best the world has to offer, and within that we provide advice and guidance on a very personal level. From a short break in Europe, to relaxation in the Indian Ocean or a full round the world itinerary, we can tailor a tour to exactly meet your requirements.

Everyone is looking for something different and we pride ourselves on understanding the requirements of each individual traveller and tailor

We would like to invite you to browse our website: www.specialist-travel.com and to contact us for any travel advice you may be looking for.

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Cancer care that’s as individual as you We pride ourselves on giving our patients truly tailored cancer care. Meeting individual needs, whether you’re an inpatient, outpatient or using our many care services and facilities. • Specialist Oncologists • Cutting-edge treatment • Complimentary therapy • Support for you and your family We’re conveniently located in Wimbledon, within easy reach of central London and the Home Counties.

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the park lane hotel words BEATRICE AIDIN photography PAUL TOEMAN

Hundreds of well-healed guests were assembled at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel and there was fighting in the ballroom – but for a very good cause. In September last year, Future Dreams raised £410,000 with ticket sales and both a live and silent auction at the inaugural white collar black tie boxing charity event ‘Future Dreams Fight Night.’ Alice Beaumont, a top tier event planner-turnedentrepreneur, and Bear Maclean, founder of the fitness company, Power of Boxing, lent us their stellar expertise and passion for putting on boxing events and they both punched well above their weight on the night! The high-profile event attracted an eclectic mixture of glamorous guests, including the inimitable Alan Carr who flashed his new engagement ring and planted a smacker on the lips of ‘boxer for the evening’, property entrepreneur Scott Spiro – a gift for the crowd of photographers who were also there to snap celebrities and supporters of the charity such as Melissa Odabash, Jacquie Beltrao, Kelly Hoppen, the professional, heavy weight boxer Derek Chisora, Jonny Nelson the British former professional boxer who

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FIGHT NIGHT held the WBO cruiser weight title from 1999-2005, Natalie Pinkham and Sarah-Jane Mee from Sky News. A lively champagne reception was followed by a lavish three-course dinner accompanied by the swing jazz singer Cole Page with tables in the packed ballroom - 400 guests attended - surrounding the boxing ring. As desert was served, 150 people swarmed into the gallery to watch proceedings from above and the hosts, Sky News Sports presenter Jackie Beltrao, Adam Smith Head of Sky Sports Boxing and Johnny Nelson the Sky Sports anchor kicked off the main events. Jacquie (herself a breast cancer fighter) and Johnny gave a moving welcome speech and explained that each table would be having their own raffle - the prize being an individually signed pair of gloves from the world of boxing including Anthony Joshua MBE, David Haye and Nicola Adams OBE. During the auction, pledge cards were handed out with glow-sticks to attract attention, with Edward Rising acting as auctioneer. The four generous lots were kindly donated: the opportunity of four days and three nights aboard a five-bedroom super yacht sailing around Majorca; a trip to the Monaco Grand Prix 2017 based in a luxury hotel in Monte Carlo and hospitality aboard a super yacht; a seven night trip for 12 at The Sunday Times top five chalets, Chalet De La Cloche in the Espace Killy ski area in France; grouse shooting for four in North Yorkshire with lunch on Keighley Moor and an overnight stay at The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa. The lights lowered

It was such a unique experience, and every boxer worked so hard and went all out to give it their very best. There were obviously some competitive juices flowing, but it was all in good fun for a great cause. CHRIS GOOD - PRESIDENT Estée LAUDER COMPANIES UK AND IRELAND FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 37

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The euphoria of the win is something I have never experienced before, it’s unbelievable. GILES MOULDER

Buzzing, such an amazing unreal experience - so glad I did it for so many reasons, a memory for a lifetime! JULIE COCKRAM

It made me feel great, fit, proud and part of something worthwhile. I chose to support Future Dreams because of the team and the work they do which are both incredible. SCOTT SPIRO

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FIGHT NIGHT and some of the statistics about breast cancer were shown on screens reinforcing the message of Future Dreams: one in eight women will be affected by breast cancer in their lifetime and is the most common cancer in women in the UK. Every year nearly 60,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK, the equivalent of one person every ten minutes. Guests filled in pledge cards and a silent auction throughout the evening saw them compete with each other to win prizes that included a full day’s Masterchef Experience for two with Steve Groves, Head Chef of Roux at Parliament Square and former Masterchef The Professionals Winner 2009; a signed Pele t-shirt; a luxury spa treatment at The Berkeley Hotel; Mohammed Ali memorabilia; a stay at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel and appropriately enough, a boxing session for 28 at Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Club. And onto the main event - the boxing began with five bouts, four male and one female match forming two line-ups, Team Future vs Team Dreams. The judges on the night were George Turner, Matt Keagen and Gizmo Chu with Ed Robinson refereeing the five matches.

You are so focused on what you are about to do, you see people, but it is like you are the only person in the room. DANIELLE RAPER

All of the boxers worked incredibly hard to get into peak condition: “Boxing requires both a mental and physical strength, one that sets itself apart from other sports,” says Danielle Raper. “With training you normally defer to what you know best, whether it be running or the gym because that’s easy and what is not easy is sparring and sparring is what will get you through the fight.” The choice of music to train to was crucial. “My daughter helped me with my music choices so I played Bad Blood by Taylor Swift ,” volunteers Chris Good. “DMX Party Up (in Here)” said Julie Cockram and Simon Baskind admitted to playing “the Rocky theme tune every now and again…” Was there camaraderie between the boxers? “Yes,” says Scott Spiro. “Until we got in the ring and tried to smash the crap out of each other.” Them’s fightin’ words. If you’d like to get in the ring in support of Future Dreams or to be a guest at Fight Night II on Thursday 28th September, please contact joanne@futuredreams.org.uk

Very proud to be part of such a powerful charity event. I chose to take part as my wife lost her closest friend to breast cancer 5 years ago. VAUGHAN SEXTON

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Scary, exciting, intimidating, fun, overwhelming, unbelievable - it really was an experience like no other. MARK JARVIS

Future Dreams has an incredible story behind it and that’s what I wanted to support and be part of. It was a real privilege. SIMON BASKIND

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Battle in the Ballroom

Chris ‘the silver fox’ Good

vaughan ‘the ghost’ sexton

winner - vaughan sexton

havoc in halepi

scott ‘the rhino’ spiro

mark ‘jarvo’ jarvis

winner - MARK JARVIS

the park lane showdown

giles ‘the mountain’ moulder

charlie ‘hell for leather’ feather

winner - giles moulder

the forever hope rumble

julie ‘the welsh warrior’ cockram

danielle ‘the knockout’ belle

winner - julie cockram

ringside special event

simon ‘the relentless’ baskind

ben ‘the flying fox’ de groot

winner - simon baskind

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words AMY GRIER photography JAMES MASON and PAUL TOEMAN On Monday 10th October over 300 people gathered at the Savoy for a fundraising lunch like no other There are many jokes made about ‘ladies that lunch’, but most miss the point of what a powerful entity the bringing together of people can be. How rare is it, in the age of the ‘salad al desko’, to actually sit, and talk, and plan, and ruminate, and share a meal with equals? That’s why events like Future Dreams United For Her lunch at the resplendent Savoy Hotel are so important. They remind us of the power we create when we join forces. I was lucky enough to be in that room. As a journalist for Cosmopolitan magazine, and someone whose mother has suffered with breast cancer three times, I was blown away by what was achieved. First, let me set the scene: a champagne reception in a room at the Savoy overlooking the Thames. Flowers everywhere, donated by artisan florists Scarlett and Violet. Every space filled with polished, professional women enjoying each other’s company. Estée Lauder, a key supporter of Future Dreams (as evidenced by the rather lovely goodie bags we all received on leaving), were doing touch-ups and makeovers, and celebrities such as Lisa Snowden, Yasmin Le Bon, Melissa Odabash, Azzi Aziz and Sky’s Jacquie Beltrao (our host for the day) posed against a press-board for pictures. Soon enough, everyone was ushered in for lunch…

The speakers were emotive and inspirational and I know that the centre will throw a lifeline in many different ways to those affected by breast cancer – an exceptional legacy to Sylvie and Danielle, their family and the Future Dreams team.” DANIELLE GERRARD, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AT GERRARD INTERNATIONAL

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LADIES LUNCH 2016 - UNITED FOR HER

“Future Dreams is a powerful organisation that reaches out to a broad demographic of women touched by breast cancer and offers them that much needed support. I was thrilled to be working on the ‘United for Her’ fashion show with them, to raise vital funds for their support project.” RUTH CHAPMAN, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF MATCHESFASHION.COM

After a brief intro by Jacquie, Ruth Chapman, CEO Matchesfashion.com took the stage. This is where the magic really began, as a cascade of models (provided by Models 1) flooded onto the catwalk that reached right out into the audience. They were showcasing a range of looks, available on matchesfashion.com, where 10% of the cost of each garment went straight to Future Dreams. Lookbooks were available on each table as well. What’s more, RAEY, Matchesfashion.com fashion brand, designed a top especially for Future Dreams, with all of the proceeds going straight to Future Dreams. Modelled by no other than Yasmin Le Bon (and worn by Jacquie Beltrao too on stage), sales have now raised £3,000. That was just the beginning of the fashion frolics. Next up was the silent handbag auction. At the back of the ballroom, either side of the catwalk and stage, stood two shelves showcasing the 20 designer bags, donated by MATCHESFASHION.COM. Laura Hobson, an illustrator whose mother had suffered with breast cancer, had drawn and painted all the bags for the table guides we poured over. Thanks to the calibre of the designers on offer (we’re talking Stella McCartney, Marni, Louboutin and Jimmy Choo to name but a few), the handbag auction raised £13,000 for Future Dreams. FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 43

LADIES LUNCH 2016

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LADIES LUNCH 2016 - UNITED FOR HER

“For women who have undergone cancer treatment, or are currently going through it, clothes can be an extremely useful tool for boosting confidence and making you feel better - clothes can be your comfort and your armour at the same time” RUTH CHAPMAN, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF MATCHESFASHION.COM

After lunch was served, Muireann Kelleher, Oncologist at St Georges hospital was brought on stage. Adding a personal touch to proceedings, Muireann was actually Jacquie’s own oncologist when she too had breast cancer 3 years ago. She spoke, movingly and with passion, of the essential service places like the Haven – the project in central London that Future Dreams is supporting – provide for the patients she sees. I have her words ringing in my ears to this day: “A support centre provides a forum in which women can express their distress and move forwards, feeling more resilient and – perhaps most importantly – feeling less alone.” That is something that everyone in the room wanted to help create. And who else to follow Muireann than Spencer Leslie, husband of Danielle, one half of the original mother-daughter duo who started Future Dreams as their own cancers turned fatal. There wasn’t a dry eye in house as he spoke of her legacy, both within their family, and now outside of it. Joanna Franks, breast surgeon and Future Dreams Trustee, took the next slot, reiterating the essential work charities like this one do to provide services the medial model just cannot give. She also introduced and presented the Humanitarian Award to celebrity swimwear designer, Melissa Odabash - whose essential work in creating garments post-surgery breast cancer survivors can feel proud in - received a standing ovation from the room. Guests left soon after, buoyed up by the material spoils of the day (be they table flowers, beauty products or hand bags), but also a more potent sense of what can be accomplished when we band together and rally behind a cause. Overall, the United for Her lunch raised £200,000 – making this fourth lunch their most successful to date. I’d say that’s not so bad for ladies that lunch, wouldn’t you? If you’d like to attend our 5th Annual Ladies Lunch on Monday 9th October at The Savoy, please contact ilana@futuredreams.org.uk

“Thank you so much for giving me this award, it means more to me than any other award I have won. Today’s event was so over the top beautiful and flawless, everyone had a great time” MELISSA ODABASH, INTERNATIONAL SWIMWEAR DESIGNER AND FUTURE DREAMS AMBASSADOR

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Guest speaker at our ‘United for Her’ ladies lunch at The Savoy, Dr Muireann Kelleher, a consultant oncologist specialising in the treatment of patients with breast cancer for St George’s NHS Trust and Cancer Centre London took to the stage to share her commitment to breast cancer care – describing her experiences of meeting extraordinary women every day. words MUIREANN KELLEHER

I have an amazing job. I get to meet extraordinary women every day. Women experiencing a dreadful, unwelcome usually unexpected visitor in their already complicated lives. Often starting off filled with fear and questions - a tough time. I don’t want to dwell on the treatment. No-one has it easy. It is not ‘breast cancer light’ to avoid chemo, the number of involved nodes does not top trump node negative breast cancer. Every woman suffers on her cancer journey. I want my patients to be the very best version of themselves that they can be after breast cancer, loving and living life to the fullest extent possible. Breast cancer can help women to make positive, active decisions about their lives, bringing things into sharp focus. An awareness and perspective of one’s own mortality may give women a sense of empowerment. Understanding that time is not infinite can propel us all to change relationships and marriages that have been coasting along or enhance relationships previously lacking. Patients think friends will support them when the chips are down. It is the hidden gems that surprise: the neighbour, colleague or acquaintance that picks up the kids, or cleans out the fridge. Communities are enhanced by the presence of a support centre

I get to meet extraordinary women every day

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DR MUIREANN KELLEHER

– literally a place for people to meet and help each other. FUTURE DREAMS HOUSE, home to Breast Cancer Haven is a great example of the way in which patients can harness the support of their peers and alleviate the strain on an already-strained NHS. Women should return to their treatment team with a medical concern. For some the struggle may be so great they require psychological or even psychiatric support, but a hospital environment doesn’t help everyone to move forward. Conversely, it returns a woman into the role of patient, physically returning to a clinic room with negative associations, a bad news space. With your help there will be another, better, place for a woman to take her non-physical concerns. Many women like to talk and to share their experiences. A calm, positive environment in which to do this aids the process of recovery. A safe space in which positive things happen and crucially no bad news is delivered. The best outcome of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment is that a woman will not just survive but will have learned something about herself as a result of her illness. In my experience, this happens more typically when that woman has access to a supportive, environment. I do try my utmost to support patients but I am asked questions, on a daily basis, that I am unable to answer: • I’ve just started a new job – can they fire me? • Do I have to tell all the other parents at school? • What are the dating rules? A pop up centre has countless functions and discussing and responding to questions like these, amongst women who are experiencing similar dilemmas, is a key function of such a space. Breast cancer is a great leveller – it does not discriminate. The universality of that experience can be an extraordinary means of bringing women together. Women who would never otherwise have met and have much to share. An inclusive support centre enables different women from different communities to help each other. There will be a space for every kind of woman here: multicultural and blind to the divisions of money or class, like the disease itself.

FUTURE DREAMS HOUSE, home to Breast Cancer Haven is a great example of the way in which patients can harness the support of their peers and alleviate the strain on an already strained system.

I want my patients to be the very best version of themselves that they can be after breast cancer

FUTURE DREAMS HOUSE will be all inclusive, from the woman struggling even to find her bus fare to attend the centre, to the woman who simply doesn’t want further to distress her family. There should and will be room for everyone. Positivity and a strong mental attitude can’t cure cancer but they do give each woman the tools to withstand the difficulties that she will face on a daily basis: the trauma of hair loss, combatting the side effects of tamoxifen, the repercussions of a mastectomy. A support centre provides a forum in which women can express their distress and move forward, feeling more resilient and - perhaps most importantly - feeling less alone. Sadly, for some of my patients, breast cancer is not the worst thing to have happened in their lives. They need this support all the more. I have a patient with metastasised breast cancer who is living with her family in a B&B. It is unlikely that this family will be re-housed, in her lifetime. Her kids go to school, her husband goes to work. She would benefit hugely from the respite of a support centre. Even for two hours a week. Somewhere to go that is just for her. • Subsidised travel and taxi fares • A new scarf to mask the hair loss • A massage • Somewhere to go where everyone understands how you feel • A focus on alternative approaches Each and every one of these things makes a real and tangible difference to the process of recovery for a woman in the aftermath of her breast cancer diagnosis. Some of this might sound nebulous, but if even one woman’s experience is improved then your money has been well spent. I never met the founders of this charity but I know that support for other women with breast cancer was at the forefront of their minds when establishing Future Dreams.

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ONE WOMEN’S MISSION

s ’ n a m o One wission... m TO MAKE BREAST CANCER SUFFERERS FEEL BEAUTIFUL words LOUISE COURT

Nobody is suggesting that cancer can be cured by a bag full of beauty products, but they can boost patients’ confidence and morale. Now, in a groundbreaking campaign luxury cosmetics brand Lancôme is about to feature a breast cancer survivor alongside its celebrity ambassadors. Think of Lancôme and you see Hollywood celebrities like Julia Roberts, Penelope Cruz, Lupito Nyong’o and Kate Winslet who are the faces of many of its advertising campaigns. While this iconic, luxury cosmetics company will always continue to work with the world’s biggest movie stars it is also about to launch a radical, new social media initiative which will include a breast cancer survivor talking honestly about her beauty regime and what it means to her. It is a reflection of the fact that Amandine Ohayon, MD of L’Oréal Luxe which includes Lancôme amongst its brands, feels passionately that showing ‘real’ women is as important as the endorsements of stars. 48 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

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I am not pretending for one minute that lipstick is a cure for this terrible disease, but if you feel you look good it can boost your morale and it is a way to feel normal again. Amandine Ohayon - MD of L’Oréal Luxe

“I met Sylvie once. She showed that the challenge of having cancer gave her the strength to start Future Dreams. It was phenomenal.” “I knew Danielle and spent time with her. We went on holiday together and she was so full of life, so vibrant. She didn’t have a lot of hair at the time and we were talking about make-up and she was asking me for advice,” explains Amandine who started her career in fashion.

The campaign focuses on Lancôme’s Ultra Wear foundation. Amandine explains that foundation is a product that women can have a very deep and loyal relationship with – it can feel like an emotional armour that you put on to face the day . The campaign will feature inspirational figures from female engineers and construction workers to neuroscientists and human rights barristers talking about how they use make-up to feel even more powerful. The fact that one in eight women will find themselves having to cope with a breast cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives made it a no-brainer for Amandine to ensure that a breast cancer survivor should be in the line-up too. Like many of us she knows all too many women who have had to fight the illness and feels a responsibility that if a beauty brand can in any way make that journey better she wants that to happen. ‘We get lovely messages from women saying things like I came to the counter with my mum and she had been diagnosed wih breast cancer and we had the most amazing time there together.’ It is a part of larger partnership with Future Dreams, the breast cancer charity that produces this magazine. Lancôme has supplied make-up artists for many of the shoots and sponsored a huge fund raising gala at the Roundhouse this February. Tall, elegant, chic and delightfully French, Amandine formed an affinity with the charity as soon as she heard about it. “What truly impressed me about Future Dreams is it started with two women,” she says referring to mother and daughter Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie who set up the charity when they were both diagnosed with the disease.

“I said when you wear a scarf wear a really bright lipstick and match it to your scarf so the focus brings attention to your lips. She had beautiful lips and it was very seductive. We also talked about false eye lashes. She said she was wearing Shu Uemera lashes and they were the best. It is one of our brands so I sent her boxes of them, and she replied ‘You have made me the happiest woman ever. Thank you, thank you,’”Amandine smiles fondly at the memory. It was after Sylvie and Danielle tragically lost their battles with the disease that Amandine knew she wanted to get more involved with the charity.

L’Oréal supporting the fight against breast cancer. For nearly 20 years L’Oréal has partnered a Women in Science initative with UNESCO awarding Fellowships to promising female scientists to further their research. It is a global programme with an international network of over 2,000 women in over 100 countries. In the UK and Ireland the Fellowship programme has run since 2007 with a number of winners who are working on research into cancer, including Dr Triona Ni Chonghaile. She is investigating a subtype of breast cancer, called triple negative breast cancer, to improve its poor response to treatment. Her work has identified a particular molecule that it is hoped will have a big impact on patient care.

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”Danielle had that strength, she had that power, she had that energy and I was mesmerised by her and so impressed by how she dealt with everything she was going through. She was trying to have a life that was as normal as possible. She was such a fantastic mum and a role model for her young daughter and she was so into her charity. I went Wow! “Her daughter Amy, is a little bit older than mine and I remember when my daughter found out that Danielle had passed away she was in tears and inconsolable. I said: ‘we can’t bring Amy’s mother back but there are things we can do.’ That is when I started to send make-up artists to the Future Dreams shoots and started trying to help as much as I could. “I took my two daughters (now 10 and a half and 11) to the Future Dreams events because I thought it was important. At one fashion event there were these women looking at me and I could hear someone saying: ‘Why would you bring your children to a cancer event?’ Yes, why would you? Cancer is terrible! But actually my outlook is completely different. Cancer is part of life I think it is a far better message for my daughters to show them that it is scary, but you can fight it. “I have a very, very close friend of mine who was diagnosed three years ago and Future Dreams has been a great help to her. We saw her losing her hair and my girls knew she was ill. They were constantly asking about her and they question me a lot. ‘Mummy have you checked your breasts?’ “My friend has had an amazing recovery and she is in a really great place today.” Amandine knows that on the one hand beauty and make-up are superficial but they can also have a very profound effect on the psyche. “It is about clinging on to things that you have control of when you are having treatment.”

I have a very, very close friend of mine who was diagnosed three years ago and Future Dreams has been a great help to her. Amandine Ohayon MD of L’Oréal Luxe

I am not pretending for one minute that lipstick is a cure for this terrible disease, but if you feel you look good it can boost your morale and it is a way to feel normal again. When you look in the mirror in the morning if your skin is grey, you have lost your eyelashes and can’t see your eyebrows what you see isn’t you - it is cancer. You can feel you are robbed of your femininity but good coverage, a nice eyebrow pencil and bit of blush can make you look like you have life running through your cheeks again. Suddenly you see yourself in the mirror, you don’t see cancer anymore. It helps you face the day. “If you have been ill and your skin has changed putting a creamy moisturiser on your face that won’t irritate it can have a big impact. When life is going well you take simple things like doing your makeup for granted.” This is not just sales talk. You can tell as Amandine speaks of her friends who have battled the disease that she has seen the pain they are going through and wants to help.

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Alongside their campaign featuring inspiring women, Lancôme have also put together an initiative showing their beauty advisors and consultants working in stores.

What truly impressed me about Future Dreams is it started with two women Amandine Ohayon MD of L’Oréal Luxe

She also feels strongly about regular breast checks helping early diagnosis. “My friend who found a lump had an operation and radiotherapy and she is an example of not putting your head in the sand, not being an ostrich. In France there is a high level of awareness and you get mammograms at 40 years old.” As well as the ‘real’ women featuring in the campaign the staff on the Lancôme counters will be briefed on how to advise women going through cancer treatments and who find their skin and their looks changing and becoming more sensitive .There are also plans for really practical video tutorials on women who have genuinely battled cancer not just beautiful young models. Lancôme’s new foundation range for Teint Idole will be increased from 26 to 40 different skintones, not just reflecting racial diversity but also the fact that if you become ill or are having certain treatments your skin colour often changes. “This is not box ticking, this is a long term relationship with Future Dreams. If you go to a Lancôme counter I want women to feel that we are walking the walk. I was talking to my friend Anna, who had breast cancer, and she said when she was ill she could often read the pity in people’s eyes and she didn’t want that. I want to help women feel they can try to control the way they look.”

It includes Tina Bateman from the Debenhams store in Glasgow who is back at work after her own personal battle with breast cancer. “She is amazing,” explains James Rickards, General Manager of Lancôme. Tina was diagnosed with breast cancer two and a half years ago and was off work for an extended period of time but was determined to come back to work as soon as possible. She employed a physiotherapist to help her stand on her feet all day. “When she came back we noticed a massive growth in sales.” It turned out that when she had been away from work having treatment she had been talking about Lancôme to all the doctors and nurses who had treated her and they had become customers. “She is an amazing individual,” said James. Tina’s story, and those of the other Lancôme staff will be shared in a campaign across social media.

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‘LIVE’ AT THE ROUNDHOUSE , 23RD FEBRUARY 2017 FUTURE DREAMS MOST AMBITIOUS FUNDRAISING EVENT

LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE

‘Live’ at The Roundhouse was a unique and exciting evening that combined ballet, West End theatre and an awesome solo performance by Mel C. Top showbusiness talent rubbed shoulders with breast cancer survivors and the doctors and scientists fighting to eradicate the disease. Hosted by Future Dreams Ambassador Gaby Roslin the night started with a champagne reception, followed by a unique popup dining experience brought to The Roundhouse by renowned restaurant group STK. A variety of superb performances from the New English Ballet Theatre, an acoustic set from our talented Ambassador, and former Spice Girl Melanie C, entertained guests throughout dinner . The evening culminated with the legendary The Modern Gentlemen getting everyone on their feet. Auctioneer Jonny Gould was just as entertaining as he persuaded the 600 guests to dig deep for items including a Mini Cooper S, a stunning trip to Rajasthan and private culinary lots

‘What truly impressed me about Future Dreams is it started with two women, Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie, who showed that whatever life throws at you there is a silver lining. What happened to these dynamic women when diagnosed with breast cancer gave them strength and confidence to create Future Dreams. The expression of a woman being empowered and giving empowerment to other women is what Lancôme wants to do, I am not pretending that lipstick is a cure for this terrible disease, but I truly believe that if you feel you can look good when you are going through this terrible experience it can boost your morale.’ AMANDINE OHAYON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF L’ORÉAL LUXE UK

from famous chefs from London’s best restaurants - Zuma and the Arts club to name a few.

“Future Dreams is a charity built by passionate strong women who channelled their own fears and emotions of fighting the disease into courage, dedication & hope to support others going through the same journey. STK is proud to be able to support and continue the legacy of Sylvie and Danielle.”

Inspirational and moving speakers included Professor of Cancer Medicine and Oncology, Consultant Oncologist Justin Stebbing and the wonderful women who featured in our Future Dreams pledge film. They reminded everyone of why they were really there. It was not just about having a good time, it was about changing the future prospects for every woman diagnosed with breast cancer.

SHARON SEGAL, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, THE ONE GROUP, EUROPE

The event was sponsored by Lancôme and supported by Sky Media, STK and OK! Magazine .

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Meet our ‘Live at The Roundhouse’ Gala committee to find out about what their role is on the committee, their profession and Cheryl Allan

why they got involved with Future Dreams

• Supporting Philippa Brown with table sales and auction prizes. • Group Events Manager, Fuse, OMG UK. • This disease itself is very much close to my heart as not only was my mum diagnosed with Breast Cancer and was 3 years clear before I sadly lost her last year to another illness, but I also supported a very close friend who went through this. I am looking forward to the day that Breast Cancer Haven is built and I can see my mum’s name on a Brick on the wall.

Jennifer Cox and Pippa Robins

Philippa Brown

Louise Court • I have been working on telling the story behind Future Dreams and how we can make the Gala something people will write and talk about. • Profession: Journalist and Editorial Director. • I really want to see a Haven built in London as it will offer much-needed support to so many women and their families.

• My role is to source auction prizes for the event both Live and Silent prizes so that we can raise significant sums of money on the night for the charity. • I am CEO of Omnicom Media Group UK – a media agency in the marketing, advertising and media sector. • The reason I got involved was to help support Future Dreams brilliant cause in order to achieve their objectives of better care for women and their families with breast cancer, to support breast cancer research projects and also to help increase awareness of breast cancer.

• Logistics. • Jen is Managing Director of Lions and Roses Events. Pippa is Events Director at Lions and Roses Events. • Through the passionate and incredibly infectious Sam Jacobs who introduced us to like-minded women all striving for a future free of breast cancer. Something we all want for our family and friends, and we are proud to do our bit in honour of Danielle and Sylvie who were clearly loved by so many.

Tony Gibbon • Just one of the gang I guess. • Real estate consultant: London offices. • Sam bullied me! 54 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

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Rachel Bristow:

Julia Leckey

Nishma Robb

• Securing sponsorship for the gala. • Partnership Director at Sky Media – the advertising arm of Sky. • The cause is very close to home. One of my dearest friends has secondary breast cancer.

• I’m helping with ideas for the marketing and creative direction of the event. • I run my own creative and innovation agency - Honest. • I met the FD girls through Jacquie Beltrao and really loved their energy and spirit and what the charity was doing. I also had Grade 3 Breast cancer and understand the importance of this life changing condition and FD have an amazing vision I’d like to help with.

• My role is to support the marketing, social and PR comms. • Head of Ads Marketing at Google & YouTube. • I was really moved by the story of Sylvie and Danielle and was blown away by the legacy they had left and the passion with which their friends had got involved and were so powerfully driving forward the charity’s work. The refreshing approach from Future Dreams also excited me. This is a charity that really is making Future Dreams.

Karen Katz • I am working with director Lucy Cohen to prepare a short film which will be shown at the gala and bring an aspect of the charity’s work to life. • Film Producer – I have my own company Coded Pictures. • I have known some of the girls involved with the charity for many years and always been incredibly impressed by their work. Breast Cancer is an illness I am very close to and know how many people it affects so I am delighted if I can contribute in any way to raising awareness and money for support and research.

Lucie Robins • Ruby J Events are responsible for the creative design, production and management of the event from conception through to fruition. • Director of RubyJ Events. • A few years ago we were approached by the Future Dreams committee, who we already had long standing relationships with, to design, produce and manage their events. There was no doubt in our minds we wanted to help support and grow this amazing and worthwhile charity.

Rob Rosenthal • Media support. • I work at the Out Of Home Communications Agency, Posterscope where we make OOH campaigns easy and accountable for our customers to execute. • In February 2014 my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. It turned our lives upside down. The bravery, courage and determination she demonstrated in fighting her way back to full health was an inspiration to me and many others around her. I was aware of the amazing work undertaken by Future Dreams and when the opportunity arose to, in some small way, contribute to helping others having to endure the horrors connected with this terrible disease it was an easy decision for me to get involved.

Lawson Muncaster • Basically told what to do. Enhance income and reduce cost - how boring! • Publisher. • The collective spirit to deliver revenues to an exceptional charity. (Philippa Brown told me to!)

Sharon Segal • Responsible for the food & beverage. • Finance Director of One Group. • I got involved because I went to school with Danielle Henry. FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 55

THE BRCA GENE

words MICHELLE OKIN

The decision to be tested for the BRCA gene mutation is one that requires consideration and investigation: why test in the first place; what would you do with that information and what are the implications for you? Not only that, but what if you have brothers or sisters and they come to different conclusions? Here, Emma Simons and her three siblings, Matthew, Adam and Lisa, discuss the way in which they are dealing with these questions, each with their own perspective and reasons.

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

How did you first hear about the term BRCA mutation? E: When my cousin had breast

cancer, my dad asked me if I’d heard of it as she was tested for the BRCA gene because her mother suspected that there might be a family connection. He told me about some of the implications of the gene but thought that it could only be passed down the female line. I wasn’t convinced so I went to get some more information and discovered that it can actually be passed through men and women. M: I first heard about BRCA from a friend whose wife underwent preventative surgery in relation to the gene. As time went on, I heard more about it from a friend at boot camp whose wife had also had surgery, and in turn from Emma. A: I remember first hearing about

it from Dawn (their first cousin who was diagnosed with breast cancer and then subsequently discovered she had the BRCA mutation). She told me about her concerns that perhaps we should look at this more closely because of our family connection (her mother, who had died of breast cancer, was my father’s sister, my aunty). L: I also heard about it when we found out that Dawn is a carrier.

How did you feel about the possibility that you might have the BRCA mutation and what did you decide to do? E: I’m quite matter of fact about these things and wanted to know and thought that

there was no point in worrying until I found out one way or another. I decided to get tested privately as I had no idea that this was possible through the NHS. I received counselling prior to the test and at that time I felt convinced that I would take preventative action in the case of a positive result for the gene mutation. When I did receive the positive result, this wasn’t at all the case and the options to monitor and screen regularly sounded more appealing. I was put into the NHS system for regular screening. I hadn’t even considered the implications for my ovaries and wasn’t until months later when I heard a discussion on a radio show that I realised that I needed to consider this aspect too as ovarian cancer can pose a much bigger danger as it is so hard to scan for and signs are often there only when it is at a later more advanced stage. After more visits to my GP and specialist, I went ahead with an oophorectomy. Now, I’m going down the path towards a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction but even within that there are many decisions to be made. I have had several meetings with breast and plastic surgeons and psychologists and it has been wonderful to have access to so much support and expertise. I have also joined a support group at Chai, with three other women, each at varying stages of their decisions. M: I admit to being a little ignorant about the implications of the gene, but feel that whether I have it or not, I would not be able to alter the outcome for myself. I have not been tested at this point, but would not rule out being tested in the future. I feel I have a huge amount to deal with in my life, and somewhat selfishly, would probably rather not have one more thing to deal with given I can’t change anything no matter the outcome. As I have children, who may be affected as a result of the outcome, I understand at some point I may have to get tested but they are still young so don’t feel the need to do it imminently. A: For me it’s more black and white and I’ve decided to do absolutely nothing, partly

I am so fearful of the implications of a positive result that I’d rather almost selfishly not get the test done in the first place, but on the other hand, I don’t want to live to regret that decision. ADAM

because I am a man and don’t see a significant risk to men for breast cancer and partly because, as a man, you tend to feel less vulnerable to health risks and issues. L: It’s less definite for me. I was unsure at first but then I felt I needed more information

about it and became more informed after talking to Emma and then to my GP. I actually decided to have as many checks as I was able to without any invasive surgery. My GP was able to get me on an early screening programme provided by the NHS which is held at the Royal Free. I go annually for a mammogram and a meeting with the breast counsellor. I felt very unsure, even scared about what I would do if I were to test positive for BRCA and therefore until I can be sure what I would do, I have decided not to be tested at this stage. I also feel, perhaps ignorantly, that I could be a carrier of anything. Where does it stop? What else could I find out about and do I really want to know? FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 57

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Dan Reisel, Senior Research Associate at the UCL Institute for Women’s Health, explains some of the facts and dispels a few of the misconceptions surrounding the BRCA gene mutation.

Prevalence of the BRCA gene mutation

The rate in the general population in the UK to be a carrier of BRCA1 or BRCA2 is about 1 in 800 individuals. Among certain populations, such as the Jewish community in the UK, the rate is much higher, about 1 in 40 individuals are likely carriers. For a woman with a BRCA mutation, the lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer is as high as 60-80%, meaning that for a carrier, unless monitoring or risk-reducing procedures are in place, it is more likely than not that cancer would develop.

BRCA and men

With regards to men, the first thing to say is that men and women carry the BRCA mutation equally as frequently. That is to say, 50% of people with a BRCA mutation are men

Would you like to make a difference? The BRCA research team at UCL’s Institute for Women’s Health need volunteers to take part in their research study. Each participant will be given a £25 Marks & Spencer voucher for their contribution. More information here: brcaprotect.org

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With regards to men, the first thing to say is that men and women carry the BRCA mutation equally as frequently. That is to say, 50% of people with a BRCA mutation are men. Now, because this is a dominant mutation, there is no need for both parents to be a carrier, it is sufficient to have one carrier parent, whether that’s the father or the mother, to inherit the mutation and therefore also the cancer risk. The evidence suggests that men with a BRCA2 mutation are especially at risk, with a likely three-fold increased risk for prostate cancer.

Guidance on testing

It’s an individual decision and, if the test doesn’t come back clear, it will have significant effects on a person’s life. They may require yearly monitoring and will have to decide whether risk-reducing surgery is appropriate for them. It will also have a considerable impact on their family, whose risk will change due to a their family member being a carrier. However, these gene mutations are what we call actionable, there are safeguards that women (and men) can take to protect themselves, and so we see it as being in their best interests to know their risk. It’s important to remember that half of BRCA mutation carriers have no family history of cancer, so the fact that no one in your family is affected by disease does not mean that you’re not a carrier. The safest thing is to get tested. You can follow Dan on twitter @danreisel

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS Were you aware that men do share the risk of developing other cancers (and breast cancer) if they carry this gene mutation? E: Yes because I decided to find out as much as possible about the

BRCA mutation but this was only because of my personal research and not because it was widely known. There definitely needs to be more awareness of this as the high profile cases in the media have always been about women. A: No, I knew nothing and had no interest in finding out more. I did

however alert my wife. She is far more sensitive to these issues and thought we should get tested to eliminate ourselves – we have kids and there is a direct lineage between my aunty and us. However I was fearful, as I am with most tests, that simply taking the tests, regardless of outcomes, would impact on my medical health and life insurances. I almost took the view that what I don’t know about won’t harm me. I also found out my dad had said no. What would you say to anyone considering testing? E: There was a point where I thought that everyone should be

tested, but now, having actually gone through the process, you need to consider why you want to know and what you would do with that knowledge. Once you know, you know. I’m glad that I have been tested because it puts me in an empowered position to have a degree of control over my health. I might still have a higher risk but now I can tackle it with the methods that are available to me. In the future, people might look back and laugh at the extreme measures that we’ve had to take, but until a simpler option is available, at least I can do as much as possible to minimise my risk. M: I think that people should do whatever they choose in all aspects of life. It’s a personal decision. I would encourage them to research the gene, get educated about it and reach their own decision. L: I would say be sure you know what you want to do with a positive result before you embark.

I received counselling prior to the test and at that time I felt convinced that I would take preventative action in the case of a positive result for the gene mutation

What have you learned about BRCA that you think people should know? E: It’s important for people to know that it can pass

down both sides of the family and that it doesn’t make any difference if your mother or father haven’t had cancer, they may still have passed it on. We all have the BRCA gene but what we are looking for is the BRCA gene mutation which is what causes the increased risk. M: Tough one for me to answer - I don’t know a huge amount about it - but people should know that Jewish women have a greater probability of being affected by it. If they don’t know about the gene, I would encourage them to find out. I was unable to attend the information evening that Emma set up, but think group sessions like that are a fantastic opportunity to educate in a unobtrusive way. A: I have so many other issues and pressures that are

immediate to deal with, everyday stresses of life and I don’t want to know about a future potential issue as it would just add to my current worries and I don’t need to do that. As a family, we agreed that when the time comes that our girls want to fall pregnant that it may be wise to take the test then if they wanted. How that would even make a difference to their lives I still don’t know. The only thing I would say that if the risk is so high, it does seem rather odd that it is not more widely known. I am so fearful the implications of a positive result that I’d rather almost selfishly not get the test done in the first place, but on the other hand, I don’t want to live to regret that decision. L: I have been made aware of the more serious links to ovarian cancer which probably scares me the most. I am more informed about what surgery involves as Emma and Dawn have been through it. And I am really aware of the implications for my own children to whom I feel duty bound to ensure they are fully informed and able to make their own decisions if and when necessary.

EMMA For more information about the BRCA gene please visit brcaprotect.org

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Rediscovering words NATALIE SILVERTON photography PAUL TOEMAN

Mii opens the doors to a beauty day dedicated to re-discovering you. Back in November last year, Mii Cosmetics in conjunction with Future Dreams hosted an exclusive makeup masterclass for those going through Breast Cancer treatment.

A group of women laugh over coffee, stopping to glance nonchalantly in a mirror to apply lipstick or a coat of mascara. This could easily be mistaken for a corner in a busy coffeehouse. Yet it was the setting for a magnificent exclusive makeup masterclass hosted by Mii Cosmetics and chairman Susan Gerrard, long-term friend and Brand Ambassador of Future Dreams, for those going through breast cancer treatment. The seed for the class was sown six months earlier. Future Dreams met with Susan at Gerrard International’s headquarters in Hertfordshire to discuss plans for a day dedicated to beauty and to making women who have been through breast cancer treatment, feel like themselves again. The date was set, flyers created, social media buzzed, and replies soon flooded in. Susan and Gerrard International have been long-term supporters of Future Dreams, having known the founders, Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie. In fact, in October 2015 Gerrard International created an exclusive product in their Mii Cosmetics range called Nourishing Lip Sheen, with £2 from every Lip Sheen sold donated to Future Dreams. 60 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

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Gerrard International also contributes each year to Future Dreams’ Nail Breast Cancer campaign through sales and donations for Jessica nail treatments and products. Leading the masterclass was professional makeup artist and Baldly Beautiful Vlogger Andrea Pellegrini. Her personal breast cancer story, together with her incredible makeup artistry, were all crucial elements to making this day special and unique. Andrea reveals: ‘When going through chemo, nothing prepared me for the face staring back in the mirror – a face with no eyebrows or lashes, a washed-out sallow complexion, a strange non-person that just wasn’t me. But through the power of makeup I found ways to make me look like ‘me again’. ‘As a makeup artist, I had to learn tricks to disguise a whole host of new imperfections. By setting up my makeup tutorial YouTube channel Baldly Beautiful and tackling issues specific to cancer patients, I helped myself get through an awful time and hopefully inspired thousands of viewers going through the same experience.’ As is often the case, the emotional trauma of a breast cancer diagnosis can be worse than the disease itself – raising a tidal wave of emotions ranging from disbelief and anger, to loneliness and fear. Yet Future Dreams is a charity built on love,

support and encouragement and the idea behind the makeup masterclass was about rediscovery, replacing the unknown with hope and positivity and uniting women through their love of beauty. United in their positivity, both Susan and her daughter Danielle had similarly gone through their own breast cancer journey, admitting that in doing so, it had encouraged them to live richer lives (see You and Mii feature, pages 100). The day began with Susan addressing the room in a welcome speech that was both compassionate and inspiring with the attendees hanging on her every word. She spoke about hating the word ‘remission’ and encouraged all the women

gathered in the room to work through their treatment – something she herself had done, even through the darkest of days. She learned that she had breast cancer just after starting her business, not long after introducing Jessica Natural Nail Care to the UK. And her success – 25 years on – is a testament to her dreams: cumulating, last year in a professional beauty industry Lifetime Achievement Award. As Andrea’s model Lucy, 29, took her seat for the makeover, she gracefully removed a gorgeous blonde wig, replacing it with a silk scarf. Just six weeks clear of chemotherapy, Lucy was particularly inspiring. Attendees watched transfixed as Andrea created a beautiful radiant look on Lucy, using Mii products, expertly restoring her features – such as her brows and lashes - that chemotherapy had stripped away. Lucy’s final look was simply sensational. ‘I felt very pampered,’ says Lucy, ‘having a professional do my makeup and learning new tips and tricks. I loved spending time with other young women who were open to share – this really lifted my spirits as I hadn’t come across women close to my age before. I felt part of a family rather than an outsider, and I also met inspirational women who were dedicated and hardworking.’ After watching Andrea’s demonstration, the other guests then had the opportunity to create their own makeup look, sitting at individual makeup stations and dipping into the extensive range of Mii products from Flawless Face Base to Uplifting Cheek Colour and Light Loving Illuminator (the product names alone are extremely confidence-boosting) to the metallic flashes of Forever Eye Crayon, finishing with the Future Dreams dedicated Nourishing Lip Sheen. Mii makeup artists were on hand to offer tips, demonstrate the best ways to apply eyeliner or simply offer words of encouragement: the room was alive with laughter and chatter. ‘Our guests had such fun working with Mii products and trying out the makeup for themselves,’ says Ilana Mager of Future Dreams. ‘Each woman felt so special on the day.’ One guest travelled alone from The Isle of White to benefit from the cosmetic tips and to meet other young women like her, demonstrating how much women need and want these opportunities. ‘Throughout the day you could see the ladies really connecting with one another and getting so much pleasure from it,’ says Ilana. ‘Future Dreams would like to thank Gerrard International so very much for hosting a magical make-up masterclass - the feedback has been outstanding.’ Another attendee agreed that she’d gained so much from the event. She loved the fact that they could copy the look Andrea so expertly created and she’s been wearing more makeup ever since, receiving lots of compliments. Another revealed: ‘The masterclass was actually amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed every second. I learnt how to do makeup properly. My highlight was feeling comfortable around other women who understood how I feel about body image.’ Another added: ‘It was so lovely of Gerrard International to organise such a special day for women who have suffered with breast cancer. I had a fabulous time and loved every minute.’ It was clear to see that the whole experience for all these women had been a truly uplifting and uniting one. ‘It was such a joy to see women come together with such different backgrounds, ages and breast cancer journeys,’ says Ilana, ‘but united in their need to share their experiences with each other in such a positive way, capturing the very essence of what we hope to achieve at Future Dreams house.’ For Mii cosmetics, see www.miicosmetics.com To register your interest in a future Mii Masterclass with Future Dreams, please contact natalie.silverton@gerrardinternational.com FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 61

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Happiness is a decision. Period. This realisation will make you happy. Ha Ha! Do you believe doing what you love is more likely to lead to success?

NO. Success to me was having enough moolah in the bank so that I could do what I love to do. So be very careful! Especially if you have five kids.

Drawbertson’s illustrations and paintings come from a deep understanding of colour and fashion, as much as his cheeky sense of humour and wit. A father of five, Roberston observes his youngest children’s negotiations with the world around him, citing this as inspiration for his art practice, while inviting us into his world by documenting these personal moments on instagram feed @drawberston. Donald has been a supporter of Future Dreams since 2014.

What don’t you love doing?

I hate the mailbox. Everything about it. Nothing good is in the mailbox these days! Nail it shut!

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It ’s all inthe balance Everyday in the UK 150 women hear ‘You have got breast

cancer’. This diagnosis is made every 10 minutes and in just a

Treatment is tailored to each woman, it will consist of a mixture of surgery and other medical treatments including hormone therapy, biological therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of them all. Patients

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Without having sat in the patient’s chair none of us really know the myriad of emotions which will be unleashed; fear, panic, anger, perhaps even relief that a diagnosis has finally been made. As the diagnosis sinks in, the inevitable question is ‘What’s next?’ There is a torrent of information to comprehend, and keeping your head above water is often the first challenge. Breast cancer is not a uniform disease. These two words do not portray the complexity of this diagnosis. We now know that breast cancer varies from one patient to another.

r wo often describe the side effects of treatment as debilitating both emotionally and physically. Multifaceted support is vital, every step of the way. Many women are knocked off balance, their future dreams sent into disarray. For each patient the journey through diagnosis to treatment is a unique experience. Support at each stage is essential. The fundamental mission of Future Dreams, with Breast Cancer Haven, is to improve the quality of life for people affected by breast cancer. It will provide holistic complimentary therapy alongside conventional treatment to as many patients as possible. Dr Alison Jones, Consultant Oncologist comments, “It is understandable that patients may feel a sense of loss, vulnerability and isolation”. Each patient’s reaction to their diagnosis and treatment is as individual as the cancer itself. The decisions that patients make at the outset and during treatment will impact their lives for the years and decades ahead of them. It is essential to

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few seconds these 5 words will transform these womens lives.

IT’S ALL IN THE BALANCE

have the environment and expertise available to empower women to make the correct decisions for them and the management of their breast cancer.

and the risk of recurrence. There is no ‘one size fits all’, each treatment plan is tailored to the individual.

There are a number of reasons why women We are increasingly aware that with more cannot use the services provided by Breast successful treatment there now needs to be Cancer Haven in Fulham. For example for an emphasis on survivorship. As the end of many the journey is too far – they are already active treatment arrives patients expect to get struggling to keep up with the school run on with their lives, however life has changed, – providing their children and you have to adjust to the void after the chaos. This with some normality as is often when busy clinics they battle the affects of in our hospitals can no chemotherapy or surgery. longer offer support as they Future Dreams turn their attention to new House aims to fill As a trustee of Future patients who have just been this emptiness, Dreams, I recognise the diagnosed and are starting providing a safe significant contribution their treatment. space for women Breast Cancer Haven has and their families to Complimentary therapies made to the landscape of come to terms with such as acupuncture, their experience, breast cancer care. Many massage, counselling and and freely express patients describe the boiling reflexology are just a few on their thoughts cauldron of emotions and offer. The natural, holistic and emotions. the multitude of ‘what ifs?’ approach engenders a sense Understanding is they often experience. If of restoration, with practical the beginning of these are left unchecked advice including financial, coping. it can lead to a spiral of lifestyle changes and negativity which becomes nutrition available to reduce side-effects from treatment entrenched in their lives.

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LC in the ring at Repton Boxing Club, east London

When Elle’s Editor-in-Chief Lorraine Candy stopped sleeping, she tried to override her creeping anxiety with her usual fail-safe method: running. But it didn’t work. Instead, it took a unique combination of boxing and cognitive behavioural therapy to beat stress words LORRAINE CANDY It started six months ago with what I’ve been calling ‘the creeping sadness’: a slowly-escalating feeling of dread, as if the worst thing on my endless to-do list still needed completing. No matter, I concluded, I’ll just override this weird anxiety in my preferred no-nonsense way and apply a bit of PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). I chose to ignore the fragile tendrils of an emotion I didn’t recognise invading my life, making me feel as if a melancholy Adele album was playing non-stop in my head. But then I stopped sleeping. I was anxiously awake at 2am each morning, lying under a blanket of fear that inexplicably quickened my heart rate and covered me in sweat. It was an exhausting loss of emotional control at a stage in my life when it’s all about being in control. I had no energy and always seemed to be on the verge of getting a cold. Everything became increasingly stressful: work, children, marriage… All of it felt overwhelming. I have no history of anxiety or depression; the only logical cause seemed to be the exhaustion we can all face when we try to do too much, too quickly. So I turned, as many of us do, to running. I fled the house as often as I could in a manic rush, chasing the endorphin induced euphoria that running delivers. But it didn’t work – I just had sore calves as I lay there worrying at night. When I did sleep I was grinding my teeth so badly my dentist made me wear a gum shield. I was constantly tense and angry. 66 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

FIGHT OR FLIGHT A lifestyle reset was needed. After googling ‘stress, anger, exercise’, I came across boxing and found Cathy Brown, a former British and international female champion, who has a full-body tattoo of a koi carp swimming upstream, conquering obstacles to become a dragon. I liked her immediately. Cathy, 45, a personal trainer at London’s Third Space Gym for 15 years, devised a unique eight-week programme of boxing, strength training and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to reboot my body and mind. I was sceptical – until I stepped into the ring with this firecracker of woman (all 5ft 1in of her). Undoubtedly the most successful female flyweight and bantamweight boxer this country has ever produced, Cathy uses CBT alongside boxing to reduce stress. It’s a unique approach. She has helped well-known athletes beat personal bests but cites her work with a client who stopped self-harming as one of the most rewarding elements of training. Injury forced her to retire in 2007, but her mental attitude towards winning, coupled with her own personal story, makes Cathy an enlightened trainer. At the start of our journey she asks me if I can do a press-up. I can only do one – she promises we will get to 20. I doubt her, but the more time I spend with Cathy, the more faith I have in this woman whose backstory is a movie waiting to be made. An adopted child, Cathy grew up in Durham and struggled with anger issues and low self-Estéem. During her teens she was abused and raped by an ex-boyfriend, after which she moved to London and qualified as a forensic photographer (a whole other story). Then she discovered boxing, her sanctuary and saviour, and swiftly progressed up the ranks. She funded her training by taking a second job and raised sponsorship to stage her own fights in a gritty, sexist industry where her failure was constantly expected. ‘My mindset is that if you really want something enough, you will achieve it,’ she explains to me. ‘Use that passion to overcome obstacles. That’s why I love boxing as a training tool: it teaches you to think smart, to be vigilant, to anticipate things and deal with them. It gives you useful, transferable skills. It also makes you feel powerful and provides release for those who, like you, suffer from stress.’ After a run-through how I eat (result: pretty healthily) and a full body MOT with The Third Space’s GP, which reveals a mild anaemia, Cathy devises a weekly schedule that involves two boxing lessons in the ring, two weights-based sessions at the gym and a group boxing class. At the weekend she wants me to swim. There is one rest day. It’s a big commitment to fit in with a demanding full-time job and four school-age children. She advises me to make a few small life changes that will have a massive impact: two litres of water a day, a daily 10-minute phone-free break, no coffee after 1pm, no alcohol during the week, no eating lunch at my desk, and no screens before bed. Cathy also recommends the app Sleep- Stream for guided meditation. I feel about meditation rather how I imagine Homer

Real change requires discipline

As I’m learning hooks and upper cuts I cannot focus on anything else. Being in the moment is a gift and I take it into my daily life Simpson feels about kale, but I’m willing to give it a go. On top of all this, she asks me to stop my long runs. This is the hardest part because I love running: it’s my ‘me’ time. ‘I am trying to slow you down,’ she explains. ‘When you run you may feel relief but you aren’t doing your body any favours. I want you to be less manic and to produce less cortisol (the stress hormone), because you’re literally running yourself into the ground. I want you to focus on something other than work or home.’ Her programme, with all the CBT forms I have to fill in about specific situations that trigger my anger, feels overwhelming. And I don’t like exercising indoors, which is why I haven’t tackled weights before. But Cathy’s cheery enthusiasm and constant commands to ‘dig deeper’ make me stick with it. I also enjoy her gentle ribbing: ‘Let me get a towel for you princess knees,’ she says at one point. Real change requires discipline. You have to stick to the schedule, no matter how tough, because you will always feel better afterwards. There are dreadful demotivated moments in the gym when I want to hurl the dumbbells out of the window. But within weeks my body is more toned, and I’m learning how to step back from stress. I miss coffee and booze-free weeks are dull – until about week three, when I start waking up full of energy and optimism. I notice that writing down what makes me lose my temper or induces anxiety takes the emotional heat out of situations. It’s therapy by stealth. And then the most magical thing happens in that 16ft-by-16ft boxing ring: an unexpected sense of calm floods over me. Boxing is a technical discipline, a precise cerebral skill. It’s a form of choreography: as I’m learning slips, hooks, rolls and upper cuts I cannot focus on anything else. Being in the moment like this is a wonderful gift and I begin to take it into my daily life. The mornings I spend in the ring become the best of my week. It doesn’t feel like hard work, even though Cathy doesn’t let up on the training front (between punches I’m doing burpees and planks). I leave the gym exhilarated and use this to motivate me into going back. ‘Women with busy lives often fail to see the simple things that cause them stress and anger,’ says Cathy. ‘Being the eternal warrior is hard work. So what I have done with you is get you to take a step back. I love it that you’ve fallen in love with a new form of exercise and aren’t doing the same thing repetitively. You learn fast and now you hit like a truck!’ One morning towards the end of the eight-week course, Cathy asks me to have a go at some full press-ups. I manage 20 nonstop. The sense of achievement I feel is ridiculous and totally out of proportion. I’m finally getting proper sleep and my days have a new calm in them. My immune system is in peak condition, I’m a faster runner, a stronger swimmer and I am finally sleeping peacefully through the night. I am a happier me. I am back in control of the life I lead. cathybrown.co.uk

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L A N O I T I R NUT K N OW L E D G E words BREAST CANCER HAVEN

Tips, tricks and healthy eating know-how from Breast Cancer Haven Our nutritional status has a huge impact on the strength of our immune system, our mood, our hormone functioning and having good energy levels. After a diagnosis of breast cancer, many people are confused about what to eat. At our Breast Cancer Haven centres we try to make things as simple as possible. We've read all the research and produced for everyone our Guide to Healthy Eating available from breastcancerhaven.org.uk . The advice is recommended for the whole family.

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What

should I eat?

Think of each meal as being two sides of a plate where half of the plate is made up of vegetables and some fruit and the other side is carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats.

Vegetables and Fruit

Eat 8-10 portions (with each portion being 80g) of vegetables and fruit per day. As fruit is high in natural fruit sugar, we recommend you limit your fruit intake to 3 portions. • Aim for a rainbow of colours of vegetables and fruit in season to get a range of antioxidants • Include green leafy vegetables • Eat cruciferous vegetables e.g. rocket, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, kale, watercress • Choose fresh, preferably organic vegetables to avoid pesticides and because organic vegetables contain more antioxidants • Maximise nutrients by your cooking methods - lightly steam, roast, stir-fry low heat.

Carbohydrates, Protein and Healthy Fats This side of the plate is divided into three sections: 1. Carbohydrates include oats, rice, rye, barley, wheat. Choose unrefined wholegrain versions like brown rice, wholemeal pasta, wholemeal bread. A cupped palmful of cooked carbohydrates (about 20% of your plate)

2. We recommend that you include protein at each of your three meals. Women need protein at each meal to reduce the blood sugar spikes from carbohydrates and it is essential for health • Red meat - choose grass fed, twice a week • Poultry- we recommend organic free range • Oily fish contain omega 3 fatty acids which are antiinflammatory, three times a week

• Eggs do not raise cholesterol and contain a wealth of nutrients. Choose free range, preferably organic - two make a portion of protein and you can eat as many as you like • Beans and lentils are also a great source of fibre • Dairy is a useful source of protein unless you have a dairy sensitivity or lactose intolerance. As a food that contains hormones, we recommend moderation and preferably organic • Nuts and seeds - choose unsalted and unroasted and limit to 2-3 tbsp a day • Soya - choose organic, non-genetically modified, fermented sources of soya e.g. miso, tempeh and soy sauce are easier to digest 3. Healthy fats are important and 2 tbsp per meal helps you feel full and reduce food cravings. They contain the following essential omegas: • Omega 9 from olive oil and avocado • Omega 6 from nuts and seeds • Omega 3 from oily fish, leafy green vegetables and ground flax seeds. Omega 3 is the most important

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thai squash soup SERVES 4 PREPARE 20 minutes COOK 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and roughly cubed 1 medium onion, cut into quarters 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp olive oil 1 heaped tsp ground turmeric 2.5cm/1 inch piece fresh ginger, grated 1 stalk fresh lemongrass, thick part only, crushed 1 tbsp fresh coriander, stems only, chopped (reserve leaves) 1 lime, zest and juice 1 tsp vegetable stock powder/stock cube 1 large tin (400ml) coconut milk

Preparation method:

1. Heat the oven to 190oC/Gas mark 5.

How often

should I eat?

• Aim to eat just three meals a day. If you eat foods in the correct proportions, you shouldn't get hungry between meals • If you do need a snack, have some protein e.g. some nuts or seeds with fruit, some hummus with oat cakes or a green smoothie.

2. Place squash on a roasting tray, drizzle with 2 tbsp of olive oil and roast for 20 minutes. Add the onions and continue roasting for a further 15 minutes, or until they are golden and soft to the touch. 3. Warm 1 tbsp of olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan, add the garlic, ginger, lemon grass, coriander stems and lime zest. Gently sauté for two minutes. 4. Add the roasted squash and onion and stir. 5. Combine the stock powder or cube with 300ml hot water and stir to avoid lumps. Add it to the vegetables and spices. Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove the lemon grass. 6. Allow the mixture to cool before blending with a hand-blender or food processor. Once smooth, pour back into the saucepan and add the coconut milk and lime juice. Stir well and simmer for 5 minutes. 7. Ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle with coriander leaves. TO SERVE: 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped

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SHOPPING

Future Dreams slider bracelet by Lola Rose. This piece has been engraved with the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon, available to buy for £60 with 25% donated to Future Dreams. Available to buy from lolarose.co.uk

Melissa Odabash Satin Cosmetic Case in Hot Pink exclusively designed for Future Dreams features subtle rose gold hardware embossed with the signature Melissa Odabash logo - £35 with 100% of profit going to Future Dreams. odabash.com Lola Rose exclusive Future Dreams Giant Zebra Heart Print notebook - £15 with 15% of each sale going towards Future Dreams. lolarose.co.uk

Melissa Odabash for Amoena with Future Dreams unique pocketed swimwear collection. Available in in wide range of colours and styles. Swimsuits £79 with 30% of all proceeds going to Future Dreams. amoena.co.uk

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MATCHESFASHION.COM's exclusive RAEY top. In-house brand, RAEY, has created a pink crepe cropped top based on a best selling RAEY design, exclusively for Future Dreams - £225. 100% of profits will go to the charity. MATCHESFASHION.COM Online product code 1079351

FUTURE DREAMS

Lily and Lionel ‘Dia’ scarf is a limited edition design exclusively for Future Dreams, with 100% of profits going directly to Future Dreams £120. Available at Liberty and lilyandlionel.com

Care for your lips and support Future Dreams with a Mii Cosmetics Nourishing Lip Sheen - £14.95. £2 from every product sold will be donated to our appeal. miicosmetics.com

& SUPPORT THE CAUSE

Nikki Tibbles Wild at Heart will be donating 25% of the proceeds through the sale of this bouquet to Future Dreams. Bouquets from £75. wildatheart.com

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This collection is now available from www.amoena.com 30% of all proceeds will go to Future Dreams charity

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The Melissa Odabash, Amoena and Future Dreams Spring 2017 Swimwear collaboration is more than just a twist of fate. Instead, it’s a highly intentional teaming up, inspired by and directly for the benefit of breast cancer survivors.

Photography by Mary Rozzi

Partners in Passion

• Melissa Odabash, the world’s leading luxury swimwear designer and a force for doing good in the fashion community • Amoena, the world’s leading breast care brand with unrivalled expertise in supportive design for women after mastectomy • Future Dreams, our globally engaged breast cancer charity whose efforts are funding critical breast cancer research and making a difference in women’s daily lives.

“The great thing about partnering with Amoena is their broad audience and worldwide distribution… it’s amazing.” MELISSA ODABASH, FUTURE DREAMS AMBASSADOR

Beautifully Brave

With a shared mission to tirelessly support all women touched by breast cancer, the #unitedbydesign partnership feels like a dream come to life. Melissa Odabash explains, “The great thing about partnering with Amoena is their broad audience and worldwide distribution… it’s amazing. They’re specialists, and they’ve interpreted my designs in a structural way to help a lot of women who are all different but who, at the end of the day, just want to feel great.” Amoena offers a full range of breast care products, notes Dirk Muller, Senior VP for Textiles. “But we felt there was a gap and wanted to add this contribution from a top designer in swimwear. Now for the first time, a real designer range is available in pocketed apparel. We know there’s a huge demand for it.” Melissa’s high-fashion insight and clean lines, and Amoena’s 40 years of technical experience making lingerie and swimwear for survivors, come together to benefit Future Dreams — with a portion of every sale going directly to the charity. FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 75

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Ronny, you have years of retail experience and great success within your field. What has been your greatest achievement so far? Until I started with Amoena five years ago, I’d say Mexx was my career highlight. Building a brand is fun and rewarding. But nothing can compare to the feeling of being a part of an organisation that makes a difference in a person’s life. Amoena’s dedication to providing breast cancer survivors with beautifully designed products that help rebuild their confidence is incredibly gratifying. What enticed you to get involved in Amoena? The company’s DNA is so strong. For more than 40 years our employees have been dedicated to this special group of women, and to this day Amoena is still pioneering new concepts in comfort and style. I’m personally very passionate about the breast cancer cause; it’s a very good reason to get up and work hard every day. What has your involvement within the mastectomy retail market taught you and how different is it to what you have been used to? It’s surprising that even in 2016 there is still a vast opportunity to let deserving women know that they don’t have to sacrifice on style, fashion or comfort after breast cancer. We are actually shifting from a very traditional, medical way of looking at the business to a more comfortable shop concept globally. Women everywhere have told us they want to shop like they always have – in a boutique, retail environment – so we developed one in 2014. Now we have over 20 Amoena shop-in-shops open around the world and we will more than double that number in 2017. It’s different in the sense that I’m bringing something familiar to me to a market where retail is quite unfamiliar. I’m happy to do it, especially since our customers have asked for it. Your investment in Melissa Odabash and Future Dreams is revolutionary, what’s your vision for Amoena and mastectomy fashion? Thank you. My vision is for Amoena to be a brand name that women look to for comfort and support when they need it most. I want women everywhere to be aware that there is a brand of lovely, ready-to-wear lingerie and apparel out there waiting for her if she should need us. But beyond that, it’s really about creating these Amoena shop-in-shop environments that feel luxurious and normal where a woman can shop like a woman, even if she needs something specialised.

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Joanna, Melissa and Selena stand #UnitedByDesign for Future Dreams and all women who’ve experienced breast cancer.

Has living by the coast heightened your appreciation of swimwear design? Absolutely. Swimwear is an essential part of the wardrobe when it’s worn so often. It needs to look fabulous, transition from one situation to another effortlessly and feel comfortable - comfort is key. This collection ticks all the boxes and I think women will love the simple elegance and clean lines that Melissa is known for. What was the attraction of partnering with Future Dreams charity? Giving back to women living with the after effects of breast cancer is a shared mission and a perfect partnership for Amoena. Future Dreams is so well respected and offers so many wonderful programs for women that it just felt like a natural fit. We are honoured to be working with such a highly regarded charity and are looking forward to launching this collection together with you. Do you think more needs to be done globally to make people more aware about breast cancer? Yes, I think that more attention needs to be given to making women aware of early detection, especially in developing countries. I do see a shift in the way that those countries are beginning to talk and think about women’s health issues and I’m happy to see that conversations are happening more than in the past. We also need to ensure that “awareness” extends to women’s lives after cancer; the lingering effects and challenges sometimes aren’t being talked about as much as they should be. Breast cancer is on the rise; what are your hopes for the future of breast cancer patients? My hope is that until there is a cure, women are well educated about all of their options so that they have the power of being informed to make the right choice for themselves. I also hope that charities that help women through their treatment and recovery, like Future Dreams, continue to be a game-changing presence in their lives, when they need it the most.

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Get the Look

Exquisite new swimwear styles will be available around the world in time for Summer 2017. The collection represents beautifully brave survivors, and is named for five women in particular (some shown here holding their namesake styles) who’ve faced the disease – Jacquie, Danielle, Joanna, Selena and Sylvie.

Pictured l to r: Fashion designer Melissa Odabash; survivor model Jacquie Beltrao; and Amoena’s Senior VP for Textiles Dirk Muller. Jacquie’s wearing the Danielle in Blue, named after one of Future Dreams’ founders.

This collection is now available from www.amoena.com 30% of all proceeds will go to Future Dreams charity

The Sylvie kaftan in River complements every style in the collection and is named after one of Future Dreams’ founders.

Get to Know Amoena

Amoena has spent more than 40 years helping women regain confidence after breast surgery and was the first company to introduce a silicone breast prosthesis. Headquartered in Raubling, Germany with distribution in hospitals and shops in more than 80 countries, Amoena fully supports the needs of women following breast cancer surgery. Their range of comfortable, supportive products includes: • Pocketed Lingerie • Breast Forms and Shapers • Recovery Care Post-Surgical Garments • Pocketed Active wear, Home wear and Leisure wear Pictured here, Joanna and Selena, two active Future Dreams survivor ambassadors with the Joanna bikini in Nautical and the Selena tank in Red.

Find Amoena worldwide & online at amoena.com

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, P U K O LO T U O LO OK E K I L E N I H S & A DIAMOND words BEATRICE AIDIN photography SIMON EMMETT

Karen Diamond is not used to being in front of the camera. As Director of Models 1, Europe’s leading model agency, she has worked with models for over 35 years, but behind the scenes, now is she making an exception for Future Dreams. Karen has not only agreed to be photographed, she has organised the dream team of photographer Simon Emmett, celebrity make-up artist Amanda Grossman, hairstylist Dayaruci and super-model Yasmin Le Bon.

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How did this all come about? “Three years ago a friend invited me to the Future Dreams Ladies Lunch,” Karen explains. “I was blown away by how well it was organised and how much money they raised so when I found out that there was to be a fashion show at the October 2016 Ladies Lunch, I realised that Model’s One could help by providing models for the show. As MATCHESFASHION.COM and Estée Lauder were on board I knew the clothes, makeup and hair styling would be amazing. But it’s also about choosing models who are similar in age to the women at the lunch to make the fashion show and the clothes all the more realistic and obtainable.” The October lunch was a great success and Future Dreams raised £200,000 towards their Breast Cancer Haven appeal. “Thank goodness I personally haven’t been affected by breast cancer but I work in an industry that is completely female dominated and I do know friends who have been affected,” she says. “It affects all of us, I think Future Dreams does such a wonderful job to get women through a really, really horrible time, making a shitty time as good as it can be.” “It is so important that women with breast cancer have a safe place to talk about how they are feeling because we take it upon ourselves as women to be the strong person, protecting our children and partners.” Indeed hers is a female dominated industry - having started in 1988 as a booker at Models 1, Karen worked her way up to become a director after a management buyout in 1999. “I came into it totally by accident,” she laughs. “I was a receptionist at a photographic studios and then I got the job there as a model booker. And that was when I met Simon. I only agreed to be photographed because he knows me!” Simon Emmett has been a photographer for over twenty years. “I always played with cameras when I was really young, around nine or ten years old,” he says. “I drove my parents mad asking them to buy me a camera and film, developing silly pictures of anything and everything.” His calling was a good one – Simon has photographed everyone from Adele to Michael Caine. But he has always supported breast cancer charities, and photographed the first Fashion Target’s

“It is so important that women with breast cancer have a safe place to talk about how they are feeling because we take it upon ourselves as women to be the strong person, protecting our children and partners”

Breast Cancer campaign on several occassions. “It feels like an epidemic to me, cancer just seems to be affecting so many people.” It’s personal too. “My mother fought breast cancer and fortunately is doing well over ten years on. Years ago diagnosis of the disease could feel like a death sentence, but with all the advances in treatments now there is hope and Breast Cancer Haven will provide that hope also.” Yasmin warms to the role of the centre too. “The NHS is so over stretched they don’t have the resources to complement the treatments they are giving,” she says, with heartfelt personal experience – her mother sadly passed away from breast cancer. “During treatment, women feel absolutely horrendous and terrible with no energy. If you can give women the tools to help get them through the really tough times holistically, you can’t separate the physical from the psychological, it will really help them and offer solidarity.” “But when we are healthy we need to try to reduce our stress levels, stay engaged with other people and with the world, making sure you don’t lose contact with things by being inside all day long,” Yasmin continues. “Look up and look out. Start looking. Start noticing. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.” On set you notice the empathy and compassion felt between this illustrious team, who, despite demanding schedules and work commitments are united in their dream to make a difference. No one could have put this together better than Karen – this has been what this unique shoot was about. And as for the photos that Karen was worried about? She need not have had any concern – Karen is a Diamond pro.

RAEY has created this beautiful pink top (modelled by Yasmin Le Bon) in support of Future Dreams – all profits will help the charity fund further research and new treatments to fight breast cancer. It’s crafted from smooth crepe in an exclusive pink hue, and cut to a slightly cropped, A-line silhouette for a feminine and elegant feel. Wear it day or night.

Buy now at MATCHESFASHION.COM - £225

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‘Live caolourful Life ’ Everyday, Future Dreams changes someone’s life. Whether that is someone who is personally battling breast cancer, or their loved ones trying to stay strong by their side. Having grown up with Sylvie and Danielle, Future Dreams has always held a special place in my heart and it makes me happy to watch, with the utmost respect, the progress that is made in their memory to improve the lives of others. For eight years, Lola Rose and I have played an active part in fundraising to help the charity continue with their amazing support. Watching all of the good work they do is both inspirational and humbling and we are honoured to be able to support the incredible work that they do. I am so proud to be an ambassador for this wonderful charity, but it is my dream to give more and to create pieces at Lola Rose that will offer comfort, relief, beauty and strength to those who wear them, whether that be for someone undergoing treatment, a survivor or a loved one whose life has been touched by breast cancer. This year Lola Rose will be working very closely with Future Dreams and the courageous woman they support to develop a series of head scarves that will feature prints synonymous with Lola Rose and will hopefully not only be functional, highly breathable and comfortable to wear all day long, but also bring colour and beauty into the life of the wearer. Lola Rose will always continue to tirelessly work with Future Dreams and although they have got the big things covered, sometimes giving a small gift and putting a smile on someone’s face can do more than you think. Help keep your loved ones spirits high and their focus positive with a little something from Lola Rose, a bracelet in Blue Sandstone to give courage, or a Green Agate necklace to help them stay strong. Alternatively show your support by wearing our Lola Rose Cancer Ribbon Sterling Silver slider bracelet, as pictured. 25% of full-priced sales of this bracelet will be donated to Future Dreams and the bracelet is available to buy from October on our website lolarose.co.uk Love

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Initial design illustrations of the Lola Rose Future Dreams Head Scarf

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To help Future Dreams continue the good work that they do, for the month of October Lola Rose will be donating 15% of all full-price sales at lolarose.co.uk

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MALE PERSPECTIVES

words Louise Court

A lot is written about how women cope with breast cancer- the things that scare them most, how they react when they are diagnosed and how they plan for the future. But what about their partners?

What should you do when the woman you love, your wife, your girlfriend is told she has a lump, it is malignant, it needs treatment? Eddy Edwards, 46, knows all too well how that feels. Three years ago his partner and mother of their two boys, Julia, 43, was told that the aching pain in her right breast was cancer. “As soon as our surgeon told us I thought ‘ how will the kids be?’ I thought of the worst case scenario and then I thought, my new job is to maintain normality, keep everyone calm. To be a physical and psychological crutch. Because this is not about me and how I feel, it is about Julia, and I had to do everything to help her.

“Cancer can become the reason for everything – but you can’t blame it for everything.”

As Eddie talks through the bombshell that hit their family it is clear that the whole experience has added a greater strength to their relationship and that honesty and humour have been as important as strength and love.

“I think most men struggle to behave selflessly - in my view we are more selfish ( I certainly am). This, however, really was about Julia and the kids and mine was clearly the supporting role. You can’t necessarily present a coping strategy to the person going through it, they should ideally decide what they want to do, but you can do things under the radar and provide a consistent calm.” Neither Eddy nor Julia were fully expecting the diagnosis to be so bad as they sat in their surgeon’s waiting room. Both busy professionals, with two young children, they had full-on lives. “Julia had experienced discomfort and she’d mentioned it to a 84 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

friend at work, and, after the third or fourth mention they said ‘ you need to get it checked out.’ “Julia is a force of nature and she had just pitched for a big job for the creative agency she had set up and was running and was sitting there thinking more about that than the results. I think she was in a defence mode. Whereas I had mentally skipped forward and thought: what if it is bad news? Sadly it was. “Our surgeon, Mr Sharma, said it was breast cancer but he was very calm and said ‘ we have a plan.’” Both Eddy and Julia had experience of resisting panic. Julia was run over when she was 8 months pregnant with their first child, Fred, and their second son, Max, had been born early, at just 27 weeks, spending the subsequent 12 weeks in the neonatal baby unit. “With Max, I just convinced myself until someone tells me he is going to die, I will believe he’ll pull through. This time I knew we had been dealt a bad hand (grade 3 cancer) and I knew it was going to be tough. I also knew how strong Julia was. She immediately set about reading absolutely everything that had been published on the subject - even though she had been told by the surgeon not to! “Looking back I can’t really remember how we told the kids. Max was only three and didn’t need an explanation and we carefully drip fed information to our seven year old, Fred. My mum was devastated and Julia’s mum and sister were traumatised, as you’d expect. Julia’s dad was a rock, as always.” And then the treatment started. “There were less drastic options such as a lumpectomy but Julia was clear she wanted to get this thing out and move on. Fairly quickly, and emphatically, she decided to have a single mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. This was followed by six

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courses of chemo and then three weeks of radiotherapy.” “My day-to-day routine didn’t really change that much but the way I thought about life did. Of course I thought about it a lot. Could I do more? I knew I had to perform a role for her, the kids and her mum but it wasn’t about changing things obviously and dramatically. The tone had to be controlled - an emergency trip to A&E (and there were quite a few) became a routine check-up, at least to the kids. “We have a lot of banter, we always have and I didn’t want it to become a Mills and Boone relationship because that would have been ridiculous. There was a lot of black humour. If we had to joke about the treatment or how it was affecting her or me we would. If she wanted to talk about it graphically, we did. Eddy went to Julia’s first chemo session with her which was understandably very emotional. “After that she would take her friends or her sister who were incredible. To be honest I don’t think she really wanted me there and I had to to be okay with that - jealousy or insecurity was not an option.

“When some calm returned after the treatment, on her birthday, I proposed. It felt like turning the page in a new chapter.”

“One of the most positive aspects of going through this has been Julia’s friends. She has always had close friends but to me these proved to be incredibly strong friends. The amount of positivity from other women is quite transformational and I have a renewed respect for these people. It has had a profound effect on us and been a massive bonus to our relationship.”

“She read voraciously about breast cancer and I felt maybe I should have kept up with some of that but it may have spun me out even more. I didn’t feel looking at stats would help me to help her at that point. I just wanted to keep things as simple as possible. “A friend of mine on a similar journey was found by his wife crying uncontrollably at the kitchen sink. I didn’t do that, maybe I should have? Julia thought I should have. We all deal with things differently. I talked to friends when I needed to – I just didn’t need to very often. “It actually gave me a purpose. I was doing something good, the right thing for my family.” Having been together for 11 years, Eddy and Julia got married last year. “It was the catalyst for marriage. It changed our perspective on life, family and our relationship. I had never felt compelled and Julia always seemed relaxed (or so my man brain told me) but it all felt right. We needed positivity and when some calm returned

after the treatment, on her birthday, I proposed. “It felt like turning the page in a new chapter. It gave us something to plan, it was a massive and wonderful distraction for all of us.” “We have always been closely connected but now have a richer and deeper relationship - in part because of the illness and then because we got married. “Julia believes now more than ever in living for today. Living ‘in the now’. There were no psychological barriers to getting married anymore for either of us – the stars felt aligned. “A lot of women worry about physical changes and for a woman to lose one of her breasts and her hair is just incredibly cruel.” Julia was lucky to get some great advice. “I am still so impressed with how she has dealt with it. She was recommended to go to Lucinda Ellery for hair treatment (essentially a semipermanent wig) and it was probably one of the most important things she did. I saw a massive change in her posture and confidence – she was being treated by people in a ‘beauty’ sense not a ‘medical’ sense. We know we were lucky we could afford it and it was the best money we could have spent. “ We have always been physical with each other and it didn’t really change an awful lot. We didn’t stop having sex (in general - it wasn’t non-stop - that would have been a change I’m not sure I’m capable of!). We were very lucky though. Our relationship never felt stale and we kept communicating. We didn’t hide from anything. If I brought something up she would decide if she wanted to talk about it. “Her sensitivities have intensified after everything she has been through. She can’t understand it if anyone behaves cruelly. I think she has become more empathetic, reflective and caring. The balance between work and the other aspects of our lives is much better now. “Cancer can become the reason for everything – but you can’t blame it for everything.” As the effervescent Julia is back grabbing life, work, family, friends and literally climbing mountains with both hands Eddie grins. ‘ It’s true what they say – you can’t keep a good woman down.’

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60 SECOND Q+A

Blair Breitenstein’s fashion illustrations exude an expressionist take on contemporary high fashion. Largely influenced by high fashion photography, Blair takes fashion forward photos into a whole new realm of layered watercolours and messy smudged lines. Featuring luxury designers in most of her illustrations like McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Prada, Blair transforms their designs into a personalised expression of them, almost as a response piece. Blair describes her process as spontaneous.

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How and when did you find what you love doing?

I have loved drawing and painting ever since I can remember. I also love to do yoga. I know that I love these things because nothing else matters while I am doing them. Do you think you are a nicer person when you’re doing what you love?

When I am put into a situation where I feel self-conscious and uncomfortable, I am not fun to be around, I become quiet and short. Which is why I know that I am much nicer when I am doing the thing that I love. Painting makes me feel confident and when I am confident I am more outgoing, I am able to give advice, I am a better listener, I smile more which makes me a nicer person. Does doing what you love take you out of your comfort zone?

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CORPORATE SUPPORT

Family Ties Never underestimate the power of Google – it was via the

behemoth of a search engine that Eithne McGowan, Director of

PB Donoghue Waste came across Future Dreams and decided it was the charity that her family-owned company was going to support. words BEATRICE AIDIN

“We were doing this, doing that, charity golf days here and there but needed to consolidate and concentrate our charitable efforts,” Eithne McGowan explains, sitting in her office at PB Donaghue Waste Management Limited HQ in Cricklewood North London. “We just decided it was time to get behind one charity and we felt that we wanted to support a breast cancer charity too, because it has affected my family. I did an online search and found Future Dreams and it just attracted me. It’s also the people they’ve got on board plus it has the advantage of being a local charity to us.” But it was the practical synergy of Breast Cancer Haven that resonated with Eithne in particular. “I felt with their vision of building Breast Cancer Haven it was something that we could help with in a practical way by supporting it for the waste requirements that would be needed when it came to construction.” On that subject, it may help to explain what PB Donaghue Waste Management Limited actually does. “We provide all sorts of waste support to householders who want to order a skip for their own needs but also supply the main building contractors in London and Hertfordshire providing them with a full waste management solution. Our continual investment in the latest safety compliant fleet and technology ensures we continue to meet meet the needs and demands of our customers. The company has two recycling centres one in London and one in Hertfordshire where all the waste is handled and processed achieving a 97% recycling rate ensuring a successful diversion from landfill disposal.” The waste-management industry is growing with the amount of house building and the demand for homes. Yet the overheads for PB Donaghue Waste Management Limited are high. “People think you are selling materials on for oodles of money but all we are doing is diverting it. So rather than it going to landfill, say, we send it to a plastic company in Germany where they convert it to bio-fuels.” The company was founded by Eithne’s father Ben Donoghue and her mother Elizabeth - who came from a village in County Leitrim, Ireland to London 55 years ago. He started off driving a tipper lorry, the huge lorries that go into building sites and take away the excavation. And “He saved enough to buy one tipper, then two, then three, then added the skips to it,” continues Eithne 88 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

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“I’m aware that the emotional side of the illness is not always recognised and for Breast Cancer Haven to be able to support not only the women but their husbands and children affected is invaluable” who works alongside her fellow directors and siblings, Peter Donoghue, Claire Enright and Joe Donoghue for the company that now has 120 employees. “That was over forty years ago and he kept building up the business from there.” The family connection extends to supporting a relative with breast cancer. “My aunt had breast cancer about 15 years ago and she had a mastectomy. She’s been one of the lucky ones but it’s a horrifying journey and keeping that resilience open and your spirit and belief is very hard. But I’m aware that the emotional side of the illness is not always recognised and for Breast Cancer Haven to be able to support not only the women but their husbands and children affected is invaluable.” Supporting Future Dreams is very much a whole family effort: as another fundraising drive Eithne’s son, John McGowan, and brother in law, Gary Enright, will be running the London marathon for the charity next year and PB Donaghue Waste Management Limited sponsored the 2016 United for Her, Future Dreams Ladies Lunch. But when the money for Breast Cancer Haven is raised, it’s won’t only be waste management that will be a focus. “Our client base is a huge resource, we have large building companies, small building firms, plasters, electricians and more,” Eithne explains. “When we support Future Dreams we can tap into all these contacts. People in our business will be more willing and happy to support it in this way.”

In support of Future Dreams and Breast Cancer Awareness month, PB Donoghue have painted one of their skip lorries pink and all of their drivers and site staff will wear pink hi-vis jackets.

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Lili Sohn chronicles her day-to-day life, from being What is your breast cancer story? I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2014, at the age of 29. I had a tumor of 2.5cm in my right breast and then: tumeroctomy - chemo for almost 1 year - mastectomy with reconstruction reconstruction and reconstruction Has there been any family history of the disease? I learned that my grandmother had also had breast cancer, I didn’t know that before. And then we discovered that some of us had a BRCA1 mutation.

diagnosed with breast cancer to going through treatment, with honesty and humour, and tries to laugh at even the most horrific and absurd things.

What impact did it have on your family, partner and friends? My family wasn’t with me in Montreal, which protected them. My boyfriend was too young to have an experience with this disease, so we discovered it together. We just understood that we are all mortal. So we have to enjoy life minute by minute.

What were your emotions? At first I was thinking that it was a bad dream. I cried a lot and so I disconnected my brain. Then I was ready for the fight.

Is Tchao Gunther a light hearted diary of events? When did you come up with the idea to document your breast cancer journey through a comic strip? In 2014, I was living in Montreal, far away from my family (I’m french). In order to keep them and friends up on what was happening and so I could vent whenever I wanted, I decided to create a comic book blog (tchaogunther-en.com). It was 3 days after my diagnosis.

I don’t want to downplay or trivialize this disease, I just want to get this information out there and hopefully people can learn something from it.

Along the way, they got a sneak peek into my day-to-day, my feelings, what I’m going through, my dealings with the medical community and everything I found out about this disease.

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At that point, I had received so many positive messages that I wanted to share my stories with as many people as possible. Drawing keeps me grounded and helps me put things in perspective. I don’t want to downplay or trivialize this disease, I just want to get this information out there and hopefully people can learn something from it. I didn’t ask to get cancer, but now that I have it, I can live through it the way I want: with style and a smile! Why did you name your blog Tchao Gunther? I’d heard that animal tamers in the circus use German to control ferocious beasts. So I gave it a German name, Günther sounds good! So, let it be said, SEE YA GÜNTHER!

PERSPECTIVES Positivity is paramount in all of your illustrations – how has this impacted other women in your situation? A lot of them told me that it was like I was in her head. And so it was convenient to explain to each other how they feel. They also told me that they learn to play down and laugh about the disease. What has been your most honest and poignant illustration during your breast cancer journey that was easier to draw than to verbalise? I think it was the first one, the announcement. Nobody was expecting a news like that and it was terrible to see the sadness in the eyes of my friends and family. I don’t want people looking at me with sad puppy eyes, I don’t need pity. And my drawings, with a lot of colour and humour, could instantly give this information.

Drawing makes me feel like I have an amazing super power and I can turn crap into rhinestones !

What were the messages you wanted to convey? That illness isnt only a bad experience. It brings you a lot of love, experiences and maturity. I think that the disease can make you less stupid and more open to the other, to the world. How did you find out that you had a lump and what happened after? My mum always told me: dear, when you have breasts, you check up on them! One day when my boob winked at me, I went to go see the doctor. So after an ultrasound, I did a mammogram too and an appointment in an oncology service with a biopsy. And...it was a breast cancer. When did you know you wanted to be an artist? I just never stop drawing. All kids do that, I just carry on.

Has creativity given you a tool to express your darkest fears? It’s like a therapy. I tell my story to myself so I can accept it more easily, even if it was extremely sad news. Your attitude to life and sense of humour has inspired Future Dreams – what is your personal future dream? Haha thank you! My personal dream is to continue to draw comic books but about other subjects. What is your guilty pleasure? French pastry. What is your most cherished possession and why? All of my comics books because it helps me to escape and discover a lot of things. Do you see life differently after breast cancer? What advice would you give to others recently diagnosed and having to face a difficult journey? I feel soothed and I know better the things I don’t want in my life. When the doctor told me that I had breast cancer, he also said that I was at the bottom of a dark tunnel and that every day it’s gonna be a little bit more clear and shinning. It helped me a lot to focus on the future. Your books and illustrations all raise awareness for early detection, new treatments and a cure for this disease – did you realise your artistic talent would have such a positive influence on so many? I have inspired a lot of patients to see doctors, and I’m so proud of that. Describe your breast cancer journey in 5 words! Fashion (with my incredible leggings collection) annoying or funny (when I was with my friends) / Pizza (It was my confort food) Love (I received a lot of love from my boyfriend, friends and family). To read more tchao günther visit tchaogunther-en.com FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 91

60 SECOND Q+A

Do what you love,

love what you do

60 seconds with Laura Hobson

Graphic designer and illustrator Laura Hobson has lovingly illustrated each individual designer bag for the Future Dreams Handbag Auction in 2015 and 2016. Laura helped her mother through her own breast cancer diagnosis and understands the importance of raising vital funds for support, cure and awareness.

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Do you feel doing what you love is more important than doing what you’re good at?

Normally what you love and what you’re good at go hand-in-hand, because you’re naturally more passionate about the work. But I think it’s important to get a balance. If you love doing something but can’t support yourself doing it, it’s probably better to keep it as a side project or hobby. Is it true to say that ‘real magic starts to happen when you are doing what you love’ and why?

I think it ’s true. I think when you’re doing what you love, your passion shines through and results in better work. Is doing what you love selfish?

I don’t think so, doing what you love generally makes you a much happier person. As long as it isn’t negatively affecting people around you, I think it’s healthy and normal to do what you love.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

words MICHELLE BELLMAN photography PAUL TOEMAN The Lili Grace Fashion Show was the brain child of Amanda Turofsky, Sasha Haralambous and Linda Marks, who are friends and partners who run a fabulous women’s boutique in North London. They became saddened and shocked at just how many of their customers, most of whom have become friends over the years, had been or were still being affected by a breast cancer diagnosis. Sasha Haralambous and Linda Marks, owners of Lili Grace “We have always supported Future Dreams from the very first event that Danielle and her mother Sylvie put on at the Savoy. We knew Danielle from being a cutomer at the shop.”

The scary but very real statistic that 1 in 8 women will be affected by a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime became a reality for Sasha and Linda and they wanted to try to do something to help. They approached Future Dreams and said they wanted to put on a fashion show, showcasing a range of different styles of clothes and they wanted all the money raised to go to the Future Dreams House, home to Breast Cancer Haven, an invaluable centre that is being built to support men and women with the disease. When an initial diagnosis is given, fear takes over and the mind can spiral so to have a safe place to attend offering counselling, which can help a person cope through all the physical as well as mental changes that occur through treatments, as well as wonderful calming treatments, like acupuncture, reflexology, reiki and healing and classes including mindfulness, nutrition and yoga all contributing to help and assist a women’s journey back to health. The girls approached a few of their customers, as well as some friends, who had either been affected by a cancer diagnosis or knew someone who had been affected, and asked if they would like to “model “ in the fashion show. A few men were asked too, for “eye candy”. Every fashion show needs a bit of eye candy right!!!???

Lisa Sharpe and Kym Mullem Amanda Turofsky “I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Lillie Grace Fashion Show and raising funds for the Future Dreams House. The Charity is amazing and the work that you all do is fantastic so women like myself don’t have to face Breast Cancer alone.”

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With models on board, the venue ‘Twenty@N20’ in Whetstone kindly donated, rehearsals got under way, expertly carried out under the watchful and professional eye of Sue Nieto who kindly gave her time and energy to teach all the models the routines. As the day got closer the nerves grew as did the excitement of being involved in something so wonderful for such an incredible cause and knowing that there is strength when people are united and stand together.

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Amy Musmar and Joanna Leviton

With clothes all chosen, sizes organised and routines Lillie Haralambous perfected the day arrived; I was one of the models and Andrea Pellegrini and being involved was one of the most fantastic things I have ever done. As a lover of clothes, music and dance what is Alison Van Straten not to like? However, not all the women models that had been unwell felt and Sarah Samuels initially strong, proud and confident, as having gone through any kind of cancer treatment can make anyone feel, unattractive and insecure. Chemo, “The bond that I built up with the surgery and radiation destroy your looks, and how you feel about yourself, amazing women that I met during so many women felt out of their comfort zone initially, but as the weeks the fashion show has enhanced my life and the connection was went by each model began to feel a little joy, fun and lightness return to unbelievable, unique and very them and the camaraderie felt between the models was wonderful. Sharing special to me” common experiences with women who have all gone through this difficult experience, was supportive, like therapy as in each other we all found friendships with people we can rely on to understand what it is like to have explaining why we were all there and the horrible a cancer diagnosis. statistics of a breast cancer diagnosis, to pure joy, excitement and pride. I was so happy leading up With hair and makeup done and clothes all fitted the excitement grew. to the shows and of course during both shows. The Standing behind the screen waiting to come out for the opening song was experience was completely liberating, joyful and nerve racking as we could see the hall filling up with friends and family. huge fun, the highlight for me was being honoured However as soon as the opening song was introduced all nerves were along with the other women who had been unwell, pushed aside, and all models got “in the zone”. with a rose and our own celebratory walk down the Everyone involved in this gorgeous event felt a mixture of emotions catwalk. Gone were the negative feelings associated throughout the shows, ranging from tears when the pledge video played, with a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment and in its place was an uplifting event giving women a sense of freedom to be themselves again, having fun and looking beautiful, whilst raising awareness and money for this invaluable cause.

The event was such a huge success, the audience really got beind the models, cheering and clapping and supporting each model and generously bought raffle tickets and donated money so in total the event raised a staggering £50,000 Ben Goldberg, Tracey Krieger, Amanda Turofsky and Charlie Kasler

How fantastic that a local initiative wanted to give back and this was what was created.

“I have met some truly amazing people who have been through breast cancer and are some of the strongest women I have met. Support to me is a bit like a star, you can’t always see them but you know they are there.”

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Andrea Pellegrini

“I was very excited, proud and honoured to be part of the Lili Grace fashion show, although a bit nervous. We had great fun leading up to the vent, reshearsing etc. The atmosphere on the day was just electric. We became one big family, it really was incredible.” Nikki Tapper

“I loved getting to know the other models and enjoyed all the rehearsals. It was fun and uplifting. The highlight for me was the positive effect the show had on the girls who had suffered from breast cancer. It also raised a great deal of money for Future Dreams.” Selena Levy

“The experience for me was completely liberating, joyful and huge fun. The highlight was being honoured along with the other women who had been unwell with a pink rose and our own celebratory finale walk down the catwalk.” Michelle Bellman

Angela Georgiou

Sami Burack and Angela De Sio

Mervyn Kupshik

“It was lots of fun and the response from the audience was quite amazing. More importantly, the feedback from those brave girls was quite breath taking and I - and the other guys - felt blessed that we had done something to raise awareness and support those ladies that have suffered. Real camaraderie.” Lawrence Freeman

Kevin Hilton

“What an amzing experience with different men and women. Personally, having no confidence, collectivey they boosted me and made me feel the same as everybody else. A great laugh and lots of fun.”

“The day of the show was tremendous fun, but an incredible emotional rollercoaster. Once on the catwalk though, all nerves went out the window and we had a blast.”

Jodi Marks

Angela De Sio

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“The show was a very uplifiting and inspring experience. I loved the camaraderie and the fun time rehearsing and the actual show was so professional and a huge blast - I adored being part of it.” Joanna Leviton

Ben Goldberg and Hayley Marks

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BRAND AMBASSADOR SUPPORT

Nikki Tibble’s Wild at Heart has launched a new limited edition Future Dreams bouquet. This is the second collaboration with Future Dreams. Wild at Heart will be donating 25% of the proceeds through the sale of the bouquet to Future Dreams. With one in eight women being diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK, Future Dreams aims to provide invaluable and essential support when needed most. Future Dreams is not a charity born out of research, data and stark statistics – it is born out of love, family, warmth, friendship, sheer gutsiness and the desire to make a difference.

With this in mind, Wild at Heart have designed a special arrangement containing O’hara roses to symbolise the love and empowerment of the strong friendships that are formed, mixed herbs including mint, oregano, rosemary and sage to emulate the relaxing and holistic qualities of the charity and lavender to encompass the calming atmosphere at Future Dreams.

“As an ambassador for Future Dreams I am privileged to be part of such an amazing and inspirational charity. We have put much thought into this bouquet and hope that it can replicate just an ounce of the love and support they provide to women diagnosed with breast cancer” Nikki Tibbles, MD and Founder of Wild at Heart

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RELATIVE VALUES

You and words NATALIE SILVERTON

Like Future Dreams’ mother-daughter duo Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie, Susan Gerrard, beauty business entrepreneur and creator of Mii Cosmetics, and her daughter Danielle, were also diagnosed with breast cancer. Here they reveal how surviving the disease has given them a lust for life.

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RELATIVE VALUES

Susan Belief - An entrepreneur with instinct Moving into the beauty business was quite by accident. When Ian and I got engaged I was a secretary and he was a hairdresser. We opened a hair salon and he suggested I do a manicuring course. I loved it and was always fully booked. Whilst raising our three children Lisa, Danielle and Paul, we opened two more West End salons. It wasn’t until our silver wedding anniversary in 1992, when we travelled to America that I discovered Jessica natural nail care, products and system, and was very impressed with its performance. I was intrigued by the Jessica technique of manicuring which was, at that time, a much higher standard than techniques used in the UK. After meeting Jessica herself, I became the sole UK distributor. At the age of 46, I began to promote the products and treatment nationwide. I personally trained hundreds of manicurists. I built a national sales team, who are all beauty therapists, looking after our spas and salons in all UK regions. Many of them are still with me today, 24 years on. I was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for my invaluable contribution to the professional beauty industry – a great honour- surrounded by family and friends. It was held at the Café de Paris – exactly where Ian and I had our first date, a real coincidence, as we were also celebrating our Golden Wedding that very day.

Positive focus

The year after I started the business, at the age of 47, I got breast cancer. I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for a woman at the dry cleaners. She told me she had breast cancer. I panicked. I’d had two benign lumps removed in my 30’s, and had been told to go back for yearly check-

ups, but I hadn’t been back for eight years. I got scared. I checked myself in the bath and found a lump and it felt quite sharp. I contacted surgeon Mr Qureshi, who had previously removed the benign lumps. I’d had breast cancer for six months and it had spread to my lymph glands. There was no history of breast cancer in the family. If I hadn’t met that woman, it may have been a different outcome. Call it luck; call it fate; call it a warning. I went through the tests, the operation – I had a partial mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. But it didn’t cause a halt to my business. I didn’t work the day after chemotherapy, because I felt too poorly. But after that, I’d take a mini cab into the office, which, at the time, was above Ian’s salon in Russell Square. My doctor said I was ‘his trophy’ and talked about me to all his patients. In the afternoon I’d lie down for a couple of hours on a Z bed in the office, but then I’d be fine. I remember once going to a meeting at the Dorchester and ordering boiled water because I felt so sick. But it felt better to keep focused rather than be Mrs Miserable at home.

basecoat, a polish and top coat at all times. When Danielle was going through chemo, she was advised to wear dark polish to stop the nails from lifting. In fact, during one of her chemo sessions, I had a dark polish in my bag, and I painted one of the other patient’s fingers and toes for her.

I think there’s this misapprehension of being in a very dark place and yes of course you are. But, when you’re pushed against a wall, you have to push back. That’s the best mental attitude to have - to push back and go forward.

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My hair went very thin but I didn’t lose it all. I put on more makeup, and made sure my nails were always protected. Chemo can affect your nails – I had a little bump on each of them. I wore them short, and protected them with a treatment

After each of my own chemo sessions, my mother would make me soup - some days chicken, some days barley – it’s what I also did for Danielle. All the things my mother did for me, I did for Danielle because I remember how welcome it was.

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both love to shop, and I’d always buy a dress. Danielle tells me I have in-built radar that wherever I am going I have to go via Harpers (Edgware boutique). I remember once Barbara taking me to Brent Cross after a rigorous chemo treatment. I told her off, saying she was making me shop and was meant to be looking after me! It made us laugh. It was always very important to laugh. Later when Barbara was also diagnosed with breast cancer, despite neither of us carrying the BRCA gene mutation, I went to Israel to help her. When she was well enough to come to the UK again, I totally confused my mother by parading around in my sister’s wig.

Matriach - Team work

I never imagined my children getting involved in the business – it just happened. I wanted them to have their own careers. My eldest daughter Lisa was a pharmacist for 20 years, Danielle had 18 years of experience with Time Magazine as international sales manager and our youngest Paul was in advertising as a copy writer and art director. We now work together - Ian is Financial Director, Lisa is Managing Director, Danielle is Head of International Markets and Paul heads our Brands Communications, and our company has now grown to over 100 employees. We all get on amazingly well, and sometimes it has been said that attending exhibitions is like a family holiday.

The Love of a Mother

When Danielle found out that she had breast cancer at the age of 41, the total empathy I had created complete devastation, because I knew what lay ahead. Instinctively, I knew she’d be ok and she’d just want normality around her. I’d travel by train to Manchester to be with her for the treatment. It is very hard to see your child go through it. I sprang into action and made sure I was there for each treatment and took up buckets of soup. I knew what she wanted and needed. 102 FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK

Danielle Like Mother like Daughter

The earliest memory I have of mum is watching her apply makeup at her bedroom mirror. Mum has always been glamorous, with a full face of makeup, beautifully dressed and a wardrobe to envy, that, even now, I delve into. Beauty has always been part of our lives, with Saturday and holiday jobs at dad’s salon. And then mum brought over Jessica and I remember seeing her working from the dining room table. Mum worked very hard and I watched the business grow. It was never on my radar to work with mum. I was so happy at Time Magazine, travelling abroad and growing my own career. After 18 years in the publishing world, I joined the family business in 2009 and when we launched the Mii makeup line in 2010, I saw there was an opportunity to grow Mii internationally – it’s now in eight countries. I love what I do. It’s wonderful to work with the family – we’re all very close. Mum has built that security and legacy for us that we can hopefully pass on to our children. I was 23 when mum was diagnosed, and I was still living at home. I remember being very scared initially but she shielded a lot from us, and carried on as normal. I didn’t really understand what chemotherapy involved. There definitely wasn’t the same awareness as there is now.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 41. I’d just arrived in France for a family holiday. I never usually go in the pool, but I jumped straight in, because it was such a hot day. At the poolside, I lifted my arm and felt a lump, under my bikini. It was almost on my rib. I would have missed it in the shower. I’d been having regular yearly checks since my 20s when I’d had a lump removed, but this was in-between appointments. I hadn’t even unpacked and phoned mum straight away. She arranged an appointment with Mr Qureshi, and I immediately flew back to London and then straight back to France whilst we waited for the results. I wasn’t going to let it ruin my holiday. We agreed with Mr Qureshi that mum would phone with the result. The minute she asked: ‘Where’s Andrew?’ I knew. I found the cancer early but it was very aggressive. I had a lumpectomy under Professor Bundred, followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and then Herceptin and Tamoxifen at The Christie in Manchester – so it was a long haul.

Family Affair

I carried on working throughout, apart from Wednesday ‘Chemo day’. In a strange way I looked forward to Chemo Wednesday. Mum would come up the night before and we’d go out for a lovely meal and spend quality time together.

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Charity

My eyebrows and eyelashes fell out but, because of the industry we’re in, I had the right tools to make myself up and add a splash of colour on my nails. I asked dad to cut my hair before I had chemo, so it was very short. Just like mum, I’m driven and positive. If you’ve seen your mum go through it and come out the other side and act the way she did, you want to emulate it. I also didn’t want to cause any worry.

Ella and Zac were young - 9 and 8 - and at the time they just thought I’d had a lump removed and was having special ‘medicine’ that may make me tired and my hair fall out. Now they are older, they know that it was breast cancer.

For Susan and Danielle, charity plays a big part in their lives, with Danielle’s daughter recently participating in a sponsored walk to raise money for The Christie, where Danielle had treatment. While Susan explains their special affinity to Future Dreams: ‘It’s about dreaming for the future – hope for a healthier life so you can live it to the full. We’ve supported Future Dreams since it was established in 2008 – having known founder Danielle Leslie and her mother Sylvie Henry for many years. They used their dancing talent to organise shows to raise money for breast cancer research. We admired them for it, and there’s great empathy there. We continue to support Future Dreams to help fulfil their dreams for a future free of breast cancer.’

Gratitude and Appreciation

My treatment was at The Christie in Manchester –an amazing place, one of the leading research centres in Europe. You are surrounded by people being treated for different forms of cancer. I feel very lucky that my breast cancer was treatable and that for me there is a next chapter. I’ve always had amazing support from family, my in-laws, my husband and friends. I kept my energy levels up with acupuncture and reflexology. After you’ve been through something like this, you reappreciate so much – your relationships and what’s important to you. I felt secure through my tunnel of treatment, and feel safe in the knowledge that I’m now monitored every six months.

Susan Gerrard, 71, Chairman of Gerrard International, brought Jessica manicure to the UK nearly 25 years ago, when she introduced the professional market to natural nail care. In 2010 she went on to create her own cosmetics brand Mii Cosmetics, a full makeup line including brows and tanning - for spas and salons. Danielle Gerrard, 46, is Head of International Markets at

Gerrard International and has been with the company for over six years. She lives in Manchester with husband Andrew, and children Ella 14 and Zac 13, not forgetting Great Dane Roxy. Danielle was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago and is now in remission.

Since launching in October 2015, £2 of every Mii Nourishing Lip Sheen sold, £14.95 (in shades Nurture and Care) has been donated to Future Dreams to help towards a project to open Future Dreams House, home Breast Cancer Haven in London, as well as fundraising research into the prevention of the disease. To date, Gerrard International has raised £5,500. Mii stockists: miicosmetics.com

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Rebecca Campbell, best-selling author, inspirational motivational speaker, teacher and mentor is passionate about guiding After having reached her own ‘rock bottom’, she finally stepped out of her spiritual closet to wholly embrace the opportunities that she now knew the Universe was offering her. “It took my whole life to come tumbling down for me to realise that everything I was searching for was inside me all along.” Based on the fundamentally positive belief that even amidst the darkness and ashes of trauma, enough embers remain to be reignited into a fierce light, Rebecca’s uplifting book, Light is the New Black, celebrates our own inner resourcefulness and ability to help ourselves. The belief that we are already the ‘Complete Masterpiece’ is the springboard from which she reminds us of our own strength and potential to shine. Leading from the feminine, the radiant and the true, Rebecca’s thoughtprovoking and emotion-stirring writing calls for us all to work our light and lead a life that is in alignment with who we are.

The things that almost break us apart are also the things that come to make us whole

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women to listen to the callings of their soul.

“My external world wasn’t in alignment with my internal one. I was way out of flow with the Universe” says Rebecca of her life prior to crystallising what her inner voice was trying to articulate. Acknowledging that her career, relationships and even internal dialogue had become out of kilter with her calling, to follow her passion for spiritual development, intuition and the journey of the soul (which she does not confine to just one lifetime), Rebecca found her way ‘home’ through a nourishing recipe of meditation, study and, perhaps most importantly of all, listening (both to others’ wisdom and that of her own voice). Inspiringly, Rebecca speaks of that low ebb as though it was a gift, asserting that ‘My suffering didn’t happen TO me, it happened FOR me.’ Of course when suffering comes knocking, it’s not always our instinct to fling open the door in welcome, but Rebecca sees these inevitable junctures in life as potential gifts. Sometimes the Universe delivers us an enforced pause button, a halt to the perpetual motion in which we tend to exist and for Rebecca, this is a time to be embraced and mined for the value it presents in allowing us to ‘come home’ to ourselves: “The more you lean into yourself and spend your time BEING rather than DOING in order to be, the sooner you can be supported beyond your wildest dreams.” This stillness, whether sought as a moment of solace, imposed as a time for treatment or the limbo between results, can be the very time when we can do things that fill us up, whether this is taking in the beauty of flowers, noticing the steps you take through the park or reading a trashy novel.

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WORK YOUR LIGHT Your soul is always calling you every moment of every day. Ask the part of you that knows by answering the questions below. What part of me longs to step forward right now? My inner guru is telling me to…. What am I clinging to for fear of nothing coming to take its place? What have my most difficult relationships taught me? Who in my life raises me up, wants me to win and is genuinely happy when I shine? If I knew I couldn’t fail I would… If I wasn’t afraid of what people would think I would… If I didn’t have to get permission I would… If money were no object I would… If I had to devote my life to one thing, it would be… What do I lose myself in?

FILL UP YOUR WELL We cannot give to others if we are running on empty. Write a list of things that light you up (fresh flowers, baking, a manicure, reading)

As Rebecca admits, “I used to feel guilty and selfish for putting myself first, and following those things that nourished my spirit” but she came to value that time and investment, without which she believes her light would not have found the oxygen to shine. Not just the route to self-fulfilment, this time of self-nourishment has its domino effect: “As each one of us lights up, we will effortlessly spark something in another, and rise up together”. Following her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis in June 2015, Rebecca is more convinced than ever of “the need to follow what lights you up, listen to the whispers and ensure your inner well is over-spilling.”

Stand out of the way and let the universe do its work

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Circle one thing off that list that you can commit to doing today

Light is the New Black: A guide to answering your soul’s callings and working your light (Hay House) is available on Amazon and at lightisthenewblack.com

Rise Sister Rise: Rebecca’s second book, a guide to unleashing the wise, wild woman within (Hay House) is available on Amazon or at risesisterrise.com

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HRH The Duke of Cambridge recently opened The Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research at The Royal Marsden in Chelsea. After being greeted by Chairman R. Ian Molson, Chief Executive Cally Palmer, Medical Director Dr Nick van As, and Mr Ralph Lauren, The Duke was shown around the brand new breast cancer research facility, followed by a tour of the Diane McCarthy Medical Day Unit. The Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research was funded by supporters of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, including a generous donation from Ralph Lauren. It has been redeveloped to the highest specification to provide a world-class facility for breast cancer research, staffed by a team of world-renowned clinicians and scientists working with the latest in cancer research technology. It sets a benchmark for global cancer research. The Duke was shown around the endocrinology lab, where samples from around the country arrive and are stored and analysed for hormone levels, followed by the immunochemistry lab where tissue samples are processed for specific markers or aggressiveness of disease. The Duke saw how up to 200 breast tumours can be assessed for markers of disease on a single slide. The new centre allows for pioneering breast cancer research that will draw upon new technological advances and allow much more rapid and in-depth analysis of our patients’ disease. The aim is to identify molecular differences between tumours in order to ensure the optimal treatment of individual breast cancer patients. In turn this will reduce recurrence and mortality from the disease as well as eliminate unwanted toxicity from unnecessary treatments. Professor Mitch Dowsett, Head of The Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research, said: “It was a privilege to show HRH The Duke of Cambridge around our new centre. He showed great interest in breast cancer research and the work that we do here.” Professor Dowsett continued: “Over recent years, the programme of translational research in breast cancer at The Royal Marsden has delivered

many advances that continue to influence patient care. Our new centre and the programme running here will maintain that approach and draw upon newer technology and advances that allow more rapid and in-depth molecular analysis of our patients’ disease. It was a fantastic opportunity to explain our work to The Duke.” Mr Lauren continued: “My personal connection with The Royal Marsden goes back to my friendship with Princess Diana when she was its President in 1996. It is a great honour and pleasure to move forward in this fight against breast cancer with her son, HRH The Duke of Cambridge who has taken over this role. I am inspired by his dedication and together I hope our efforts can help save lives affected by this disease.” Chief Executive Cally Palmer said: “We were delighted to welcome our President back to the hospital in Chelsea today to open The Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research. As always, we are very grateful for the Duke’s continued support for our patients and for the work we do at The Royal Marsden.’ “Through the very generous donations from supporters of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Ralph Lauren, we have a centre developed to the highest specification, providing world class breast cancer research, staffed by a team of world-renowned clinicians and scientists working with the latest cancer research technology. It sets a benchmark for global cancer research.” The Duke also visited the Diane McCarthy Medical Day Unit (MDU) where patients receive intravenous drug therapies including some which are being developed in the Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research. Within the MDU, which was also funded by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, The Duke spoke with oncologists and patients about their experiences.

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After more than twenty years of a commitment to The Royal Marsden, I am so proud to officially support their world-renowned research through the establishment of the Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research. Together we will make cancer research a reality by bringing it directly to patients around the world and the hope that we will find a cure in our lifetime. Mr Ralph Lauren, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Ralph Lauren Corporation

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Future Dreams COMMITTEE

SARAH HARKINS ANWEEN BATES In August, Annwen joined Future Dreams as the newly appointed Trusts and Foundations Officer. She brings a unique understanding of both sides of the grantmaking process. In her spare time, she enjoys Afro-Latin-Cuban dancing. Future Dreams Personal Mission: “I know from personal experience the impact cancer can have on one’s nearest and dearest and my mission is to share the real difference that the Future Dreams House will offer for those living with breast cancer. .”

Sarah Harkins completed an MA in Interior Design & Architecture at the Royal College of Art in 1996. She has spent the last 20 years working in professional practice working for for design & architecture firms specialising in exhibition, retail, leisure and workplace design. In 2012, Sarah established her own design company and teaches design part time at Regents University. Using her varied experience has enabled her to diversify and reposition herself to take on the social media coordination for Future Dreams in 2017.

ABI REISS My background is in fashion design, which I studied at University and was fortunate enough to work in the industry as a womenswear designer for ten years. Just before starting my family I changed careers and trained to become a florist. I did this for the next 8 years inbetween having my 3 children. It definitely kept me busy! Future Dreams Personal Mission: Having been to the Ladies Lunches the last few years, I always felt I wanted to be part of such a glamorous event, not to mention such an amazing charity. I have put my floristry business on hold while I work with Future Dreams to help the incredible and dedicated team achieve their goal of building a Future Dreams house for cancer sufferers and their families. I was delighted to be asked to join the lunch committee and work with such wonderful and giving people.

Future Dreams Personal Mission: To create a dynamic impression and vision of the charity demonstrating hope, positivity and support across social media platforms.

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AMANDA GROSSMAN Amanda is a fashion and celebrity makeup artist working in the crazy world of show business! Future Dreams Personal Mission: To help the fight against and support all women who are suffering and have suffered with this cruel disease in memory of my special friend, Danielle Leslie.

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BELLA HIGNETT Bella has worked in PR and events for over 15 years running her own agency and brings these strengths to Future Dreams. Future Dreams Personal Mission: I am delighted to be part of such a dynamic and devoted committee whose common goal is to improve the lives of breast cancer sufferers by supporting them mentally and physically.

Samantha is a trained architect and has specialised in architectural design and interiors for the last 20 years. Her creative ability and contacts have enabled her to build and develop brand relationships with the charity. Sam is putting her career on hold to focus on the Future Dreams Haven Appeal 2016. Future Dreams Personal Mission: My enthusiasm to fundraise, plan and brainstorm will not only result in the building of the largest breast cancer support centre in central London, but will also physically anchor the legacy of our founders. ‘Whatever good things we build, end up building us.’

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ILANA MAGAR Ilana was an Account Handler in a leading advertising agency. Future Dreams Personal Mission: To help women going through breast cancer feel supported in their times of need.

SAMANTHA LANDESBERG I began my career as a make up artist and manicurist and spent many years giving people the “feel good” factor. After working in the charity world for the past 4 years and gaining valuable experience in events & fundraising the time has now come for me to get the “feel good” factor and be part of the Future Dreams Family. It is an honour to be part of and work with such an enthusiastic and friendly team and to be invested in Future dreams on a personal level is everything to me.

DIANA MOFFAT Formerly a designer and print buyer, Diana has spent the last nine years retraining in the field of psychoanalysis. She spent five years as an honorary psychotherapist for the NHS and now works in private practice. Future Dreams Personal Mission: There from its conception, I continue to devote as much time as is possible to this essential cause. I am motivated by our shared vision of building Future Dreams House, home to Breast Cancer Haven.

JO MOULDER Joanne began her career as a travel agent and later changed to the health and fitness industry. Future Dreams Personal Mission: I am honoured to be part of this wonderful charity and I feel inspired and determined to help make a difference to people suffering with breast cancer.

EMMA SIMONS Having previously worked in Private Equity recruitment Emma devoted the last few years to raising her young family whilst serving on the school governing body and organising community events. Drawn in by the story behind Future Dreams and inspired by the existing team I am so very excited to be part of something with such a moving history, incredible mission and impressive aims for the future. I want to help make these dreams a reality. Future Dreams Personal Mission: Feeling as passionately as I do about Future Dreams and the inspiring Future Dreams Haven Appeal, I will leave no stone unturned!

SELENA LEVY Selena was the Press Manager for Disney Television and worked in entertainment PR for Lynne Franks. Future Dreams Personal Mission: I was diagnosed with breast cancer over two years ago and, unfortunately, having lost many members on both sides of my family to this terrible, cruel and frightening disease, I feel very passionate and privileged to work alongside the Future Dreams team to help make a difference for all women suffering from the disease now and for our future generations.

TALYA RICHMAN Future Dreams Personal Mission: I feel privileged to be a part of a charity which is so special and rewarding – I am truly inspired by not only the energy of the committee but also the positivity and strength of the women I get to meet and I will forever strive to ensure my work for Future Dreams is valuable.

JOIN THE FUTURE DREAMS COMMITTEE Would you like to bring your talents and positive energy to the Future Dreams team. We would love to hear from you. To become a committee member please contact sam@futuredreams.org.uk FUTUREDREAMS.ORG.UK 109

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with thanks

FOR EVERYTHING

Abi Rogers

Bentley

Darren Williams

G.F Smith

Janine Brook

Active International

Berryhurst

David Biswell

Gabi Besevis-Simpson

Jason Solomons

Adam Smith

Bob Taylor

David Butler

Box Events

David Hardwick

Gabrielle Haslam - Wild at Heart

Jay Patel

Aimee Stebbing Alex and Elisa Dell

Breast Cancer Haven

Dayaruci

Gaby Roslin

Jen Cox – Lions and Roses Events

Alexander Pietzch

Bruce Ritchie

Dean Nathanson

Gary Landesberg

Jenna Lee

Ali Van Straten

Caci International

Dean Poster

Gary Mahone

Jennie Beebe

Alice Beaumont

Caroline Hoffman

Deborah Feldman

Gavin Alexander

Jennifer Cox

Alice Ferrier

Cassandra Maxwell

Deborah Scott

Gavsy Media

Jennifer Rimmer

Alice Glover - Lancôme

Cassie Bungey

Debra Glazer

Giles Moulder

Jennifer Saunders

Alice Howard

Charlie Feather

Debra Jay

Gill Morris

Jeremy Slattery

Alice Stone

Charlie McEwen

Delyth Morgan

Go Glitter – Sophia Levy

Jess Christie

Alicia Robinson

Charlie Odoherty

Diana Moffat

Grace of Belgravia

Jess Fine

Alli Main

Charlotte Armstrong

Dirk Muller

Hamilton and Hare

Jess Mules

Amanda Grossman

Charlotte Jones

Jess Smith

Amanda Webber

Cherly Williams

Dyrham Park Country Club

Hannah Daws Hannah Morris

Eamon Holmes

Harlequin

Jessica Lewis - Wild at Heart

Ed Griffiths

Helena Biggs

Eddy Edwards

Hina Solanki

Edward Rising

Holly Delaney

Eithne McGowan

Holly Pollack

Elisabeth Baylis

Ian Grabiner

Ella Shaw

Ilana Magar

Ellie Novack

India Jacobs

Emily Sable - Lancôme

Indira Thambia

Emma Hart

Ines Lareo

Emma Jones

Jacqueline Gold CBE

Emma Miller

Jacquie Beltrao

Emma Spitzer

Jakub Gloser

England Footballers Foundation

James Alexander

Essence PR

James Mason

Amandine Ohayon

Cheryl Allen

Amy Grier

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Andrea Pellgrini

Cheryl Gerner

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Karen Katz

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Katie Moulder

Faye Erek

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Karen Pilkington

Jane Trew

Katie Rose - Lancôme

Jane Woolley

Katie Sims

Beauty Companies Association Beauty Concepts

Daniel Williams

Beauty Guild

Danielle Gerrard

Bella Hignett

Danielle Raper

Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Gym

Ben De Groot

Darren Reiss

Frank Steinberg

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James Rickards Lancôme

Dale Henry Daniel Galvin Jr

James Grabiner

Jim Fletcher

Karen Diamond

Kate Percival

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Mark Reigate

Palms Extra

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Kellie Neighbour

Martin Plasek

Pam Healy

Sam Cohen

Susi Castle

Kim Dight

Mary Rozzi

Park Lane Hotel

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Suzy Read

Kim Parker

Mary Tabitha Wilkin

Parks Candles

Samantha Landesberg

Talya Richman

Koo Stark

Maureen Moffat

Paul Davis

Sami Burack

Terry Byrne

Kristian Young

Maxime Faverjon

Paul Gerrard

Sarah Esdaile

Terry O’ Neill

Larissa Trew

Maxine Collins MD Loreal Luxe

Sarah Perry - OK! Magazine

The Arts Club

Lauraine Shaw

Paul Toeman Photography

Lauren Faulkes Lancôme

Melanie C

Paul Wise

Sasha Haralambous

Paul Young

Scott Spiro

Laurianne Wiseman

Melissa Broomes

Philippa Brown

The Creative Beauty Group

Selena Levy

Phillipa Bradley

The Honest Team

Sharon Dowsett

Pippa Robins

The One Group

Sharon Forsyth

Product Network

Thu Nguyen

Sharon Segal – STK

Professor Justin Stebbing

Toby Morris

Shoshi Rockman

Toby Partridge

Sian Davies

Tom Chapman

Simon Baskind

Tom Frimley

Simon Emmett

Tony Gibbon

Lawson Muncaster

Melanie Chisholm Melissa Odabash

Lee Marshall

Michael Jacobs

Lesley Goring

Michael Perkins

Lesley Williams

Michelle Davies

Lewis and Natalie Chester

Michelle Okin

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Lucy Cohen

Nicholas Scott

Lucy Montague

Nick Scott

Lucy Nineberg

Nicola Rose

Professor Paul Ellis Propercorn Quincy Fitzwater - STK Rachel Bristow

Siobhan Lawrence Wild at Heart

Raymond Jaffe

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Rebecca Hale Rebecca Round Rhiannon Richards Richard Leslie

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The Berkeley Hotel

Top Shop/ Top Man Tracy Austin Truscott Arms TwoBoys.co.uk Ursula Lake Vanessa Grainger

Richard Lipsitz

Soho Sandwich Company

Richard Reid

Sophie Clark

Vaughan Sexton

Richard Reynolds

Sophie Marriott

Vic Brotherstone

Rina Gordhanadas

Sophie Robinson

Vikki Lambert

Rina Steinberg Rob Rosenthal

Specialist Travel Consultants

West Ham United Football Club

Ronit Meisel

Spencer Leslie

White Star Charter

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Vashi

Lucy Owen

Nikhil Chhibber

Lucy Shaffer

Nikki Bull

Malissa Mack-Maygar

Nikki Gerwirtz

Marc Sharer

Nikki Jaffe

Rosie Harrison

Stephanie Reid

Wimbledon Foundation

Marie Groves

Nikki Tibbles - Wild at Heart

Rossella Ferrandino

Steve Soper

Wren Press

Ruby J Team

Steven Driscoll

Yasmin Le Bon Ying Yau

Marina Torres Mark Coates

Nina Alikhani

Ruth Chapman

STK

Mark Henson

Nina Syme

Ruthe Waiman

Sue Kent

Yummies

Mark Jarvis

Nishma Robb

Sacha Levy

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Mark Moody

Olivia Moulder

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Ernest Park are continued and proud sponsors of the fantastic work carried out by the team at Future Dreams At Ernest Park we are committed to delivering exceptional assets with exceptional partners. We are an open and honest built asset creator committed to our vision of safe delivery, enduring quality and trust. We understand its not about individuals its about the team, and all our partners, whether internal or external, are treated as equals. We are passionate about delivering your vision one step at a time, and every step of the way. Ernest Park 16 Station Road Watford WD17 1EG www.ernestpark.com

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Colour Shown: I’m Charmed

The Morgan Taylor Fight Like a Lady 2016 Collection

contains four, kick-butt girly shades of pink. Wear one, two, three or a combination of all four to help inspire hope to those around you. From soft pink hues to vivacious pink shades, all are excellent choices for your nails in October and every day! Support the cause with four impactful pink picks:

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10% of all proceeds from the Morgan Taylor Fight Like Lady Collection will go to the Future Dreams Charity. Available from September from salons nationwide.

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Daniel Galvin Jr Owner of a hugely successful boutique salon in Belgravia, world renowned colourist Daniel Galvin Jr has also been at the forefront of the organic beauty movement since its inception. He has developed two globally recognised brands, Dubble Trubble, a best-selling children’s haircare collection (on sale in the UK in Tesco and via Ocado) and Organic Head, a range of salon professional care and styling products at an affordable price, available via Ocado. A donation from the sales of Dubble Trubble, as well as his Highgrove Baby and Highgrove Signature collections, inspired by the gardens at Highgrove House, is made to The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Foundation.

The Jack Petchey Foundation is proud to support Future Dreams The Jack Petchey Foundation, established in 1999, gives grants to programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11 – 25. Its key objective is to support programmes that widen horizons and opportunities for young people in London and Essex.

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Brimelow McSweeney Architects are proud to support Future Dreams. Chase Lodge Hospital is a private hospital in Mill Hill, North West London. We pride ourselves in our professional and caring approach and offer a friendly and stress- free environment. Our hospital is run by doctors. We offer our patients the advantage and convenience of our GP’s, investigations and Consultant appointments, including minor operations and imaging, all under one roof. Chase Lodge Hospital has a large selection of medical services that sets the practice apart from others. Our impressive outpatient department has over 60 leading specialists, services, and include the following: - General family medicine - Specialist referrals - Dermatology - ENT - Paediatrics - Orthopaedics - Cardiology - Assistance with insurance

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- Sports medicine - Smoking Cessation - Physiotherapy - Acupuncture - Dental - Men and Women’s wellbeing - Alternative medicine - On site pharmacy

We are also proud to offer a full private maternity package with top obstetricians up to birth, including scans, blood tests and ante-natal. For your convenience, we also have various levels of membership and are able to tailor a package especially to suit you and your family. For more information on joining or to make an appointment T + 44 (0)20 7831 7835 www.bm-architects.co.uk please contact Chase Lodge Hospital on 020 8358W 7100.

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Upcoming events We have places available for the 10th Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon on Sunday 8th October 2017. If you would like to run in support of Future Dreams please contact joanne@futuredreams.org.uk

We are hosting our annual golf day on the 7th June at Hartsbourne Golf Club, Bushey. For further information regarding the event, teams and sponsorship please contact joanne@futuredreams.org.uk

Following the success of 2016, Fight Night is back on the 28th September at the Park Lane Hotel. For further information regarding taking part, tables and sponsorship please contact joanne@futuredreams.org.uk

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MY DARLING SYLVIE & DANIELLE

I will love you and miss you forever YOUR DREAM LIVES ON LOVE ALWAYS EDDIE

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