{"id":60,"date":"2011-01-28T13:54:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T13:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolewitts.org.uk\/?p=60"},"modified":"2011-01-28T13:54:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T13:54:45","slug":"wear-a-hat-day-in-march-2011-brain-tumour-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/head1st.org.uk\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Wear A Hat Day in March 2011 &#8211; Brain Tumour Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An important message from Nicole Witts and Sue Farrington-Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/head1st.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hatday21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65\" title=\"Hatday2\" src=\"http:\/\/head1st.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hatday21-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We           would be extremely grateful if you could help us in raising           desperately needed funds for brain tumour research.<\/p>\n<p>All we           are asking you to do is hold a \u2018wear a hat for brain tumours\u2019           day.<\/p>\n<p>Quite           simply all this entails is your work colleagues and staff wearing a hat of their           choice into work on Friday March 25<sup>th<\/sup> or a day of           your choice and donating a pound (or more if they so wish) to           go towards brain tumour research.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the UK, brain             tumours kill more children than leukaemia or any other             cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More women under             the age of 35 than breast or any other cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More men under             the age of 45 than prostate or any other cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yet brain tumour             research receives less than 1% of national cancer research             spending<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For           more information please visit our umbrella group&#8217;s website at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.braintumourresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.braintumourresearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have           taken the liberty of <a href=\"http:\/\/head1st.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hat-Boy-Head-1st1.pdf\">uploading our posters here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/head1st.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hat-Woman-Head-1st1.pdf\">here<\/a> in the hope that           you will be able to help us.<\/p>\n<p>If you           wish to contact me please feel free to do so by either calling           Sue at Brain Tumour Research on 01296 733011 or email <a href=\"mailto:sue@braintumourresearch.org\" target=\"_blank\">sue@braintumourresearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I           would be grateful if you could contact us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolewitts.org.uk\/contact\/\">via the contact form<\/a> on our website to let me know whether           or not you will be willing to take part in this fun           fundraising event.<\/p>\n<p>All           monies raised please send a cheque made payable to \u2018Brain           Tumour Research\u2019 and forward it to:<\/p>\n<p>Wear A           Hat Campaign<\/p>\n<p>Brain           Tumour Research<\/p>\n<p>The           Business Centre<\/p>\n<p>Padbury             Hill Farm<\/p>\n<p>Padbury,             Buckingham<\/p>\n<p>Bucks           MK18 2BN<\/p>\n<p>With           our heartfelt thanks<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Witts for Head 1st, Sue           and the team at Brain Tumour Research<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.             Please forward this article onto any other organisation who             you might think would be able to help us.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important message from Nicole Witts and Sue Farrington-Smith We would be extremely grateful if you could help us in raising desperately needed funds for brain tumour research. All we are asking you to do is hold a \u2018wear a hat for brain tumours\u2019 day. 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