Cancer is one of the cruellest diseases that can take someone's life. It has no prejudices when it comes to who it attacks - it doesn't matter if you're a 'good person or bad', young or old, black or white.
But what we can have some control over is ensuring people are aware of its symptoms and that its victims and survivors receive the treatment and support they need. Not just medically with treatments such as chemotherapy, but psychologically too, even after treatment has ended.
A collective sharing their stories to raise awareness that cancer isn't just a white person's disease - a myth that has circulated within the BAME community - is Black Women Rising (BWR). The support project was set up in 2017 by award-winning community champion Leanne Pero after she struggled with the aftermath of her own battle with breast cancer at just 30-years-old.
