The Latest Breaking News from Kris Hallenga

Call for risk-based breast cancer screening as cases in under 50s rise

The NHS invites women for a mammogram – an x-ray of the breast – from the age of 50 until their 71st birthday.

Evening Standard · Jun 24

Skye high: joy, tears and camaraderie on a charity trek across one of Scotland’s most beautiful isles

A 100km hike to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer proves uplifting and challenging in equal measure, with friends made for life

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3

On the towering cliffs, my family found a sanctuary. It still pulls me back today

My grandmother called it the Haven – a shack perched high above the beach. Years later, another special woman rekindled my love of that place, says author Kat Lister

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2024

Tell us: how have you been affected by the CoppaFeel! breast cancer awareness campaign?

We would like to hear from young women who benefited from the campaign and spotted the early signs of breast cancer

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

CoppaFeel! breast cancer charity founder Kris Hallenga dies aged 38

Campaigner resolved to set up awareness charity after being told she had stage 4 cancer when she was 23

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024

‘I didn’t realise I was so loved’: the people hosting their own ‘living funerals’

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear all the lovely things friends and family might say about us at our funeral? Isabelle Aron meets five people – some with a terminal diagnosis – who have done just that

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024

Fearne Cotton shows off dress she bought in 'delirious state' and wore to a funeral

The broadcaster and author shared a picture of herself wearing a bright pink dress with a huge heart in its centre. She wore it to her friend' Kris Hallenga's FUNeral.

Manchester Evening News · Jun 29, 2023

Dawn French reprises Vicar of Dibley role for friend's 'living FUNeral'

The unusual living funeral was organised for the CoppaFeel! founder Kris Hallenga.

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2023

Dawn French brings back Vicar of Dibley character to honour terminally ill friend

French originally played the role of Geraldine Grainger from 1994 to 2007

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Dawn French revives Vicar of Dibley character to honour terminally ill friend at ‘living funeral’

The comedienne and actress last donned Geraldine Granger’s cassock and dog collar in a series of mini lockdown specials back in 2020

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023