This Satrurday the Ritz Bingo club in Castleford Yorkshire will be showing its support for Breakthrough Cancer with a variety of fundraising activities including a Ladies Night with the Dream Men. Why not show you support and join the club for what is to be a fantastic day of bingo and with the opportunity a late night party.

Danielle Borthwick assistant manageress of Ritz Bingo Castleford is looking forward to Bingo for Breakthrough this year, she comments: “We are thrilled to be supporting Bingo for Breakthrough this October and we’re looking forward to joining our customers for some fun whilst raising as much money as possible. With over 46,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK, it’s a really important issue for our staff and customers. Last year, thanks to their support, we raised £626 and I’m confident that this year the campaign will continue to be a fantastic success.”

To support the campaign have your dabbers at the ready and come along to Ritz Bingo Club at 1 Albion Street, Castleford, W. Yorks WF10 1EG on Saturday 30th October 2010. To book tickets or for more information contact Danielle on 01977 552285.

Thanks to the support of bingo clubs across the UK, Bingo for Breakthrough has already raised an impressive £4 million over the last seven years helping Breakthrough Breast Cancer to fight breast cancer on three fronts – research, campaigning and education. Through this work the charity believes passionately that the disease can be beaten and the fear of breast cancer removed for good.

About Breakthrough Breast Cancer:

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to the prevention, treatment and ultimate eradication of breast cancer. The charity fights on three fronts: research, campaigning and education.

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer funds ground-breaking research, campaign for better services and treatments and raise awareness of breast cancer. Through this work the charity believes passionately that breast cancer can be beaten and the fear of the disease removed for good.

• Find more information at breakthrough.org.uk

About breast cancer:

• Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK – nearly 46,000 women and around 300 men are diagnosed every year.

• Breast cancer accounts for nearly 1 in 3 of all female cancers and one in nine women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.

• Around 1,000 women die of breast cancer every month in the UK.

• The good news is that more women than ever in the UK are surviving breast cancer thanks to better awareness, better treatments and better screening.