Hi readers, I am Millie, and I am the President of the Cardiff Uni Boob Team. You might be thinking, wow there is a society for everything these days! However, before you scroll away, this society may one day save your life so please stick around and keep reading!
The Cardiff Uni Boob Team are the ambassadors for the breast cancer awareness charity Coppafeel! here at Cardiff University. Coppafeel! is a breast cancer awareness charity all about educating and reminding people to get to know their boobs to catch breast cancer early. They do this by educating people on the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, encouraging them to get to know what is normal for them and empowering young people to have theconfidence to see a doctor if they notice anything that isn't right for them.
Our job at UBT Cardiff is to make sure that Coppafeel!’s important message is spread to the students at Cardiff University while also raising money for charity! I joined UBT Cardiff in September 2022. The previous year, I was passionate about raising awareness for breast cancer after my Auntie had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was receiving treatment.
When Madison reached out to me and mentioned she was looking for more members to join the society, I jumped at the opportunity. I soon after became Vice President and a year later, I am running the society which I am incredibly proud of. I think one of the biggest joys of being in this role is that I can spread such an important message in such a fun, enjoyable way.
There is so much variety in what we do as a society. Every event, fundraiser, or social is different from the other and no two days are the same. One of our biggest fundraisers this year is our Boob Schools.
A Boob School is where we go along to a society’s training session, class, or meeting and give them a talk all about boobs and breast cancer. In this talk we go over the facts and figures of breast cancer, what the signs and symptoms to look out for are, and a boob-checking guide. We also encourage everyone to pink and make the session as fun and as boob themed as possible, and often people bring along donations as well to raise money for Coppafeel!
We did over 40 Boob Schools in the first term alone and they have been one of biggest successes this year, winning us Coppafeel!’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month Award in 2023!! We had a lot of fundraisers which contributed to our successful first term, such as our Boob Ball (Dodgeball) tournament, glittering at YOLO during Pink Week, and our Winter Showcase Raffle. We ended up raising £3545 in term one!!
We also have more of our weekly socials, with activities such as Boobie Bingo, decorating pancakes as boobs and jewellery making expected this term. Please check out our Instagram @ubtcardiff to keep up to date with what we get up to. Please feel free to send us a message whenever you would like to get involved with the society as well.
If you would like to know more about breast cancer and the resources Coppafeel! offer, please check out https://coppafeel.org/ as well. We also have a free monthly text reminder service as well, so make sure you text ‘UBT CARDIFF’ to 82228 to get your monthly reminder to check your boobs, pecs, and chest!!