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Friday update Tuesday 26 March 2019
Hello everyone, Welcome to our Friday update (my apologies for not posting on Friday, I was out of the office). We have had quite a few new members join our online community over the last few weeks. As many of you have mentioned, ‘it’s the club that no one wants to join’ but it’s great to see such wonderful peer support…
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Friday update 8 March 2019
Hello everyone, Welcome to our Friday update. Where have the last two weeks gone? It feels like only yesterday that Marianne was getting ready to head to Nepal on her inspired adventure. We heard from Marianne during the week and she is having an amazing time trekking in Nepal with a team of sixteen other women. They…
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Friday update 22 February 2019
Hello everyone, Welcome to Fridays update. It has been a busy couple of weeks at BCNA and it’s hard to believe that we are almost in March. Where have the first two months of 2019 gone! A very big thank you to everyone that voted to keep BCNA Ambassador Shane Crawford in the African Jungle! What an absolutely amazing…
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Fortnightly update
Hello everyone, Welcome to our Fortnightly update. Hoping that this newsletter finds you travelling well, looking after yourself and staying cool in what has proven to be a very hot summer! Thank you to everyone who responded to our request for a possible interview for our next Beacon newsletter. Your details have been…
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Friday update 14 December 2018
Hello everyone, Welcome to our last Friday update for 2018! With only 11 sleeps to go until Christmas it looks like lunch at my place is almost set! See my checklist below @socoda will be bringing cake @Annie C Christmas pudding (with traditional sixpences) @kmakm trifle & roast potatoes @SoldierCrab good alcohol @arpie…
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Fridays update on Monday 3 December 2018
Hello everyone, Welcome to our fortnightly update. Hoping you all had a good weekend. My apologies for not posting on Friday but I had an annual leave day. So here is our fortnightly update. With only 3 weeks to go until Christmas it looks like lunch at my place is getting bigger by the day! Thanks to everyone that has…
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Friday update 16 November 2018
Hello everyone, welcome to Fridays update.Wow, where has 2018 gone! Can you believe it’s only 5 weeks till Christmas… I will be hosting my second Christmas lunch this year at my place for about 15 people. I must have done a good job last year as they are all coming back for seconds!! The business of this year at BCNA seems…
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Friday update (Oops its Monday!)
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update (or should I say Mondays update!)Wow what a busy month was had in October! There were lots of Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities taking place all around Australia. As you all know, we launched the new My Journey online tool and have been thrilled that the transition to the…
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Friday Update
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday update. Wow it has been a busy last couple of weeks here at BCNA. Some members of BCNA including Rosie, Riki and myself attended the Melbourne International Joint Breast Congress last Friday and Saturday at the Melbourne Convention Centre. This conference combined three…
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Friday update, sorry a bit late Tuesday 9 October 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday update or should I say ‘Tuesday Update’! My apologies for the delay, it’s been a busy few weeks at BCNA. As you all know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month which means there is lots going on at BCNA. There will be lots of activities taking place this month which will include…
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Friday update 21 September 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday update.Personal Identifiable Information I have noticed lately that members are sharing personally identifiable information. That is, information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person. This includes information such as first…
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Friday update
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday update. Apologies for not posting last Friday. Marianne and I attended a 2 day SWARM (Australia’s community management) conference in Footscray Melbourne. It was interesting deciding which sessions to attend and after deciding that that we did not know anything about ‘chat bots’ or…
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Friday update 17th August 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. Wow what an amazing weekend was had last weekend! 2018 Field of Women Such a great experience to stand on the MCG with over 12,000 others to mark the 20th Anniversary of Breast Cancer Network Australia’s work to support, inform, represent and connect all Australians affected by…
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Friday update 27 July 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update.Can you believe it’s only 15 days to go until the 2018 Field of Women! I myself am very excited as it will be my very first Field of Women. I have been reflecting on this event over the last few weeks and what it will mean for me to be able to stand on the MCG on the day. I’m…
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Friday update 13 July 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update.It’s been a busy couple of weeks within the online network with lots of activity. The online conversations have been many and varied and the highs and lows have been reflective of the reality of living with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Some of the events of the last few weeks…