Friday Update
Hi everyone. It's time for another Friday Update. Community Highlights We have 24 new members. A warm welcome to Last, Rockette, sparker66, and all the new members. This week we had 74 posts and 418 comments. Here are some interesting and thoughtful posts you might have missed: Post chemo blues Hormone therapy Reflections We've been seeing a lot of spam in the online network lately. We have measures in place to prevent spam robots from getting through the registration process, but these other spammers are actual people. They register, verify their accounts, log in, some of them even complete their profiles, and then post spam, usually overnight. We are working with our web developers on finding ways to block them without it affecting users like you and me. In the meantime, if you spot spam, help us out by clicking on that Report button that appears under every post and comment. Thanks very much for your patience. We're also working with our developers to bring a big improvement to the online network around how comments are displayed beneath posts. You know how they keep getting narrow? Yeah, we're working on fixing that. Stay tuned! In other news, you might notice that all BCNA staff members who are also members of the online network are clearly identified in our user names. This is to give you a better sense of who's who in the online network. BCNA News & Events Pink buns are here! Help us sprinkle some change. From 21 April to 11 May nearly 600 Bakers Delight bakeries will donate 100% of the sale of Pink Buns to BCNA in support of all Australians affected by breast cancer. So, get out and have a pink bun, or just say 'thanks' to the staff the next time you're in Bakers Delight. BCNA is planning to develop information resources in Greek and Chinese for people affected by secondary breast cancer. We are looking for people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer (i.e. whose breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body) and their family members to participate in focus groups which will help guide the development of these new resources. If you are from a Chinese or Greek speaking background and you are living with secondary breast cancer or support someone who is we would love to hear from you. Please contact BCNA research coordinator, Riki Long, on (03) 9805 2585 or via email rlong@bcna.org.au for more information and to get involved. That's pretty much it, I think. I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend at home reading a book I just picked up from the library earlier - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. What are you up to this weekend? From 21 April to 11 May nearly 600 Bakers Delight bakeries will donate 100% of the sale of Pink Buns to BCNA in support of all Australians affected by breast cancer. - See more at: https://www.bcna.org.au/online-network/members/Christine_BCNA%20CEO/blog/help-us-sprinkle-some-change#sthash.ef4HPs92.dpuf2Views0likes0Comments
BCNA is recruiting bilingual volunteers
We are currently looking for bilingual women who have been affected by breast cancer that are interested in becoming volunteer BCNA Community Liaisons. BCNA’s network of volunteer Community Liaisons around the country raise awareness of the impact of breast cancer and the support available for people affected by breast cancer by sharing their personal stories. A current priority for BCNA is to improve information and support available to people affected by breast cancer from diverse cultural backgrounds. Integral to the success of this work is strong connections with the communities. To date we have trained 16 volunteer Community liaisons from 9 different cultural backgrounds. These women have actively raised awareness of BCNA in their communities, assisted with resources development and community events and have shared their stories in the media among many other achievements. We are currently seeking other bilingual women who are interested in becoming Community Liaisons. We invite women from a range of culturally diverse backgrounds who are interested in the role to apply. We are particularly interested in recruiting women from Mandarin, Vietnamese, Serbian, Macedonian and Arabic speaking backgrounds as we will be increasing our engagement with these communities in 2016. Women with experience working in the multicultural sector are also encouraged to apply. You can find out more about the role and view the application form here- www.bcna.org.au/become-a-community-liaison For more information please feel free to send me an email ahiggs@bcna.org.au or give me a call on 1800 500 258. Anna Higgs Cultural Diversity Officer1View0likes0Comments
BCNA Cultural Diversity Program
Hello everyone! Here at BCNA we are excited to have been busily working on the development of our new Cultural Diversity strategy. This is an exciting area of work for us through which we hope to improve access to appropriate information and support for women with breast cancer from diverse cultural backgrounds. We are currently developing a number of projects for women from Italian, Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic communities. A major initiative we are currently working on is the development of a series of resources in plain English which will then be translated into the five priority languages. We want to consult with women from these language groups to ensure that the new resources are relevant and culturally appropriate. To do this we are conducting focus groups in each of the five languages (these will be conducted in Melbourne and Sydney only). If you are from one of these communities and you speak and / or read one of the languages or if you know of someone who may be interested in being involved, please let me know. I would love to hear from you. Enjoy the weekend. Mikayla11Views0likes5Comments
any chinese ladies out there?
Hi, I'm looking for any Chinese lady's out there that i can link up with a local girl going through Breast cancer. It would be great to find someone and mentioned to check out for any groups on this site but have had a quick look but couldnt find anything so please if any one can help we would be most grateful, thanks in advance as i feel confident some one can help me. Take care...Kaz1View0likes3Comments