WellBeing, the
reproductive health charity for women and
babies, and Diamond Insurance, the specialist car insurers for female
drivers, have created a special new partnership to support and promote
the health and welfare of women.
To mark the new partnership, Diamond has donated an initial
£25,000 that will go towards funding WellBeing's
vital research
into the causes of ovarian cancer, known as the 'silent killer'.
Each year over 7,000
women are diagnosed with the disease,
making it the fourth most common cancer in British women. Early detection
is the key to successful treatment and of those women diagnosed this year,
only 30% will be alive in five years
time.
WellBeing Director Shirley Farmer comments "This partnership
is all about promoting the
health and welfare of women. We really are
delighted to have Diamond's support and not only does this enable us to
raise vital funds to fight ovarian cancer but crucially it also helps
us to raise awareness of this still
'hidden' disease".
Diamond Managing Director Sian Lewis adds "Diamond
is proud to support
the fight against this devastating cancer which affects
so many women and their families. Both WellBeing and Diamond
are committed
to safeguarding women's lives in every way and we are happy to be involved
with such an
important cause".
WellBeing has been at the forefront of pioneering research
into ovarian cancer -
for example, through the funding of nearly £1
million, partly as an enabling grant to help set up an ovarian
cancer
centre and partly for research into the genetics of the disease at Addenbrookes
Hospital in
Cambridge. This funding has helped researchers set up the
largest register in the world of families with several cases
of ovarian
cancer and should soon enable doctors to select, for each patient, the
treatment that will best
suit them. The charity continues to fund further
research focusing on this disease throughout the UK.
Diamond Insurance, created by women for women, is dedicated
to providing cost effective insurance for female
drivers. As statistically
women are safer drivers and have less serious accidents, Diamond is able
to pass
on these cost savings to its customers.
