Lisburn gets ready to Paint the Town Pink once again after raising £20,000 for Action Cancer
Lisburn is set to turn pink once again this October as local businesses, community groups and supporters come together to Paint the Town Pink in support of Action Cancer.
Following the tremendous success of last year’s campaign, which saw £20,000 raised, Lisburn is preparing to show its support once again during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The campaign will see businesses and organisations across the city embrace all things pink while raising vital funds for Action Cancer’s life-saving breast screening service, which provides early detection services for well women aged 40-49 and 70+, the ages not currently screened by the NHS.
The initiative has once again received the support of former Mayor of Lisburn & Castlereagh, Alderman Amanda Grehan, who helped champion the campaign during her term in office.
Amanda said: “Action Cancer’s Paint the Town Pink campaign in 2025 demonstrated the incredible community spirit and generosity of Lisburn’s business sector.
"I want to sincerely thank every business that took part and helped raise vital funds for the charity’s life-saving breast screening service.
"Thanks to your creativity, enthusiasm and commitment, more than £20,000 was raised, making a real difference.
“I recently had the privilege of spending time with a number of Action Cancer’s new Breast Screening Ambassadors who have directly benefited from the charity’s support services, services that operate thanks to public generosity through donation and fundraising.
“The campaign transformed shop fronts, workplaces and public spaces across our city, showcasing the very best of Lisburn’s community spirit.
"As we look ahead to October 2026, I would encourage you to get ‘pinked up’ again and help make Action Cancer’s campaign even bigger and better.
“Together, we can continue to support this unique charity, while raising awareness of the importance of breast screening and showing that Lisburn is a community that continues to care and be breast aware.”
As part of this year's campaign, Action Cancer is also looking for volunteers to take part in its Big Pink Bucket Collection on Saturday October 3.
Volunteers will be out and about across Lisburn City centre helping to collect donations.
Whether you can spare an hour or two, every volunteer will make a difference and help raise vital funds for Action Cancer's services.
Action Cancer has been at the heart of cancer prevention, detection and support in Northern Ireland for over 50 years. Its services are unique and free to the user but cost the charity £4 million annually to deliver.
These include an early detection breast screening clinic, therapeutic support for people living with a cancer diagnosis (and for those supporting a loved one) and a range of health improvement programmes.
Services are available at Action Cancer House in Belfast, at 13 regional locations, and onboard the Big Bus (supported by SuperValu and Centra) which visits over 200 locations each year.
If you or your business would like to host a fundraising event or volunteer to help with the big pink bucket collection, contact Mark Irwin-Watson in the fundraising team on 07580 133752 or email [email protected].