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(2010 03 11) We are kindly asking you not to leave your donation bags outside over night as they may get stolen. Please always leave your donations outside on the morning before 9am. This will help prevent any illegal collections (theft) of our donation bags. Thank you for your support.
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(2009 12 23) This year for Intersecond Ltd was the year of achievements. Our plastic collection bags have become biodegradable, which means that the environment now is more protected from long-lasting pollution. Intersecond Ltd has also been approved as a member of the Institute of Fundraising, which gave us more confidence in our work. And finally we have reached our long term goal – the donations to “Do Not Delay” project have risen to £5000 a month.
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(2009 10 19) We are happy to announce that Intersecond Ltd has been approved as a member of Institute of Fundraising. That means a great deal to us because this membership will provide us a guide to the law and best practice in relation to fundraising activity throughout the United Kingdom
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(2009 09 14) In order to prevent fraudulent organizations from using our name, we will use our printed plastic donation bags only for the “Do Not Delay!” Breast Cancer Prevention Programme collections as plastic bags are much harder to crib.
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(2009 09 11) We are happy to announce that we have reached our goal and from the 1st of September 2009 our donation to Do not Delay! project has finally reached £5000
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Beating cancer with prevention
Some 40% of cancers could be prevented with simple lifestyle changes and higher levels of protection from cancer-causing infections, according to experts at the International Union Against Cancer (UICC).Cancer-causing infections are responsible for 22% of deaths in the developing world, and 6% of deaths in the developed world, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. © 2010 Time, Inc
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Why Are Breast-Cancer Rates Dropping?
The latest clue comes in a study to be published next month in the American Journal of Public Health. Harvard researchers analyzed data from more than 350,000 women with breast cancer and concluded that the drop is linked to decreased use of menopausal hormone therapy in the wake of the July 2002 release of data from the Women's Health Initiative, the massive federal study that was halted early because women on a combination of estrogen and progesterone had an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease.© 2010 Newsweek, Inc
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Important information
During 2009 our monthly donations to the "Do Not Delay!" project have risen from £1200 a month to £5000 a month. That made up £46,600 the breast cancer prevention programme has received from us this year.
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Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags
Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags are now used for the "Do Not Delay!".Project collections. These bags are made of plastics which decompose in landfill in approximately 24 months leaving a non-toxic residue.
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Thank you from Intersecond!
The Intersecond team would like to thank everyone who has already given clothing donations - these mean a great deal to us, to our partner Azzara and to the women in Lithuania who are benefiting from the "Do Not Delay!" project.
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