To kickstart Breast Cancer Awareness month, Touchy-Feely brought The Forgotten Faces of Breast Cancer campaign to the heart of South and East London with a bold, community-led activation across Brixton Village and Westfield Stratford. The pop-up installations formed part of a wider effort to reframe how…
This February marked a milestone for Touchy-Feely: our very first official campaign, launched on World Cancer Day 2025. The global theme this year was “United by Unique”, a message that resonated deeply with us, because at our core, Touchy-Feely has…
In July 2025, during Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month, Touchy-Feely launched Re:Body, a programme rooted in cultural sensitivity and lived experience. Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month is often overlooked, receiving far less recognition than other awareness months, yet it is crucial for…
Every September, Blood Cancer Awareness Month shines a light on cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. While often less visible than other forms of cancer, blood cancers carry a significant impact and they deserve just as…
For Black women in the UK, cancer statistics paint an alarming picture: later diagnoses, higher mortality rates, and poorer access to culturally competent care compared to their white counterparts. These disparities are not new, but they remain deeply urgent and…
Cancer is one of the most pressing health challenges of our time, but it does not affect all women equally. For Black women in the UK, outcomes remain disproportionately poor. Despite advances in treatment and awareness, inequalities in diagnosis, access…
Hey Touchy-Feely, firstly I just want to say thank you so much for creating a platform like this! I’m a 29 year old black woman and have been diagnosed with Stage 1, Type 2 Breast Cancer (Estrogen+Progesterone positive) in July…
The day I gave birth to my second son, my dad called me as I walked to the delivery room and told me the doctors had found some shadows on his lungs. Them shadows turned out to be stage four…
2021, I had turned 50 earlier that year. It was a particularly difficult time as my elder sister had sadly passed away a year before and I was struggling with the grief. I felt a lump in my right breast…
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 just after we went into lockdown in 2020. Initially I was told that there was no way I had cancer because I was under 30. I was then told by a GP…
