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CoppaFeel!'s awareness campaigns are based on increased physical self-awareness and monitoring one's breasts in the hopes of quickly detecting any changes. Most campaign work is carried out at universities, music festivals, schools and work places and via national awareness campaigns around the UK.
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In Summer 2014, the organization launched the ‘What Normal Feels Like’ campaign, seeking to reclaim language and imagery associated with breasts. Hundreds of women submitted pictures of their breasts, along with a descriptive word such as “wibbly” or “springy”, later used in a series of
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Many of Coppafeel!’s publicity campaigns have involved the use of giant inflatable ‘boob’ costumes. CoppaFeel! gained widespread media coverage after decorating
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craze. Cheknominate encouraged people to record themselves checking their breasts before nominating a friend to do the same.
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To give everyone the best possible chance of surviving breast cancer by speaking to young people in their natural habitat.
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appeared in a cinema campaign for Coppafeel!, encouraging viewers to check their boobs before the film started.
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were supportive of the campaign, and encouraged their readers to use the hashtag #Cheknominate on social media.
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CoppaFeel!'s ambassadors, called 'the Boobettes', are young women who experienced breast cancer at a young age.
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focused on promoting early detection of breast cancer by encouraging women under 30 to regularly check their
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Huffington Post, 'Forget Neknominate, Coppafeel! Want Us To Check Our Breasts Using #CHEKNOMINATE'
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Express, 'Women bare their breasts for cancer charity Coppafeel!'s #whatnormalfeelslike campaign'
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BBC, 'Lisa Lynch longed for The C Word to be brought to life – it was an honour to be involved'
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The organization's fundraising activities have received support from celebrities, including
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Campaign, Mathew Horne tells cinema goers to 'CoppaFeel!' in breast cancer awareness ad
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PR Week, Mathew Horne Tells Cinema Goers to CoppaFeel! in Breast Cancer Awareness Ad
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Driven by the difficult experience, the Hallenga sisters launched CoppaFeel! at
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Huffington Post 'Breast Cancer Awareness: Do You Know What Normal Feels Like?'
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BBC Radio One Newsbeat, Fearne Cotton meets Coppafeel founder Kris Hallenga
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Half Marathon wearing giant inflatable "boobs" in support of CoppaFeel!
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Metro, Angel of the North Bobbs Hijacked by CoppaFeel! Cancer Charity
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advertisements designed to normalise and desexualise female breasts.
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CoppaFeel! ran a ‘Cheknominate’ campaign, a “healthier” take on the
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The Independent, 'I never ask my doctor how long I've got'
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Lomography, 'CoppaFeel! And Get Festival Photo-Passes!'
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Fame Magazine, 'Fearne Cotton Presents Festifeel 2012'
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CoppaFeel! was founded in 2009 by sisters Maren and
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Kristin Hallenga
London
51°30′00″N 0°04′42″W / 51.499970°N 0.078370°W / 51.499970; -0.078370
United Kingdom
English
CEO
coppafeel.org
breast cancer
London
breasts
tongue-in-cheek
molestation
Cosmopolitan magazine
Kristin Hallenga
Beach Break Live
Neknominate
The Huffington Post
The Angel of the North
Kristin Hallenga
The C Word
BBC One
Lisa Lynch
Festifeel
Fearne Cotton
Russell Howard
Newton Faulkner
Lorraine Kelly
Dannii Minogue
Greg James
Dermot O'Leary

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