The Leanne Pero Foundation Cancer Information & Support Services - Black Women Rising

Established in 2019, Black Women Rising UK is the flagship programme of registered UK based charity, The Leanne Pero Foundation that offers culturally sensitive support, information and advice, for women of colour who have had a cancer diagnosis.  

We want the challenges faced by women of colour going through cancer to be visible so that they feel seen, heard and included in the UK wide cancer narrative, imperative for raising awareness within marginalised communities.

We deliver a range of face to face and online support services and projects that provide a platform for cancer patients, and survivors to seek help at the earliest opportunity. We strongly feel that no-one must suffer in silence or feel isolated when faced with their personal cancer journey.