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Brandon Avellano and a BCSG volunteer holding a pink BCSG collection tin
A swimmer doing front crawl in open sea
Photo: David Boca
November 2025

Brandon Avellano’s sponsored swim raises £14,500

Gibraltarian endurance athlete Brandon Avellano presented the money from his sponsored swim around the Rock, completed in rough October seas. It will go towards our 2026 cold cap programme at St Bernard’s.

Earlier news

  • Women in pink laughing together at a charity walk November 2025

    October 2025 raised £62,000

    From the Pink Party at the Sunborn to Pink Flag Day on Parliament Lane, it was the most successful awareness month in our history.

  • A dance fitness class in a studio October 2025

    Westside School raises £3,200

    A pink activity week organised by Year 11 pupils raised £3,200, the largest school-led donation we’ve received.

  • Shoppers on Main Street, Gibraltar, under bunting September 2025

    M&S Gibraltar renews the bra voucher scheme

    M&S Gibraltar will continue our long-running voucher partnership through 2026 and beyond, a quiet but important gift to many local women.

  • A radiographer helping a woman into position for a mammogram August 2025

    A portable ultrasound for the GHA breast clinic

    A new £38,000 portable ultrasound machine has been delivered to the breast clinic, paid for entirely by community donations through 2024 and early 2025.

  • Two older women sitting at a table together, smiling July 2025

    More counselling for patients and families

    Thanks to sustained fundraising, we can now pay for an extra 200 hours of counselling a year for patients and their families.

  • A crowd of walkers in pink at an awareness walk May 2025

    Walkers for Knockers: the 12th year, and the biggest

    Over 600 walkers gathered at Eastern Beach and raised more than £18,000 on the day.

  • A quiet hospital room with a bed and a red armchair March 2025

    The cold cap machine is in use at St Bernard’s

    The £42,000 scalp cooling machine, paid for by our donors, is reducing hair loss for many patients during chemotherapy.

  • A nurse smiling and talking with an older woman January 2025

    The refurbished oncology suite opens

    After our £250,000 contribution, the refurbished oncology suite has opened, with better lighting, private treatment bays and views outside.

  • A Barbary macaque looking out over the Bay of Gibraltar Every month

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