OUR PARTNERSHIP
Professionals take our social responsibilities within the community very seriously. As a Diamond Partner of the National Breast Cancer Foundation – Professionals Real Estate have worked closely with NBCF for 16 years helping to raise much-needed funds for breast cancer research. To date, Professionals have raised over $3.5 million and that figure is growing every day. Right across Australia fundraising continues throughout the year with community charity events and fundraising auctions at both a national and local office level.
Each Professionals office donates a portion of their commission from each property sale to NBCF. By listing and selling your home with Professionals you will be helping NBCF achieve their aspirational goal of zero deaths by 2030.
PROFESSIONALS GO PINK IN OCTOBER
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a Diamond Partner of the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), for the month of October, our websites turn Pink to help raise awareness and much-needed funds for breast cancer research. Did you know that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime? The National Breast Cancer Foundation is the leading community-funded organisation in Australia raising money for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer. Professionals are proud to be a long-standing partner of NBCF.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
Its incidence is increasing – with 1 in 7 Australian women and 1 in 675 Australian men expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.
The disease develops when cells within the breast grow abnormally and multiply to form a tumour. Thanks to medical research, breast cancer that is contained within the breast is now largely treatable. Since the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) started funding research in 1994, five-year breast cancer survival rates have improved from 76% to 91%.
It’s progress to be proud of. But the job’s not done. 8 Australian women still lose their life to the disease every single day.
In Australia, the overall five-year survival rate for breast cancer in females is 91%. If the cancer is limited to the breast, 96% of patients will be alive five years after diagnosis; this figure excludes those who die from other diseases. If the cancer has spread to the regional lymph nodes, five-year relative survival drops to 80%.
Targeted, world-class research is the only way to stop women and men dying from breast cancer. By gaining a better understanding of how breast cancer tumours originate, grow and spread, we can save more lives.
NBCF is committed to funding research to reach one determined goal: zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030.
HOW TO DONATE
You can purchase your pink ribbon items at any Professionals office or make a donation at our NBCF Donation Page.