INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY AND PHOTOCALL NOTICE - Christina McKelvie MSP and fellow politicians sign up for The MoonWalk Scotland on Sat 11th June

• What: The MoonWalk Scotland 2022
• When: Saturday 11th June (9pm) to Sunday 12th June (1pm)
• Where: Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
• The 15th MoonWalk Scotland – Edinburgh’s first LIVE MoonWalk since 2019
• Organised by breast cancer charity Walk the Walk
• Women and men wearing brightly decorated bras walking overnight
• All MoonWalkers are uniting to raise money to support those living with cancer
• During the pandemic Walk the Walk made a £20,000 grant to the charity Cancer Support Scotland to fund its online support services
• Previous grants have been made to the Maggie’s Centres in Glasgow, Forth Valley and Airdrie and to the Breast Cancer Unit at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital for a new operating theatre and to renovate its mammography unit and breast cancer ward
• Walk the Walk has also funded 57 Scalp Coolers in 26 Scottish hospitals – these are special machines which help many people undergoing chemotherapy to keep their hair
• Challenges: Half Moon (13.1 miles), Full Moon (26.2 miles) and Over The Moon (52.4 miles)
• MoonWalk Theme: Your Hero

Photo and interview opportunities include:

• Case Studies. Walkers taking part in The MoonWalk Scotland 2022
• The Holyboobs team – Christina McKelvie MSP, Christine Jardine MP, Monica Lennon MSP and Gillian MacKay MSP. Christina McKelvie has recently been treated for breast cancer
• Nina Barough CBE, Founder and Chief Executive of Walk the Walk
• Decorated bras inspired by this year’s “Your Hero” theme
• Edinburgh lights up pink: Edinburgh landmarks will light up pink in support of The MoonWalk, including Radisson Blu Hotel, Balmoral Hotel, Camera Obscura

Contact Walk the Walk regarding interview opportunities prior to the event

To arrange interviews and for media accreditation, contact:

• Lisa Tyrrell 07554 337566 [email protected]
• Jen Broh 07974 107999 [email protected]