Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity
Mani Syal is a fashion professional with a diverse background in design and styling, currently volunteering at Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity since May 2023. Previous experience includes roles as a Studio Assistant at London Contour Experts from June to December 2023, and as a Fashion Designer at Kalyani Innerwear from February 2021 to August 2022. Mani has also worked as a Menswear Designer at Jap Impex from April 2019 to October 2020, and held fashion design positions at Clovia Lingerie, where contributions spanned from October 2018 to March 2019 and through a design internship in June 2017. Additional experience as a Fashion Stylist was gained at Prasad Bidapa Associates in India from January to April 2017. Mani's educational background includes a Master of Arts in Contour Fashion Innovation from De Montfort University and a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion/Apparel Design from Pearl Academy.
Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity
Future Dreams Breast Cancer charity has three main aims: • Support • Awareness • Research The charity, founded in 2008 by Sylvie and Danielle Henry, has worked tirelessly to ensure that more people are aware of breast cancer and that no-one should have to go through breast cancer alone. It has raised over £7.6m to date and in excess of £2m has been applied to research into breast cancer. 1 in 7 women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes. It is estimated that there is a diagnosis of breast cancer every ten minutes. Future Dreams wants to ensure that checking for signs of breast cancer becomes second nature. Generally, the earlier the diagnosis, the better the outcome. Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity has a number of initiatives to help support those touched by breast cancer. These include • A major donation to Breast Cancer to provide a respite centre in central London; such centre to also provide a national virtual support service; • The donation of thousands of care packages during the pandemic to breast cancer patients in hospital • A corporate education programme, designed to educate employees of all sizes of corporates, involving survivor experience and practical help in learning how to spot signs of breast cancer • A helpline provided by a breast cancer survivor, offering one-on-one support; the “Ask Amanda” service. Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity is growing and as well as supporting other breast cancer charities has started to provide direct services to this affected by this disease.