It’s not often that boys get encouraged to wear pink nail varnish but at Loreto it’s helped raise nearly £200 for cancer charities.

The College Charities Group ran its Pink and Blue Day to fundraise for Breast Cancer and Everyman Prostate Cancer, two very worthy causes working to help cancer sufferers around the country.

The blue and pink day saw roles of the sexes reversed, where boys wore pink in support of breast cancer, and girls wore blue in support of prostate cancer. Blue and pink ribbons were also sold for students wanting to show their support.

The day was a huge success; cakes made by the charities group were soon bought up from the Ellis and Kennedy Building. In addition many male students had their nails painted pink in the spirit of good hearted charitable giving.

As well raising money the day aimed to promote awareness of breast and prostate cancers which are very common cancers. Each year 36,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and around 45,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Photos by Hanan Abdimalik and words by Naomi Gaskin (Loreto Journalism Club)