North Lanarkshire Provost Kenneth Duffy has welcomed the move to raise awareness for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month by lighting up the Civic Centre and the Arria Sculpture.November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, a type of cancer that affects 10,000 people in the UK each year.To help raise awareness, the Civic Centre in Motherwell and the Arria Sculpture will be lit up today (November 17).The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Determined to continue raising awareness, Fiona has made it her aim to light up as many landmarks as possible across Scotland.Fiona said: “My mum was an amazing woman who was well known and loved by everyone.
She lived every day as if it were her last. She was such a fun and lovable person.“The purple lights campaign (www.purplelightsuk.org) is something I became involved in last year as I feel it’s a really good way to raise awareness of this horrific disease.“People see the lights and wonder why they are purple so google.
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