| Philosophy | The Shop That Nearly Wasn’t opened in Dublin and online on World Cancer Day 4th February. Stocking products from creative and innovative cancer survivors of all ages and from all walks of life, from dance superstar Michael Flatley, award-winning children’s authors Peter Donnelly and Nicola Pierce, film director Stephen Bradley, artists Monika Crowley and Kevin Griffin and more. It showcases a range of books, photography, sports equipment, jewellery, art and gifts that have all been designed or made by a cancer survivor, now here because of cancer research. The stories behind the products are captured instore and through a series of filmed interviews with the makers. Their passionate call for more funding for cancer research was played in the shop and across social and online channels. A week of Events That Nearly Weren’t in The Shop That Nearly Wasn’t – talks, yoga classes, flower-arranging, artist engagements - all by cancer survivors created further engagement and encouraged repeat visits. At every point, we repeated one simple mantra: More research. More survivors. Results Engagement on Breakthrough Cancer Research’s social media pages increased by 1200% with more than 52,000 engaging with the campaign in the first days alone. It had a reach of more than 2.5 million. Website visits were up by 297%, with 67.5k engagements, up 10,500% and a reach of 1.9m. Calls and email enquiries to Breakthrough Cancer Research increased by 125%. Over the week thousands visited the shop, travelling from all over Ireland and the U.K. Breakthrough Cancer Research is working with cancer research organisations around the globe to open The Shop That Nearly Wasn't in worldwide locations in 2021 |