{"id":35622,"date":"2026-07-04T23:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35622"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:15:21","slug":"paint-abingdon-pink-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35622","title":{"rendered":"Paint Abingdon Pink 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070408.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAbingdon&#8217;s Market Place was full of colour today for the annual &#8216;Paint Abingdon Pink&#8217; event, organised in support of the Abingdon-based charity Against Breast Cancer. First launched in 2009, this event raises both awareness and funds for breast cancer research. This year&#8217;s event had a lively atmosphere, colourful stalls, a full programme of entertainment and lots of memorable characters,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070400.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nstarting with the Chair of Trustees of Against Breast Cancer &#8211; recognisable in his pink hat and bow tie, with a clip board to make sure things happened in time and order.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070400d.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Grim Dark Gaming Society, based at Paws and Play, also helped promote and organise the event. Here is one of their members with the bubble machine.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070400f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe first act I saw was belly dancing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070402.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOne vehicle caught my eye. At first glance I thought it was a police car for children to explore, but it turned out to be a look a like car from the film &#8216;Hot Fuzz&#8217;, with look a like actors.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070404.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere were also visits from other galaxies, like Darth Vader<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070403.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nand Chewbacca, seen here with two earthlings collecting money in pink buckets.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070405.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere were Mr Hemmings&#8217; Traditional Abingdon Morris Dancers who have their day of dance around the town centre next Saturday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070406.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAshnah Tribal Dancers brought colour and energy with their performance.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070409.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nLocal favourites, The Undercovers, were on stage for an hour with a set of cover songs.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026070411a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBut the day was about much more than fun and entertainment. Fiona, who runs the Compassionate Caf\u00e9, read a series of poems reflecting the experiences of women living with breast cancer, those who had survived, and those who had not. It was a reminder of why everyone had come together: to support a charity dedicated to funding research that will help more people survive in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abingdon&#8217;s Market Place was full of colour today for the annual &#8216;Paint Abingdon Pink&#8217; event, organised in support of the Abingdon-based charity Against Breast Cancer. First launched in 2009, this event raises both awareness and funds for breast cancer research. This year&#8217;s event had a lively atmosphere, colourful stalls, a full programme of entertainment and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}