Community Group of the Year and Charity Champion or Volunteer of the Year nomination – Terrible Titties and Other Bitties and Rachael Jordan

Community Group of the Year and Charity Champion or Volunteer of the Year nomination – Terrible Titties and Other Bitties and Rachael Jordan

Rachael Jordan and Natasha Moore set up a breast cancer support group together after meeting during their treatment and discovering a need for more post-treatment support.

Terrible Titties and Other Bitties quickly became a registered charity, based in Staffordshire but helping hundreds of women around the UK.

Wellness retreats, days out, monthly meetups, awareness talks, activities, prison visits and providing equipment and chemo boxes to local hospitals are just some of the practical and holistic ways help is offered for women diagnosed with breast cancer. An annual black tie charity ball raised £27,000 last year alone.

Sadly Natasha passed away after being diagnosed with secondary cancer but Rachael has continued with Terrible Titties and Other Bitties, supported by a board of trustees who are all fellow breast cancer survivors.

Rachael, originally from Stoke-on-Trent but now living in Stafford, has been nominated for the Your Heroes Awards by fellow trustee Rachel Millar.

Rachel said: “Under Rachael’s leadership the charity has gone from strength to strength. She lost her partner in crime, Tash, to this dreadful disease and instead of giving up she gathered likeminded women around her and forged forward.

“She is a force to be reckoned with and at the heart of everything she does are the members, her ladies, her terrible titties. On her shoulder is Tash, willing her on to do bigger and better things. Tittie HQ is her house and ever day she is doing something Tittie related, she never stops.

“I was so lucky to have found Rachael and this charity when I was diagnosed in 2021. I have no idea where I would be without Rachael’s friendship and the support of this amazing and inspirational group of women. At the helm is ‘Our Big Tit’ Rachael. She is our hero.”

Mum-of-one Rachael, 55, combines running the charity with working as an operations manager.

She said: “I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. Treatment is a treadmill and once it’s finished you’ve got nothing, your whole world comes crumbling down. I found post-treatment was the time I struggled.

“Breast cancer massively changes you. I’m not the Rachael I was pre-cancer. You’re a different person and look at life differently.

“I met Natasha during treatment, she became my ‘breast’ friend and we started the group together. It keeps the memory of her alive and gives support to women who need it.

“There was a time when I thought I couldn’t keep doing it without her but I can and I did and I still do.”

The group began with five women and is currently supporting around 200 including in-person support to women in the Staffordshire area and online support to women around the UK.

Rachael added: “I’m shocked to be nominated for a Your Heroes Award. I’m a giver and I don’t see all the good that people say I do.”

Rachael Jordan has been nominated as a Charity Champion or Volunteer of the Year and Terrible Titties and Other Bitties has been nominated as a Community Group of the Year.