Leanne Pero
The Leanne Pero Foundation
She set up her dance company "The Movement Factory" when she was just 15 years old, since then she has successfully fundraised over half a million pounds to run community dance programs for young people all over London and is an official Nike London Partner.
After being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2016 at the age of 30 Leanne then set up her namesake charity that houses the infamous Black Women Rising Cancer Support programme that won The National Lottery Award for HEALTH in 2021 and now helps over 700 women of colour in the UK who have had a cancer diagnosis.
Leanne has also been featured in and on many media outlets such as The Telegraph, Marie Claire, The Voice, South London Press, The Express, The Sun, Metro and Guardian newspapers, she is also regularly interviewed for Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBC News and is annually featured on The Lorraine Show as part of their change and check awareness segment in breast cancer awareness month.
Leanne was named an MBE in the first King’s Honours list in June 2023.