To mark Sun Safety Awareness Month, Melanoma UK is shining a spotlight on the dangers of over-exposure to UV rays, with support from global healthcare creative agency, Havas Lynx, and online travel specialist, icelolly.com.
The bold new creative campaign marks the start of an exciting new partnership between Melanoma UK and leading holiday comparison and deals website, icelolly.com, aimed at encouraging people to stay safe in the sun, both abroad and in the UK.
Taking an upbeat and vibrant approach, Havas Lynx’s colourful campaign artwork is designed to stand out in the saturated world of social media – a world in which users scroll their feeds at lightning speed.
Its mission is to educate people about the every-day domestic scenarios in which UV is present – walking in the city, visiting parks, driving with the car windows open etc. Simple but impactful, the letters U and V in the word “LUV” are highlighted to remind people that whatever activities they love during the British Summer, protection against UV rays is still essential.
icelolly.com has pledged to commit to a long-term partnership with Melanoma UK, kicking off with a competition to win an all-inclusive family holiday to Tenerife, aimed at encouraging people to engage with the campaign.
Commenting on its new partnership with Melanoma UK, icelolly.com CEO, Richard Singer, said:“Holidays are about creating lasting memories for the right reasons, not the wrong reasons. We’re looking forward to working with this important charity on their Sun Safety Campaign and help raise awareness of the need to take care of ourselves and our family with a view to avoiding short term problems such as dehydration, sun stroke and sunburn and, longer term, to prevent skin cancer.”
Havas Lynx CCO, Tom Richards, said: “On the whole people are prepared for days out at the beach and obviously sunny locations, but Havas wanted to raise awareness of the dangers in less obvious situations, such as when we’re out and about in cities, parks, family picnics etc. “British sun can be harmful – even on overcast days – that’s the hidden danger of UV rays. The creative is deliberately visually-led, punchy and fun, focusing on the positives of sunshine – but enjoyed safely.“Pushing the campaign live in August during Sun Safety Awareness month targets families over the summer holidays and around bank holidays. We’re also including tips on how to be sun safe through all of the partner’s web and social channels.”
Commenting on the campaign, Melanoma UK’s, Diane Cannon, said: “As always, we’re so grateful for the support of our amazing corporate partners. Havas Lynx has once again created a high impact, dynamic and interactive campaign which helps us to spread the word on the importance of sun protection both at home and abroad.“We’re delighted that icelolly.com has agreed to work with us ongoing, so this campaign is really just the start of much bigger things to come. Watch this space!”
According to Melanoma UK, Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, and critically is more common than many other cancers (eg breast cancer, bowel cancer, lung cancer) in patients in their 20s, 30s and 40s. By 2030 Melanoma will be alongside the top five cancers.
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About icelolly.com
icelolly.com compares more holiday deals than any other website in the UK. With more than 20 million visitors each year and one of the largest Social followings in travel,icelolly.com allows customers to compare and save on millions of package holidays, cruises, UK breaks and more from leading travel companies. Named the UK’s fastest growing holiday comparison website according to Hitwise, icelolly.com’s growing stature as one of the UK’s leading travel brands was recognised by customers and the industry alike in 2018 – a trend which has continued into 2019. The company was named ‘Rising Brand of the Year 2018’ at the Travolution Awards, also winning for ‘Best Use of Social Media’; ‘Travel & Tourism eCommerce Website of the Year 2018’ at the Northern eCommerce Awards; and won the award for ‘Innovation in Integration: Combining Tech Powers’ at the 2018 dotmailer Email Marketing Awards: the dotties. It was also named ‘Best Website’ at the Northern Digital Awards 2019 and recognised as Travel Brand of the Year (<£25m) at the Travel Marketing Awards 2019.