About Macmillan
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people living
with cancer. One in three of us will get cancer. Two million of us
are living with it. We are all affected by cancer. We can all help.
We are Macmillan.
As treatments improve, more and more people are living with
cancer in their daily lives. This means they need more than medical
help, they also need practical, emotional and financial
support.
Supporting People
We are a source of support, helping with all the things that
people affected by cancer want and need. It’s not only patients who
live with cancer, so we also help carers, families and communities.
We guide people through the system, supporting them every step of
the way. We fund nurses and other specialist health care
professionals and build cancer care centres. But we give so much
more than medical help.
People need practical support at home, so we provide anything
from some precious time off for a carer, to a lift to hospital.
People need emotional support, so we listen, advise and share
information though our helplines, websites and trained
professionals. People need financial help to cope with the extra
costs cancer can bring, so we give benefits advice, and grants for
anything from heating bills to travel costs. Together we listen, we
learn, we act to help people live with cancer.
Changing lives
We are a force for change, listening to people living with
cancer and working together to improve cancer care. People who live
with cancer are experts by experience. Together we use this
knowledge to make a positive difference to the lives of people
affected by cancer. This could be anything from getting a coffee
machine installed in a waiting room, to bringing about changes in
the law.
We fight discrimination – from challenging unfair travel costs
and insurance policies to improving the national benefits system.
Together we challenge the status quo, we push for change, we lead
the way.
We believe we can all help. We can raise money – through
marathons, coffee mornings, street collections, sponsored events.
We can give time – at cancer care centres, events, fundraising
groups. We can share experiences – online, in the media, with each
other.
Further info:
http://www.macmillan.org.uk
