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  • Blog Post: Nationwide members – make your vote count

    If you’re a member of Nationwide, you can vote online in its AGM – and for each vote cast, they’ll donate 20p to Macmillan Cancer Support.This could mean a whopping £250,000 coming our way to help change the lives of people affected by cancer. Voting closes at 11am on Monday...
  • Blog Post: Duathlon webchat – Thursday 19 July

    Please note: This webchat has been rescheduled from 4 July. On Thursday 19 July, we’re hosting a webchat with Great British duathlete and Macmillan supporter Catriona Morrison. On 9 September, runners and cyclists will take to Richmond Park for this year’s London Duathlon . This...
  • Blog Post: It begins...

    Thank you to everyone who gave their feedback in my previous blog post. We have decided to join the Cheshire Walk on 5 th August as our first challenge. A month before the walk I will be changing my diabetes medication to a pump which is rather exciting, however to get use to it in time I need...
  • Blog Post: Cycling and fundraising after bowel cancer treatment

    This time last year I was still having treatment for bowel cancer. I'd had the chemoradiotherapy, I'd had the surgery and I was part way through adjuvant chemotherapy. The Oxaliplatin had made my blood counts plummet so it was Capecitibine for the rest of the course. Coming to the end of treatment...
  • Blog Post: Dave goes Miles for Macmillan

    Dave Gow has recently been treated for bowel cancer and is so grateful for the care he has received he’s decided to give something back by raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Although Dave didn’t require a Macmillan nurse he is aware that many other people affected by cancer do. He’s...
  • Blog Post: Race For Life 2012

    http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/stephanieheyes This is my fundraising page. I am doing the race for life along Blackpool Promenade this year! I will be running for family members who have lost their lives to cancer, myself as a cancer survivor and all the other fighters out there. I will be looking...
  • Blog Post: Guest post: Who would you invite to your perfect coffee morning?

    National Events Assistant Anna Hufton blogs about her dream coffee morning. Anna with World's Biggest Coffee Morning supporter Larry Lamb Hello! I’m Anna, I’m the National Events Assistant at Macmillan Cancer Support and this is my very first coffee morning blog. So here goes...
  • Blog Post: Ready, set….go!

    It seems like planning for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning never quite ends. Even before that year’s event is over, we’re starting to think about the next. And we’re not the only ones: back in February last year one of our hosts asked me what date the event would be in 2012...
  • Blog Post: Feed your friends, raise some money!

    Do you watch Come Dine with Me thinking you could do better? Do you love cooking up a storm in the kitchen and you see yourself as the host with the most? Why not host a dinner party for your friends and raise some money for us? Smooth Radio has joined with us to create the Smooth Radio Starlight...
  • Blog Post: Great Winter Run

    Brrr...luckily it's not been as chilly this winter. My girlfriend and I decided to do the Edinburgh Great Winter Run this January, which involves running a 5k round the rather spectacular Arthur's Seat extinct volcano. I'm spoilt really, as I actually live just a little way down the road...