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"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" - Community Christmas prize draw

Posted 3 days ago

by Ellen B - Macmillan

As the nights draw in and each day ends, we get closer and closer to Christmas. It’s a time where we often look back and reflect on the year that’s been and think of the things we’re grateful for and we're grateful for you - the thousands of members who make this site the true community that it is. To mark that, we’d like to be able to give a little...
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News from the Community Team - Our new Notification Button

Posted 6 days ago

by Rachel - Macmillan

Hi everyone, We thought we would use today's Community News Blog to communicate an exciting new development on the Community. You may have already noticed this on your profile, but you should now be able to see a button labelled ‘Notifications’ when you log into the Community. This is our new notification button. This means that anytime anyone interacts...
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'My consultant's favourite quote was, "It's not a walk in the park, but it's doable" Mouth Cancer Awareness Month- Chris's story

Posted 9 days ago

by Rachel - Macmillan

As the end of November draws in so does the end of Mouth Cancer Awareness Month which takes place every November in the UK. To mark this, we have asked our Community Champion chris2012 a few questions about his experience of being diagnosed with mouth cancer. Why not take a look through Chris’s story? When were you first diagnosed with mouth cancer...
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'It is a much-loved family recipe'- Dining with an Ostomate: Spaghetti bolognese and carbonara

Posted 13 days ago

by Rachel - Macmillan

Debbie, our wonderful 'chef to ostomates' is back today with not one, but two delicious spaghetti recipes. All of Debbie’s recipes are, of course, designed with Ostomates in mind and in case you’ve missed any of her recipes to date, you can find them all in our Ileostomy, colostomy and stoma support group here . So why not put an apron on and get cooking...
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"It's heartwarming for me when I see in print that someone has wished me well...it's better than any pill I could take." - 'What the Community means to you...' Vol 1: tvman

Posted 17 days ago

by Rachel - Macmillan

Here on the Community News Blog we want to showcase just how much support, friendship and kindness is shared on this site every single day. To try and shine a light on this we are starting a new series called ‘ what the Community means to you…’ which looks at some of our member’s stories, how they came to find the Community and what it means to them...
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