Last week saw Macmillan and other charities come together to celebrate and raise awareness of the amazing work people providing care and support to friends and family with cancer do. It was a week packed full of events and meetings with some haranguing of politicians thrown into the mix.
We began our week by attending an event in the House of Commons with the inspirational community member Hiloa, who while primarily…
This week is Carers Week.
Yesterday afternoon I accompanied a very lovely and very impressive young woman, Lucy, from the Macmillan Public Affairs team to the House of Commons to talk to MPs about Carers and why it is so important to identify "hidden carers".
I was way out of my comfort zone, being far more of a "backroom" kind of person, but this is something I feel passionately about, even…
I get asked sometimes why I volunteer for Macmillan. Everyone has their own reason for being a volunteer - I volunteer because I like being part of a group of people working together to make things happen.
And Macmillan has really been making things happen recently. So this blog is about the successes we’ve had and to thank everyone who’s been involved - we made this happen!
Better support for carers
Many…
Do you have any examples of care that could have been done better, more efficiently or didn’t need to be done at all?
At Macmillan I’ve been thinking a lot about cancer care and the health and social care workforce. But to help us better understand what needs to change, I want to hear from you about your experiences:
