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  • Vote cancer support - end of life care

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Have you contacted your local MP yet to get them to vote cancer support? If not here is one reason to.   We are calling for the next government to ensure that everyone who is nearing the end of their life and wants to die at home is able to.  We know that this would be the preference for the majority of people however at the moment it is far from reality. Around half of people who die of cancer die in hospital despite there…

  • Macmillan campaigns in Parliament to help cancer patients in fuel poverty

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Being grilled as a witness in front of a Parliamentary Select Committee is a big deal.  To be invited to give oral evidence means that what you’re saying is being taken seriously by the people who matter.
     
    It is an even bigger deal to Macmillan when the issue the Committee is thinking about is so important to the lives of so many cancer patients and their families and carers.
     
    So it was with some trepidation…

  • Blue Badges for parking- your views

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello everyone- several people have mentioned to the campaigns team that being able to get a temporary blue badge for parking would be of real benefit for them at certain times during their treatment. This would enable patients in pain and discomfort to park in much more easily accessible parking spaces. Currently the blue badge system is for people with permanent mobility problems rather than temporary.

    We are interested…

  • Admin blog: To All Our Members With Love!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello Everyone,

    No matter the weather (I mean that litterally!), everyone on this site shows both new and old members loads of love and support,so we wanted to show our appreciation in return.

    As we really value your efforts to make this the warmest community online we are dedicating these five beautiful love songs to all for Valentines weekend.

    After a lot of umming and arrhing between us, we have narrowed them…

  • Fuel poverty – Macmillan lobbies parliament

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    I guess I should start with an introduction as this is my first blog post: I’m Jeremy and I work in the campaigns, policy and public affairs team.
    I had heard of Macmillan’s campaign to freeze out fuel poverty before I had even started. For a while now Macmillan has been drawing attention to the fact that many people with cancer fall into fuel poverty because of their illness. Evidence shows that people living…
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