Community News

These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.

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  • The Online Community Festive Quiz

    Do you know your holly from your mistletoe? Want a chance to receive a Macmillan pin badge for taking part?

    Welcome to the Online Community festive quiz!

    We thought it might be good to introduce a little fun into our Community News Blogs this December. However you're celebrating or if you don't follow any traditions at this time of year, we hope you will enjoy taking part.

    Find out more below, or go straight to…

  • Look out for our improvements!

    An image of daffodils growing in nature

    It’s been a little while since we last posted about our plans for improving the site. In today’s news blog, we’re telling you about five improvements which will be coming to the site within the next few weeks. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment in the comments section below and one of the team will get back to you.

    ‘Latest’ hyperlink in forums

    First up, we have the ‘Latest…

  • "How are you?" - Counselling support for people living with cancer

    “How are you?”

    We all know this question can sometimes be a tricky one to answer. We also know it’s important to ask others how they are feeling, but don’t always take the time to ask ourselves how we are doing.  

    Often, we brush off the question with a quick ‘Yes fine thanks, how’re you?’ but maybe it’s time to take a moment to really think about how you are feeling and whether you have the right…