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.
Whether it’s drawing a picture, painting, writing a song or perhaps a poem, being creative is for many people a great way to improve your mental wellbeing. Having spoken to a lot of our Community members about their experiences, I often hear that being creative has helped provide them with an escape or diversions to where cancer’s no longer a central focus.
Our Express yourself group’s a space where members…
There is some planned maintenance taking place on Macmillan’s website on Thursday 20th July, from 7am-9.30am.
So that this essential maintenance can take place, the Online Community will experience some downtime. This means that members will not be able to log in, or join the Online Community, between 7am - 9.30am On Thursday 20th August 2023.
We know how important the Community is as a source of support for our members…
Hello there! It’s me again, Lass!
So it’s that time of year again when Macmillan are promoting their “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning”, and people everywhere are organising events, inviting people along, asking folks to bring along baked goods, and planning what they themselves are going to bake.
Now of course, there’s the old tried and tested favourites like: crispie cakes, butterfly buns…
