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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Latest Posts

  • Winter Picture Festival - Let's get creating and sharing!

    Share your creativity, crafts and festive spirit as part of the Online Community's Winter Picture Festival.
  • Being your own advocate- Jules’ stage 4 lung cancer story

    November is lung cancer awareness month and today, we are sharing Jules’ story. Jules was diagnosed at 37 in November of 2021 with stage 4 lung cancer, which has since spread to her spine and pelvis. As her cancer is incurable, she relies on her three-monthly CT scans to tell her if she’s clear to have another three months to live.

    She continues to live life with her partner and son to the full, but constantly…

  • Mental Health Check in

    The words 'mental health check in' written in white on a picture of a calm blue sea with blue skies.

    It was World Mental Health Day on Sunday 10th October. Since then, there have been many conversations about our mental health. The Community is a place for these conversations to continue alongside being a source of support.

    Our Mental health and wellbeing are just as important as our physical health, so we should take the time to understand how we are feeling, and how we can look after ourselves.

    “Sorry about my long…