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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  • Protecting your mental health on the Online Community

    The Online Community is a big source of support for lots of members. It can be a comfort to read that other members are going through a similar experience to you. However, it’s important to look after yourself online. Sometimes we may need different types of support depending on how we’re feeling. Sometimes it can be difficult to read posts where other people are talking about their experiences, even if those experiences…

  • Community downtime Monday 24th January

    Here at Macmillan we are currently doing some maintenance on our Online Community. This maintenance will help the Community to run more smoothly in the future and ensure that all our users get the best possible experience when using the site.

    For us to be able to complete this maintenance, the Online Community will experience some downtime.

    This means that you will not be able to log in or view the site while our teams…

  • Update from the Community team

    We just want to apologise that the Online Community was unavailable today. You should now be able to access the site as normal this evening.

    We know that many of our members may rely on our site for comfort and support each day. We hope we can reassure you that we will always communicate planned maintenance in advance. Sometimes the site will be unavailable longer than we expected. However, this is always because we are…