In this blog, Faiza, one of our editorial assistants, focuses on the risk factors and possible causes of brain tumours, the symptoms that people generally experience, where to get more information and support, and more about what you can do for International Brain Tumours Awareness Week.

This week is International Brain Tumours Awareness Week, which is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of brain tumours…

Whether they’re helping make the London Olympics happen or popping to the shops for a neighbour, those who ‘volunteer’ make a big contribution to society and to helping others, and for the last six days we’ve been celebrating all their achievements as part of Volunteering Week!

If you want to volunteer and be part of something big, Macmillan’s summer internship scheme is now open! If you’d like…

To mark International Nurses’ Day, we thought we’d introduce you to one of the nurses working in our team. Happy nurses’ day, Hilary!

'Thanks very much. And happy birthday Florence Nightingale.'

So what do you do in Macmillan?
'Well, I work in the team that produces Macmillan’s cancer information. That’s the information written for people who are affected by cancer in some way. It covers different…

In our latest blog, our Information Access volunteer Nis looks at ways of keeping your heart healthy during and after cancer treatment.

This February, the British Heart Foundation is celebrating Heart Month. Heart Month aims to increase people’s awareness of how to keep their heart healthy. Looking after your heart is important for everyone. If you are having or recovering from cancer treatment, there are things you can…

This week is Anger Awareness Week, and our editorial assistant Amy-Louise has been speaking to some of our volunteer reviewers about the anger they have experienced as a result of being affected by cancer. In this blog, we also talk about coping with anger and how you could help a loved one with their anger.

Our reviewer Joyce spoke about how she felt angry after her treatment for mouth cancer, having been left unable…