Mother’s Day can be a difficult and emotional day for many people. In this blog, our intern Emily talks about how families can be affected by cancer and where to find support.
For many, Mother’s Day can be a challenging time. It may be your first year without a loved one or a time of uncertainty for your family. Whatever your situation, you are not alone and we have information and support to help you cope.…
In our last blog of 2017, editor Steven talks about the cancer information videos that we have produced this year.
It’s been a busy year for making videos. We kicked off 2017 by introducing the CID team and explaining how we produce our information. We covered everything from how it’s written, peer reviewed, edited and presented, right through to how it’s adapted for different audiences and different needs. The…
As autumn closes in, some of us start to think about staying in more often and eating fewer salads... but World Heart Day on September 29th reminded us that small changes can have a big impact. It’s the day where organisations around the globe encourage us to take better care of our hearts. It’s a scary fact that heart and circulatory diseases kill 1 in 4 people. But there are steps that we can all take to look after our…
Today is International Volunteer Day, on which we celebrate and raise awareness of all the volunteers who contribute so much. In this blog, written by our volunteer intern Helen, we talk about some of the ways you can volunteer with us, the Macmillan internship scheme and how volunteers help to make and review our cancer information.
At Macmillan, volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. We have over 200,000 volunteers…
Today for International Nurses Day, one of our information development nurses Ali shares five things she loves about her job.
I’ve been a nurse for 25 years. Since I qualified, I’ve worked in medical and haematology wards, been a clinical nurse specialist in haemato-oncology, and a nurse information specialist on a cancer helpline before joining Macmillan’s Cancer Information Development team.
I love…
