Community Updates

  • Community News : Coping with loneliness over the holidays

    Loneliness is something we see members of the Community talk about throughout the year in our Community forums. Feelings of loneliness are often experienced when you have cancer as you may not have told anyone about your diagnosis or told them how you are coping.

    This time of year can be difficult for many people for lots of reasons and not alone if you’re struggling. Hopefully, this blog will provide some comfort as…

  • Community News : Showing your support over the festive season

    With the festive season often being a time of giving, we are sharing some guidance for how you can give support online, or in person at this time of year. Recently there have been discussions about different Christmas gift ideas for someone with cancer, and what to say in a greeting card. We thought we would share a few ideas from these discussions as a guide to help you show support to someone living with cancer this…

  • Community News : Online Community downtime: Thursday 13th October 2022- 7am to 9am

    There is some planned maintenance taking place on Macmillan’s website on Thursday 13th October, from 7am-9am.

    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 - 9am On Thursday 13th October2022.

    We know how important the Community is as a source of support for our members…

  • Community News : Finding Cancer Support Online – Where do I start?

    We know from our Online Community that dealing with cancer can be overwhelming. People with cancer and their family members, or loved ones, often look for emotional support and practical advice or ways to get involved with others for cancer support online.

    With Macmillan’s Online Community, you have come to the right place to talk to others who understand. Here you can find peer support and talk to other people with…

  • Community News : Online Community downtime: Thursday 18th August 2022- 7am to 9am

    There is some planned maintenance taking place on Macmillan’s website on Thursday 21st July, from 7am-10am.

    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 - 9am On Thursday 18th August 2022.

    We know how important the Community is as a source of support for our members…

  • Community News : Online Community downtime: Thursday 21st July 2022- 7am to 10am

    There is some planned maintenance taking place on Macmillan’s website on Thursday 21st July, from 7am-10am.

    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 - 10am On Thursday 21st July 2022.

    We know how important the Community is as a source of support for our members…