The Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride will take place on Sunday 4th July, 2010. Once again the ride is sponsored by Sunseeker International, supported by Primera Sport, and promoted by it's media partner the Daily Echo and Dorset Echo.

Macmillan's ambition is to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. One in three of us will get cancer at some point in our lives. 2 million of us are living with it. We are all affected by cancer.

As treatments improve, more and more people are living with cancer in their daily lives. This means they need more than medical help, they also need practical, emotional and financial support.

We are a source of support, helping with all the things that people affected by cancer want and need. It's not only patients who live with cancer, we also help carers, families and communities. We guide people through the system, supporting them every step of the way. We fund nurses and other specialist health care proffesionals and build cancer care centres. But we give so much more than medical help.

People need practical support at home, so we provide anything from some serious time off for a carer, to a lift to hospital. People need emotional support, so we listen, advise and share information through our CancerLine, website, support groups and trained proffesionals. People need financial help to cope with the extra costs cancer can bring, so we give benefits advance, and grants for anything from heating bills to travel costs.

We are a force for change, listening to people affected by cancer and working together to improve cancer care. People who live with cancer are experts by experience. Together we use this knowledge to make a positive difference to the lives of people affected by cancer. This could be anything from getting a coffee machine installed in a waiting room, to bringing about changes in the law.

We fight discrimination - from challenging unfair travel costs and insurance policies to improving the national benefits system. Together we challenge the status quo, we push for change and we lead the way.

With your help, we can do more.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Thanks,

Matt :-)