Fundraising is hugely important to Macmillan, without it Macmillan simply wouldn't exist.

£1,000
could pay for a Macmillan nurse for a week, helping people living with cancer and their families receive essential medical, practical and emotional support.

£537
could pay for a Macmillan social worker or family support worker for a week. They work with community and social services agencies to help people manage the social and practical problems of living with cancer.

£285
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that helps a family affected by cancer take a holiday and enjoy precious time together.

£200
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that helps a person living with cancer heat their home when they really need to.

£160 could pay for a Macmillan Grant that buys new clothes for someone experiencing a change in weight or body shape while undergoing cancer treatment, helping them feel better about the way they look.

£150
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that would make a significant contribution to the cost of a person’s travel to hospital for cancer treatment.

£90
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that buys fresh bedding for a person who is dealing with nausea, night sweats or incontinence because of their cancer treatment.

£85 could pay for a booklet about cancer, its treatment or aspects of
living with cancer in Easy Read format. This uses simple language and
illustrations for anyone who finds it difficult to read our standard booklets, such as people with learning disabilities, or people whose first language isn’t English.

£65
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that enables a person with cancer to purchase a microwave oven. This will make the preparation of food easier when they are experiencing treatment-related tiredness and fatigue.

£60
could pay for a Macmillan Grant that buys a good quality liquidiser for someone who can't eat solid food as a result of their cancer or treatment.

£50 could pay for a speaker to deliver a talk (for example, about cancer symptom management) to a self-help and support group.

£40 could help a cancer self-help and support group hold their first
meeting.

£28 could pay for a Macmillan nurse for an hour, helping people living with cancer and their families receive essential medical, practical and emotional support.

£24 could pay for 50 copies of our Lost for words: how to talk to someone with cancer booklet. This booklet is one of our most
popular resources as people can worry about what to say to others about their own or the others’ cancer diagnosis.

£15
could pay for a Macmillan social worker or family support worker for an hour. They work with community and social services agencies to help people manage the social and practical problems of living with cancer.

Every £10 we spend on our phone service could lead to our cancer support specialists helping people affected by cancer claim £390 in benefits they are entitled to.

£5
could pay for 14 copies of The cancer guide. This Macmillan booklet can help someone recently diagnosed with cancer, and their families, understand more about cancer, its treatment, and the help available.

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