CARL SARGEANT AM SUPPORTS MACMILLAN’S WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING
This Friday, Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, will be joining thousands of people across the UK in attending an event for Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – an exciting fund-raising an awareness-raising campaign to make a difference to the lives of people living with cancer. Mr Sargeant will be attending a special coffee morning at Bryn Deva Primary School.
Last year over 50,000 people held a coffee morning to help people living with cancer. Together with their friends, families, school friends and colleagues they raised an incredible £7.5 million. This year the goal is to raise £8.5 million to help support more people living with cancer.
Mr Sargeant said: “There are three times as many people in Britain living with cancer than there were 30 years ago. In fact over a million people have had a cancer diagnosis, and it is frightening to think that one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives.
“With improvements in screening, diagnosis and treatment, more and more people are being diagnosed earlier and living with cancer for longer. They're often spending less time in hospital and more time at home. “When you have cancer, it has an impact on every aspect of your life - from your emotions to your finances. And as you learn to cope with the shock and distress of diagnosis and the changes cancer can bring, you need a range of support - and so do their family and friends. That's where Macmillan comes in. Macmillan does a fantastic job in supporting people with cancer and their loved ones in so many ways. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is a great way for us to raise some money for Macmillan and to say “Thank you” for all that they do.
“Coffee mornings all over the country will fund vital information and counselling centres, specialist Macmillan medical staff, buildings for cancer treatment and care, and grants for patients in financial difficulties.”
This Friday, Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, will be joining thousands of people across the UK in attending an event for Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – an exciting fund-raising an awareness-raising campaign to make a difference to the lives of people living with cancer. Mr Sargeant will be attending a special coffee morning at Bryn Deva Primary School.
Last year over 50,000 people held a coffee morning to help people living with cancer. Together with their friends, families, school friends and colleagues they raised an incredible £7.5 million. This year the goal is to raise £8.5 million to help support more people living with cancer.
Mr Sargeant said: “There are three times as many people in Britain living with cancer than there were 30 years ago. In fact over a million people have had a cancer diagnosis, and it is frightening to think that one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives.
“With improvements in screening, diagnosis and treatment, more and more people are being diagnosed earlier and living with cancer for longer. They're often spending less time in hospital and more time at home. “When you have cancer, it has an impact on every aspect of your life - from your emotions to your finances. And as you learn to cope with the shock and distress of diagnosis and the changes cancer can bring, you need a range of support - and so do their family and friends. That's where Macmillan comes in. Macmillan does a fantastic job in supporting people with cancer and their loved ones in so many ways. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is a great way for us to raise some money for Macmillan and to say “Thank you” for all that they do.
“Coffee mornings all over the country will fund vital information and counselling centres, specialist Macmillan medical staff, buildings for cancer treatment and care, and grants for patients in financial difficulties.”
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