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Macmillan Coffee Morning (formerly World's Biggest Coffee Morning) is an annual fundraising event run by Macmillan Cancer Support where people across the UK host and attend Coffee Mornings in aid of Macmillan. Since 1990 it has raised over £310 million for Macmillan. [1]
Macmillan Cancer Support merged with cancer information charity Cancerbackup in 2008. Macmillan works in partnership with other cancer research organisations and is a partner of the National Cancer Research Institute. Macmillan is part of the Richmond Group of Charities, which is a coalition of 14 leading health and social care organisations in ...
Douglas Macmillan was born on 10 August 1884, in Castle Cary, Somerset, the seventh of eight children of William Macmillan (1844–1911) and his wife Emily, formerly White (1843–1937). His father became managing director of John Boyd & Co. (manufacturers of horsehair-based products), was a Somerset County Alderman, and for 15 years edited and ...
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In 1947, Sidney Farber founded the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.The following year he launched the Jimmy Fund to raise money to support the hospital. [9] [10] The fund was named after a patient who was named "Jimmy" to protect his identity – his real name was Einar Gustafson and his identity was revealed in 1998.
Investments of relatively small amounts of money were riskier and more costly for lenders, which put small businesses seeking loans at a disadvantage. [8] While the report dedicated only 300 words to such a disparity, [9] the term Macmillan Gap is the most enduring part of the report. [8] It was also one of the few recommendations which were ...
The festival serves to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society [19] and includes events such as carrot tossing, games, red-head themed films, and markets. [20] While the event is meant for red heads to unite, it is open to people of all hair colours and even includes events like red hair dyeing. The event was cancelled in December 2016. [21]