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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 ...
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]
Harold John Burkhill BEM (born January 1939) is an English fundraiser who was awarded a British Empire Medal for his effort, particularly to fight cancer. Since 2007, he has been raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support under the moniker "Man with the Pram" while dressed in an outfit consisting of a green curly wig.
Queen Camilla has supported the hospice as its patron since 2006, and the King is a longtime patron of Macmillan Cancer Support, having visited the Macmillan Cancer Centre earlier this year for ...
The building was designed by Hopkins Architects, with fundraising by Christopher Moran of Crosby Hall, London. £10 million of the estimated £110 million cost was a donation by the charity Macmillan Cancer Support, hence the name of the building; other funders include the Teenage Cancer Trust. It has links to UCL Cancer Institute, to ensure ...
Concert at the Kings is an annual concert which takes place in the field to the rear of the Kings Arms pub in All Cannings near Devizes in Wiltshire, England. [1]Usually held in May, it is a charitable fundraiser for cancer charities and to date it has raised over £250,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support, Above And Beyond, and Hope For Tomorrow among many others.
The Macmillan 4x4 UK Challenge was an annual navigational endurance challenge event. It is open to any road legal 4x4 vehicle in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The event has run since 2002 over one weekend in March each year and consists of a series of on road treasure hunts interspersed with off-road challenges.
It was launched in September 2014 and is one of the Macmillan Ways, a group of paths created to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. [3] [4] It is fully waymarked, and a comprehensive guidebook comprising route directions, maps, photographs and an accommodation list has been published and can be obtained from Macmillan Ways Association. [5]