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Macmillan Cancer Relief
 Macmillan
Cancer Relief is a national charity which provides invaluable
support to people with cancer and their families by providing
treatment, care, information and support from the moment of
diagnosis onwards. All it's work, which is at the forefront
of developing and improving cancer care in the UK, is completely
funded by donations from the public.
Macmillan is famous for it's Macmillan nurses, of which there
are now over 2,000 working in the UK. Macmillan funds each
nurse for three years before funding is taken over by the
NHS. However, Macmillan continues to provide specialist support
and training for all its postholders and they continue to
be 'Macmillan' Nurses. Macmillan Nurses fulfil a huge variety
of roles in treatment and care including offering advice on
symptoms, treatments and control of side effects and pain.
In addition they are highly regarded for the emotional support
they offer to patients and their families, encouraging them
to continue to live their lives as fully as possible despite
their illness.
Macmillan's work does not stop with providing nurses. We
also fund Macmillan Doctors and a large variety of other medical
professionals, including physiotherapists, occupation therapists
and dieticians to name but a few. In addition, Macmillan builds
dedicated centres to help ease the experience of receiving
treatment for cancer by making the environment as welcoming
and
comfortable as possible.
Macmillan also help patients and families in financial difficulty
as a result of their illness through it's patient grant scheme.
In 1999 over £5 million was distributed to applicants,
for example to pay for increased heating bills or for a convalescent
break. Another key part of its work is to provide information
to patients and their families, to ensure they are as fully
informed as possible about their treatment, which helps ease
the fears surrounding cancer. Publications include the Cancer
Guide and many other leaflets. They also run an Information
Line on 0845601 6161.
Macmillan helps over 200,000 new patients every year and requests
for it's services are escalating.
They deserve our support.
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In
these days of multi million pound transfers and players earning
anything up to GBP100k per week. It may surprise you to know
that all is not rosy in the football garden, clubs at all
levels are struggling to survive. This is even more true of
the clubs at the grass root level who provide such a vital
service to higher levels of football by providing the stars
of the future, with a place to play. The clubs of non league
football struggle to attract supporters through their turnstiles
and consequently the financial support of major sponsors because
of the overwhelming interest in the Premier League fuelled
by the media.
