Macmillan Cancer Support is once again preparing for its largest annual fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. In 2011 over £10 million was raised across the UK, and this year Macmillan wants to break that record and help even more people living with cancer.

The official date for the event is Friday 28th September 2012, however participants are reminded that they can hold their Coffee Morning for the charity on whatever date suits them best. 

Whether at home, in the church hall, at the village fete, on the beach or in your workplace, a Coffee Morning for Macmillan can take place anywhere you choose. It’s all about having fun, eating cake and making a big difference. Even £1 can help cancer patients and their loved ones across the region and beyond receive vital medical, practical, financial or emotional support.

Helen Chapman, Fundraising Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support said: ‘Last year over £300,000 was raised in Norfolk from 1,700 events. It would be wonderful if readers who have held events before could go one step further by raising an extra £30 at their events. If everyone did this we could potentially raise a further £50,000 – enough for a Macmillan nurse for a year!’

Currently 2 million people in the UK are living with cancer, and as treatments improve this is likely to double to 4 million by 2030. Macmillan needs your support now more than ever.

Macmillan is most famous for its nurses but we do provide other support including a free phone line for anyone affected by cancer, financial support for things like hospital trips and we also campaign for better cancer care. So every cup of coffee on 28th September really will count.

Registrations are now open. Go to www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee or call 0845 602 1246 to receive your free fundraising pack and help make 2012’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning the biggest one ever for Macmillan Cancer Support.

About Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer, providing practical, medical, emotional and financial support. Working alongside people affected by cancer, Macmillan works to improve cancer care. More than one in three of us get cancer. Two million of us are living with it. If you are affected by cancer Macmillan can help.

For more information about Macmillan Cancer Support, visit www.macmillan.org.uk or freephone 0800 500 800 for an information pack.