On the 2nd February 2018 Solmedia team took part in the annual Cake Sale, raising money for MacMillan Cancer Support raising over £80. The team came together to bake lots of yummy sweet treats to enjoy together with a nice cup of tea (or coffee) and chat.
Every year we participate in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. As specialists in Pathology laboratory equipment and consumables, we have the privilege and honour of supporting hundreds of our amazing customers who dedicate their lives to the research in cancers and treatments and look after the lives of those who are living with the disease whilst also supporting those around them.
Macmillan Cancer Research
Macmillan Cancer Support is a charity that is very close to our hearts who are 98% funded by voluntary donations and goes towards people who are living with cancer. That includes patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, their friends and family who are supporting and affected by their loved ones with cancer as well as providing healthcare professionals with up-to-date recourses and training to care and support cancer patients in addition to supporting the research that goes on behind the scenes to help beat cancer.
Right now, the number of people diagnosed with cancer in the UK is 3 million, but this is projected to rise to 4 million by 2030. This rapidly growing number of people diagnosed with cancer need access to vital support from day one of their diagnosis, but our healthcare system needs help and it’s failing people with cancer.
NHS cancer waiting times are dangerously long for tests and treatment. Over the last decade, at least 100,000 people have seen their cancer progress, or get worse due to these delays. The good news is, that Macmillan are here to do whatever it takes to help ensure people with cancer can live life to the fullest, but we can’t do it alone.
Their donations help Macmillan deliver personalised cancer support and also fight for the interests of cancer patients by holding UK governments to account and urging them to make the investments the system needs.