Macmillan Cancer Support

I'm Paul.

And I'm Carly, and you have been listening to the Cancer Professionals Podcast by Macmillan Cancer Support.

And Well, what I'm going to do, I'm going to read what Greg sent me because it's easier than me trying to remember it.

So Macmillan Cancer Support provide practical, financial and emotional support to people affected by cancer and their families.

The Pool Marathon is a Macmillan fundraising initiative, and for Greg Techner, our team leader, it was too good an opportunity to turn down.

A chance to support a great cause with a pool table all racked up and ready to go.

And I guess there's sort of lots of parallels here, aren't there, with sort of the medical profession in terms of, you know, when you have a diagnosis, for example, being in the right frame of mind to be able to sort of understand that and then sort of make some choices to help you move forward.

So I see there's some quite interesting parallels to, say, the work that, say, like Macmillan Cancer Relief do in terms of helping people come to terms with those problems.

sorts of things and for many people it will be you know a significant shock that when they find out about these project ideas in the same way that perhaps a health diagnosis can be for some people too so you mentioned um at tom i think in the description of the program um that it includes training for developers does that include discussions on when to engage and sort of timing type considerations or avoiding anxiety by not communicating too early that you know those sorts of considerations

Yes, it does.

A new favourites tool also lets users save and organise products, although generated images may not accurately reflect appearance or fit.

New Look announced a two-year partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support following a staff vote.

Employees have already raised several thousand pounds, while customers can contribute through online donations and at-store tills.

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Definitely a big advocate for just studying what you enjoy.

But my first kind of Macmillan job was actually a Macmillan Cancer Support Navigator at Charing Cross Hospital.

So it's the first port of call for patients and their families for any queries, almost like a triage service, if you like, which was incredibly rewarding.

But also I found it quite hard to switch off emotionally at the end of the day.

And I'm Emma.

And you've been listening to the Cancer Professional Podcast by Macmillan Cancer Support.

They're a useful tool for helping people lose weight, and for people to get the best cancer treatment, we need to know all the information, and we can have those conversations with people.

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I'm Carly, and you have been listening to the Cancer Professionals Podcast by Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Once the ceremony was complete and everybody had moved on to the wake, Bush would sneak back to the pot, inform the priest or person responsible that he was taking it to the relevant charity, before placing it in the back of his car and driving off.

Between the years of 2020 and 2024 alone, he stole between £5,400 and £13,500 in cash that was intended for Macmillan Cancer Support, Help for Heroes, Dogs Trust, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Salvation Army, as well as seven other major UK charities.

Each time his method was the same, telling families that he would take care of it before keeping the cash boxes for himself.

They trusted this respected figure and they had no reason to doubt him or question it further.

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Sean Barber is SEO manager at Macmillan Cancer Support and host of the Search With Sean podcast.

Find out more over at searchwithsean.com. Sean, thanks so much for being part of SEO in 2026.

Thank you.