Macmillan in Greater Manchester

Macmillan improves the lives of people affected by cancer locally. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan in Greater Manchester.

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Macmillan works with the NHS and other health and social care partners in your area to improve the lives of people affected by cancer today.

Thanks to the generosity of Macmillan supporters, local people affected by cancer and their families are being helped by more than  185 Macmillan nurses , doctors and specialists throughout Greater Manchester. Find out more| .

Fundraising as a workplace. | Macmillan Cancer Support can help you to meet your business objectives and corporate social responsibility requirements while improving the lives of people affected by cancer. Find out more online| or contact Marie Turnbull on 01925 846 750 or mturnbull@macmillan.org.uk| .

We have lots of volunteering opportunities in your local area. To find out more, please get in touch.

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More about Macmillan in Greater Manchester

Macmillan works with the NHS and other health and social care partners in your area to improve the lives of people affected by cancer today.

Thanks to the generosity of Macmillan supporters, local people affected by cancer and their families are being helped by more than  185 Macmillan nurses , doctors and specialists throughout Greater Manchester. These include dieticians, speech and language therapists and welfare benefits advisers to name but a few, all helping people in hospitals and in the community within the region.

Macmillan have information managers at Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital and Trafford General Hospital providing  a service which offers support and advice to people worried about any aspect of cancer. There are also books, leaflets and fact sheets in all 22 libraries in Greater Manchester and manned information points in North City Library in Harpurhey, Gorton Library and Forum Library in Wythenshawe where the general public can make personal appointments with a member of the Macmillan team and talk in complete confidence.

Macmillan also have carers schemes in Bury, Central Manchester and Stockport. These schemes provide help and support for Carers of people living with cancer and their families and give more choice to be cared for at home.

We have benefits advisors throughout Greater Manchester, each one of them helping  around 200 people per annum to access the benefits they are entitled to.

We also give financial grants and in 2008 we gave over £612,000 to 1,643 people in the Greater Manchester area who were experiencing financial difficulties due to their diagnosis.

At this moment in time we reach every other person affected by cancer. We need your continuing support to help us reach everyone affected by cancer in Greater Manchester.