Benefits for Macmillan employees

Our benefits are about more than perks - they’re about helping you thrive. They include  flexible working, generous holiday allowance, health and wellbeing services, family leave, and financial support. Our benefits are built around what matters most to you. 

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Looking after you

Our benefits are designed  to support your wellbeing, development, and ability to thrive both in and outside of work.

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Enhanced holiday entitlement

Starting with 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), holiday increases by one extra day for each full year of service (up to 30 days). There are also 8 flexible Bank Holidays and an extra day off in December.   

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Annual leave buying and selling scheme

If you are full-time or part-time permanent staff, you can also buy up to 5 days additional leave in January to be paid and used throughout the year to give you the flexibility to suit your personal needs. If you do not use your additional 5 days we will buy the time back from you.

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Pension scheme

If you are a Macmillan employee, you can  join the pension scheme from your first day with us. Macmillan will match your contributions up to 7.5%. 

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Life insurance

Peace of mind for you and your loved ones, with life cover at 3 times your annual salary.   
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Interest free season ticket and gym loans

Manage the cost of your commute with interest-free loans to buy  annual season tickets for bus, train and London underground commuting. You can also get fitter for less with discounted gym access and optional loans to help cover membership fees. 
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Cycle to Work scheme and discount City Bike Hire Discount 

Save on the cost of a new bike and equipment through our tax-efficient salary sacrifice scheme. You can also get 32 to 42% off a yearly Santander Cycles membership, the UK’s first cycle to work scheme for city bike hire. Costs begin from just £1 per week and can be spread over 12 months. 
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Shopping Discounts

Access a wide variety of savings on shopping, travel, and everyday essentials through our employee discount platform. 
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A free will writing service for employees

Keeping an up to date will is one of the kindest things you can do for your loved ones. To help you with this, we provide free wills for all colleagues as part of our Free Will Service. This includes joint wills with a partner or spouse.
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One paid day a year to volunteer

Use a paid day each year to support Macmillan. You could support a Coffee Morning, turn up to cheer on our amazing fundraisers, or support a service. It’s one way we empower you to make a difference, inside and outside of work.   

Flexible working

We understand you’re more than your job. Whether you have caring responsibilities, you’re working on your personal development, or you need to flexibly manage your time better, we will work with you to create a schedule that works for you. Our Flexible Working Policy supports a healthy work-life balance - because flexibility isn’t a perk, it’s a priority.   

Depending on your role, you may have the option to: 

  • Compress your full-time hours into 4 days instead of 5. Or compress your full-time hours into 9 days instead of 10 days over a fortnight, so you have 1 day off every other week. 
  • Work from home. If you have an office-based role, you may be able to work from home full-time, or have a dual location arrangement, where you work partly from home and partly from a Macmillan office. 
  • Work part-time 
  • Job share (share a full-time role with another employee). 

Our head office is in London, and we have another office in Shipley.

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London (Head office)

The Forge, 3rd Floor, Bronze Building,
105 Sumner Street, London SE1 9HZ (See our London office on Google Maps)

Macmillan's Shipley office

Shipley

The Waterfront, 1st Floor,
Salt Mill Road, Shipley, BD17 7EZ (See our Shipley office on Google Maps)

Learning and development

We are passionate about supporting colleagues to achieve their full potential. Whether you’re building new skills or growing into a new role, we offer a wide range of resources to support your personal and professional development. 

Our learning and development offer includes: 
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Internal training

Existing training or learning which is created or hosted by Macmillan. This includes our offer for colleagues and employees who manage people. 

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External development or training

You can talk to your manager about getting the external training you might need for your personal development or to meet a specific technical or job specific skill. 
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Professional qualifications

To help you in your role and your future career, we provide funding for professional qualifications and industry recognised accreditations. 
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Apprenticeships

These are not just for new starters, apprenticeships are for everybody. With an apprenticeship, you can gain a qualification while  applying your learning on the job. 
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Mentoring

Access free mentoring relationships from people across Macmillan. You can also find a mentor working in another charities or  corporate organisation, through the Charity Mentoring Network. You can either register as a mentor or to receive mentoring. 
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Coaching

We have a pool of accredited coaches who have completed their qualifications in coaching and can support you with a specific development need. 

Other useful information

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Our hiring process
Macmillan values a positive, inclusive process, putting candidates at the heart of the hiring process. We hire for skills, potential, and values, ensuring a positive interview process.
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How we pay our people
Our colleagues each play a vital role in helping Macmillan reach everyone with cancer. We want to ensure they are supported to do their very best work.
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