1. Explain what this means.

2. Today we’re going to talk about a very special event!
Our school is going to hold a Coffee Morning to help raise money for people who are living with an illness called cancer.
We’ll be holding the event in support of a charity called Macmillan Cancer Support – they help people who are living with cancer in all kinds of ways.
We’re going to tell you when our Coffee Morning is being held later – so you can invite your mums and dads, brothers, sisters and friends. We’re going to tell you a little bit about who Macmillan are and why we’re raising money for them.
Let’s start, though, with a GAME!
End by making sure pupils know all the things you’re going to be doing:
When and where your Coffee Morning will be.
Whether they’ll be having a no-uniform day.
What their involvement will be, including any special classroom activities they can look forward to or roles they can volunteer for.

3. What to do Everyone to stand in a circle and face each other.
Lift your hand and take the hand
of someone opposite you.
Next, do the same but with
someone different.
Start with introducing the idea of a coffee morning.
Now figure out how to untangle the ‘pretzel’ and return to a circle without letting go of each others hands.
If someone lets go, start again!

4. Communicate Macmillan’s purpose.

5. A charity is a group that helps people (or sometimes animals) who are ill, in trouble or need help. They can only do this thanks to the money that people like you and your family give.
Macmillan Cancer Support are one of the UK’s biggest charities.
 They help people affected by an illness called cancer. The charity has been around for a long time.
This is Douglas Macmillan. Douglas’ father sadly died of cancer when he was a young man. Douglas was so upset by his father's illness that he decided to start a charity to try and help other people with cancer.
That was over 100 years ago (1911). Since then, Macmillan Cancer Support has helped millions of people affected by cancer.

6. Macmillan’s purpose
It’s why Macmillan exist. It’s the ambition they share, the thing that determines everything they do.
And each part of this statement means something important.
Macmillan’s ambition is to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer and to inspire millions of others to do the same.
Life with cancer is still life, and they'll help people live it. Right from the moment someone is diagnosed, through treatment and beyond, Macmillan is a constant source of support, giving people the energy and inspiration to help them take back control of their life, and feel more like themselves again.
They want everyone with cancer to know they're there to support them from the moment they're diagnosed. By treating them as a person with a life and not just a disease, they'll make sure people are prepared for whatever comes next.
Their purpose is to give people the personal support they need, when they need it the most.
It’s about understanding what people need and when they need it, and finding the best way to provide it, either through one of their services, or by pointing them to another source or service.
To help – from the moment of diagnosis and when people really need them, they’re there to give those with cancer tools and guidance to help them take back control. This help is totally focused on each individual person, so they receive the support that’s best for them.
Everyone with cancer – no matter who they are, where they live, or what diagnosis they may have, Macmillan are there for people at the times they need them the most.
Live life – Macmillan understand how cancer can impact people’s whole life – health, money, family, job; everything. They provide support that’s about all these things, helping people
to live their life with cancer.
As fully as they can – Macmillan help people with cancer on their terms and take time to understand the support they need to live their life as fully as they can. They deliberately don’t talk about ‘living life to the full’, because they know everyone’s circumstances are different.

7. Here are the moments when people need us most.

8. This is the benefit Macmillan offers to everyone they support
Your – with over 100 years’ experience of helping people with cancer, Macmillan understand that everyone’s journey and need is unique. So they treat you as a person, not just a patient, always taking the time to learn and understand your
individual needs.
Best Way – Macmillan bring the highest levels of expertise in all areas as well as wholehearted support to people when they need them the most. As the experience
of cancer changes, they’re continually adapting the support they offer to ensure
it’s right for people today, and will be right in the future too.
Through – Macmillan are there from people’s earliest time of need and at the times when they’re really needed. Whatever the situation or prognosis, they understand the impact of cancer like nobody else and know how to help people through the ups and downs of life with it.
Macmillan understands that everyone’s cancer experience is different so they treat people as people, not patients.
Macmillan bring the best experts to help people living with cancer and will always make sure they’re adapting their services to make sure it meets the needs of people today – and tomorrow.
Macmillan are there to support people at all points in their cancer journey – they know how cancer can affect people so they can help them through the good times and the hard times.

9. Macmillan provide services
Emotional and
practical support
Healthcare
When most people think of Macmillan, they usually think of Macmillan nurses. But their expert care is only one part of the support that Macmillan offer. Let’s look at the whole picture.
By working with a number of partners, as well as providing services directly themselves, Macmillan aim to support people’s individual all- round needs, helping them to take control as they’re living with cancer and beyond.
Their services can be broken down into four areas:
Healthcare
Information and support services
Financial support services
Emotional and practical support services
Let’s talk about these in more detail….
Information and
support services
Financial support

10. Healthcare services Nurses Allied health professionals Support Workers
Macmillan want to make sure everyone living with cancer gets the best healthcare possible.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​To do this, they support over 6,900 Macmillan professionals like doctors and nurses. (Source: Annual Report 2016)
Nurses
Macmillan nurses are special people. They are experienced nurses with expertise in providing cancer care. But more importantly they are experts in listening to patients and delivering the right care, at the right time.
Macmillan nurses are experts in their field. They may specialise in a group of people (e.g. young people), the kind of care they give (e.g. palliative care), or a certain type of cancer (e.g. lung cancer).
They are a point of contact for people living with cancer and ensure they have the right information about their cancer, know what to expect from treatment, and what services and support are available.
In addition to directly supporting people with cancer, Macmillan nurses coordinate services and make recommendations to improve services.
Allied health professionals
Allied health professional is an umbrella term for experts such as dieticians, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists​​.
​Macmillan allied health professionals support people with cancer to improve their independence and well-being. This means they can achieve the best quality of life at all stages of the cancer experience. They are specialists in rehabilitation – restoring people to health and helping them to live as normal lives as possible during and after their cancer treatment. They also help people adapt to and manage the side affects of cancer and its treatment.
Allied health professionals achieve this through therapy, by providing emotional and practical support, and by giving advice and information to people with cancer.
Support workers (also referred to as navigators or link workers)
Macmillan support workers work with nurses and other professionals, and are a single point of contact for people living with cancer, from the moment they are diagnosed to the end of their treatment.
They receive all calls and deal with straightforward queries so the specialist professionals can focus on those with more complex needs. Macmillan support workers are not registered nurses, but they will ensure concerns are directed to a nurse or another professional as necessary. They coordinate appointments, give advice, signpost to sources of information and other services, as well as provide a listening ear for those in need of emotional support.
While specialist nurses and professionals are often tied up in appointments with patients, Macmillan support workers can be easily contacted, meaning simple concerns are addressed quickly. This allows nurses and other professionals to spend more time on patients with complex support needs. Anecdotally, nurses tell Macmillan that support workers free up between 30– 40% of their time.
Macmillan support workers reduce confusion around where to go for support, which in turn reduces anxiety for people with cancer. By giving clear, simple access to support at any point before, during or after treatment, they give people with cancer the confidence to be more actively involved in their care.
GPs
Macmillan GPs are practicing doctors who act as cancer champions in their community. They spend on average a day a week working to improve cancer care in ‘primary care’ (services which provide the first point of contact for health care for most people e.g. doctors and dentists).
Macmillan GPs are cancer leaders, pushing for better cancer care locally and nationally by influencing their colleagues and other decision makers, increasing awareness of cancer issues, and helping to develop new services and better ways of working.
Macmillan GPs improve care by helping their colleagues access cancer education, sharing best practice and by providing practical support to help them to recognize and manage people with cancer better. For example, Macmillan GPs provide training to colleagues on recognising signs and symptoms of cancer and how and when to refer people into specialist care.
Nurses
Allied health professionals
Support Workers
GPs

11. Information and support services
Local cancer information and support services
Mobile information and support services
Macmillan support line
Cancer information resources
People living with cancer are not always given accurate information at the time they need it. They often lack information about their cancer diagnosis and how it will affect them, as well information on the various support available.
Following a cancer diagnosis, during treatment and beyond, it can be difficult for patients to absorb all the information they are given. This can be due to shock, fatigue, and physical and mental wellbeing.
Macmillan’s information and support services ensure people with cancer get the right information and support at the right time.
Receiving the right information and support when it is most needed can make a real difference to someone’s quality of life.  It can improve their physical and mental wellbeing, helping them to understand and manage their care and treatment, and support them to live well with cancer.
Local cancer information and support services
They are found within hospitals, hospices, libraries and other community settings.
Specialist staff and trained volunteers give people with cancer the chance to talk through their concerns in person and help them access information and support on a wide range of issues, such as coping with treatment or managing finances.
Mobile information and support services
Macmillan’s six green specially designed buses reach out to remote and hard to reach communities throughout the UK.
The buses park up at public places, from markets to outside shopping centres and libraries. The team also man Macmillan information stands indoors in public places like shopping centres, hospitals, libraries and exhibitions, and visit places of worship, community groups and workplaces, even shows and festivals.
Each bus covers a designated area of the UK. And they also have personable names like Basil, Betty and Dougie!
They’re manned by information specialists who provide a drop-in style service offering free, confidential information and support tailored to every visitor’s needs.
Macmillan support line
The support line provides easily accessible telephone support to people with cancer.
It is an integrated phone service that allows people living with cancer to call just one number to access a wide range of support.
Macmillan staff can answer medical questions about cancer types and treatments, provide practical and financial support (such as financial guidance on pensions, mortgages etc., or information on benefits entitlement), or just be there if someone wants to talk.
Cancer information resources
Macmillan provide an extensive range of materials containing high- quality, reliable information to help people with cancer understand their diagnosis, treatment and other related issues.
Resources are available in a range of formats, online and in print, and allow people to access the information they need in a way that suits them. (Point to the picture on the slide as one example.)

12. Financial support services
Macmillan grants
Macmillan benefits advice
Welfare rights team
Financial guidance team
Energy advice team
When someone has cancer the last thing they should be worrying about is money. But Macmillan know when people have cancer their income can go down while their living costs go up, all at a time when money should be the last thing on people’s minds. Cancer and its treatment can impact someone’s finances by making them so unwell they cannot work, or by stopping their family members from working because they need to take care of them.
While most people anticipate the impact of living with cancer on their health, few fully appreciate the financial struggles they might face. Macmillan provides services that help people deal with the financial impact of cancer.
Crucially, the services aim to provide support as early as possible, to prevent a financial crisis from arising.
They are vital in helping people with cancer concentrate on looking after themselves during difficult times, rather than having to worry about money. They relieve the stress and anxiety that comes with financial pressures, which can significantly impact on the health and wellbeing of someone with cancer.
Macmillan grants
Macmillan grants are one-off payments to help people on low incomes who need immediate support with costs caused by, or related to their cancer.
They are used to buy specific items such as specialist equipment or to meet other unmet needs, including paying for travel to hospital or helping to fund a much-needed break.
Macmillan benefits advice
Macmillan benefits advice services offer tailored, face-to-face advice to people with cancer on their entitlement to benefits in an accessible and impartial way.
Benefits advisers work in a range of settings, such as hospitals, local councils, Citizens Advice Bureaus or Macmillan information and support centres.
They offer specialist advice, help with application forms, answer questions and signpost to other support people might not be aware of.  
Welfare rights team (conducted on the phone, through the Macmillan support line)
They understand the specific financial needs of people with cancer and their families, friends, and carers.
They give advice on benefits and other financial support people are entitled to.
They explain the application processes, help with filling out forms, and signpost to alternative sources of support such as Macmillan grants.
Financial guidance team (conducted on the phone, through the Macmillan support line)
Macmillan’s financial guidance team cut through the jargon and read the small print so people with cancer can focus on getting better.
They give specialist financial information and guidance to those experiencing difficulties with personal finances, both over the phone and via an online interactive tool. This includes support with mortgages, insurance, pensions and savings.
They can help people keep up with their mortgage repayments, guide them through insurance claims and explain financial products and how they work.
Note however they are not authorized to give financial advice, only guidance.
Energy advice team (conducted on the phone, through the Macmillan support line)
The energy advice team support people with cancer to manage their fuel and water costs by seeing if they are eligible for special schemes, grants, debt relief, and bill capping.
The service is funded through Macmillan’s partnership with npower. Advisers will help npower customers and those with other suppliers access support so they can keep warm during their treatment.

13. Emotional and practical support services
Macmillan provide a listening ear, a helping hand with everyday chores, and ways for people to talk through their concerns with those who care and understand. They do this by providing services which connect people living with cancer with others who have gone through a similar experience and want to support others.  
Macmillan online community
The online community allows people to chat and get support anytime, day or night, from others who have been through a similar experience.
People can also get answers to their questions from our medical experts, in the dedicated ‘Ask an expert’ area.
The online community is accessed through the Macmillan website. It can be used anonymously, in confidence and from the comfort of your own home, 24 hours a day.
Fears and worries about cancer can happen at any time – with the online community there is someone there, 24/7.
Self-help and support groups
Macmillan’s self-help and support groups are led by people with cancer.
They enable people to meet locally for emotional support, to share information and to talk with others who really understand how they are feeling.
There are many types of self-help and support groups. Some groups support people with a specific type of cancer, e.g. breast cancer, and some meet a particular need, e.g. bereavement support.
Joining a cancer support group means people with cancer can give and get emotional support by spending time with others who are going through the same experience. People can talk about their deepest concerns and know they will be met with acceptance and understanding.  
Volunteer schemes supporting people with cancer
Macmillan’s volunteer services support people with cancer in their everyday lives, offering practical and emotional support in their own homes and communities.
Some offer help with practical everyday tasks, such as cutting the grass or doing the shopping. Others focus on providing emotional support by being a listening ear and someone to talk to.
Solving some of the practical challenges people face, e.g. doing the housework, can take away some of the everyday stresses of life. This may free up people’s energy for activities that matter more to them, such as managing their health or spending time with family.
Macmillan online community
Self-help and support groups
Volunteer schemes

14. Macmillan influence others
Macmillan don’t just provide services to help people with cancer, they also influence others to do the same.
They find out what matters to people living with cancer, and fight for the best deal.
They work to influence legislation, policy and practice - they identify and promote solutions to problems being faced by people with cancer, and they ensure people get the support they need.
The Macmillan campaigns team achieve real change for people with cancer by asking people to sign petitions, their MP, and attend events.
They also work with governments and politicians across the UK to improve the care and support provided for people with cancer.
Current campaigns:
Banking on change – Macmillan are calling on the Government to change the law so that banks and building societies have a legal duty of care towards their customers.
Making money one less worry – Macmillan want to make sure everyone gets the help they need to cope with the cost of cancer.
Life after cancer treatment - right now, too many people in the UK are not getting the support they need when treatment ends, and this needs to change.

15. Macmillan raise money
Macmillan’s work is only possible because of the kind generosity of their supporters.
Over 99% of their income comes from fundraising activities. (Source: Annual Report 2016)
Their incredible supporters are vital to what they do - it is only because of their supporters that they were able to provide personal support to 1.6 million people in 2017.
This is where their ‘inspiring millions’ ambition comes in.

16. Coffee Mornings across the UK raised over £27. 5 million in 2017
Coffee Mornings across the UK raised over £27.5 million in 2017! This year we’re hoping to help Macmillan raise even more money so they can help even more families.

17. Add your details here…
End by making sure pupils know all the things you’re going to be doing:
When and where your Coffee Morning will be.
Whether they’ll be having a no-uniform day.
What their involvement will be, including any special classroom activities they can look forward to or roles they can volunteer for.

18. Macmillan are here to help you find your best way through from the moment of diagnosis, so you’re able to live life as fully as you can.
For information, support or just someone to talk to, call or visit macmillan.org.uk
And if anyone has any questions or wants to know more….

19. Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604). Also operating in Northern Ireland.