Taking a break from the daily grind is the perfect blend for warm-hearted Harrogate bus workers – especially when it’s full steam ahead to support cancer care.
For over 100 years, Macmillan Cancer Support has been helping people living with cancer – from being there to provide nursing and palliative care, to campaigning for better support at every stage of the cancer journey.
The caring team at The Harrogate Bus Company decided to get involved by staging its own Macmillan Coffee Morning – and together with colleagues across the organisation, raised £800 in a couple of hours to support the charity’s work.
The bus firm’s Project and Marketing Manager, Matt Burley, said:
“Several of our team baked their own home-made cakes to serve alongside hot drinks – while others who were a little less skilled in the kitchen bought cakes to top up the tables.
“We know Macmillan Cancer Support works locally in our community right here in Harrogate, through the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at Harrogate District Hospital, one of just six of its kind across the country.
“This year Macmillan is celebrating 35 years of fundraising coffee mornings, and we decided to do something practical to help.
“Not all of us are natural bakers, but the cakes – whether homemade or not – and the drinks went down well, and more importantly, helped us to support cancer care on our doorstep.”
Macmillan Coffee Mornings are now the biggest fundraising mission in the UK to support people living with cancer – and even though the date of this year’s event has now passed, the charity says anyone can follow the bus firm’s example and run their own coffee morning at any time.
More information on how to sign up to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning are online at: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee-morning.
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