by Zack Eckersall | Aug 22, 2025 | Lincoln, Patient Stories
My journey has not yet finished but the mobile unit in Skegness keeps me well and thriving. “The shock of being diagnosed with cancer is a life changing event, it reaches the core of your being and those around you.” says Peter Birkinshaw. “In 2014 I had an ache in my...
by Zack Eckersall | Aug 22, 2025 | Norfolk & Norwich, Patient Stories
I think the mobile treatment unit is just brilliant. Sophie Shaw says that when she used to attend the mobile cancer care unit near her home outside Norwich it felt like she was going to hang out with some good mates. “I was always greeted like I was an old friend....
by Zack Eckersall | Aug 20, 2025 | Charity News
We are just going to keep going, you can’t put a price on what these units provide for people going through cancer Joanne York was met with unfortunate news at the start of 2024, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The first thing that Jo asked when finding...
by Zack Eckersall | Aug 20, 2025 | Patient Stories, West Suffolk
It’s just fantastic. It takes no time at all to get there and I can nip into Tesco on the way home When Linda Venton watches her daughter get married in Italy’s stunning Sorrento later this month, she will be forgiven for shedding a few tears of gratitude for the...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 25, 2025 | Norfolk & Norwich, Patient Stories
Hope for Tomorrow is a fantastic charity Ian McIntosh initially put his back pain down to a bit of hard labour after he had helped a friend dig in some fence posts in rural Norfolk. “I had been using a very heavy hammer and just assumed I had pulled a muscle and it...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 18, 2025 | MCCU Staff Stories
It’s a gentle, intimate environment with less waiting around When people ask Fiona Fitch why she does the job she does, her heart barely misses a beat before she replies: “Why wouldn’t I?” After retraining to become a nurse at the age of 49, Fiona began her nursing...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 14, 2025 | Supporters and fundraisers
It makes you feel you have done something worthwhile. Dodging bullets and bombs in the Bosnian war was a traumatic time for Pete Davis, but nothing prepared him for the shock of finding out that what he thought was an annoying chest infection was actually inoperable...
by Kate Robinson | Jun 16, 2025
Begin in the city and end at the beach. Sunday 12 April 2026Minimum age: 18 The Brighton Marathon is one of the UK’s favourite 26.2-milers. With a stunning backdrop of the sea in one of the country’s most vibrant cities, the race gets bigger and better...
by Kate Robinson | Jun 13, 2025 | Supporters and fundraisers
I did something in memory of Chris and fulfilled his wishes that the charity should be recognised for the amazing work it does. Every stride of the gruelling London Marathon this year was a reminder for Tina Dyer-Slade of why she was taking part. As she pounded the...
by Kate Robinson | May 20, 2025
The UK’s second largest marathon Sunday 19 April 2026Minimum age: 18 Run for Hope for Tomorrow at one of the UK’s most popular marathons and help bring cancer care closer to the patients who need it. The Manchester Marathon offers a flat, fast course,...
