Macmillan in Lanarkshire

Elaine has found volunteering to be highly rewarding and enjoys speaking to other people, both service users and other volunteers. Thanks for all you do with us! #VolunteersWeek

She enjoys meeting others and hopefully helping them. Volunteering with us has helped her learn more about various types of cancer and how they affect people. #VolunteersWeek

Today is the start of Volunteers' Week. So we thought you might like to get to know some of our volunteers a little better. #VolunteersWeek

Our Complementary Therapist, Gill, completed the London Marathon! We're so proud of her achievement and she has raised around £1200 for Macmillan Cancer Support. We are so thankful to her for choosing Macmillan as her charity and so pleased that she finished the marathon safely.

Our volunteers, Marion and Liz, who run our Good Grief group held a fundraising event for Macmillan Cancer Support and raised £621! Their tombola, raffles and more were a massive success. Shoutout also to Richard at the Studio Café and the local community for donations too.

We're very excited for our Complementary Therapist at #CoatbridgeLib, Gillian. She is taking part in this year's #LondonMarathon on Sunday and fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. The MacLan team are very proud! Donate to Gillian's fundraiser here: justgiving.com/page/gillgardn…

Back in Feb, we put this bunch of amazing new Volunteers through their training to join our team of Macmillan CISS Volunteers and Complementary Therapists. Say hello if you see them at our hubs in East Kilbride, Coatbridge and Wishaw libraries. Thanks for joining the team.

We recently held a very successful evening event at Dr McPhail’s Practice, Motherwell. 30+ people affected by cancer were given the opportunity to chat with our volunteers. Thank you to Dr McAlpine and his staff for hosting and to our volunteers Mary, Isobel, Kay and May

Today we launched our new complementary therapy service in Coatbridge Library. Our Oncology Complementary Therapy Volunteer, Gill, was on hand to help service users. A massive thanks must go to Kirby Group Engineering Ltd for the donations that helped create this service.

The company have gone above and beyond anyone’s expectations. A big thank you to Kirby as their donations allow us to offer various complementary treatments to people affected by cancer in the local area.

Today the ladies from Kirby Group Engineering Ltd donated everything we need to be able to offer the new service, plus care bags for people affected by cancer and a £1000 donation to Macmillan Cancer Support for use in the Lanarkshire area.

We met with some of the staff from Kirby Group Engineering Ltd in Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill this morning and accepted their amazing donations.

Our Macmillan in Lanarkshire volunteer, Clare, was recently invited onto @OfficialCamGlen Radio. You can listen to her star moment using the link below: mixcloud.com/CamGlenRadio/m…

We are holding a #MacmillanCoffeeMorning at #BellshillCC. Come and join us for a cuppa and enjoy some home baking on Friday 27 September, 10am - 12pm. We hope to see you there.

Two of our wonderful volunteers won awards at the NL Sports and Volunteer Awards. Mary Cooke, Lead Volunteer at #BellshillCC, won the Changing Lives Award. Isobel Edgar, another Lead Volunteer, took home the Outstanding Achievement Award. Well done everyone, well deserved.

Our friends at @Beatson_Charity are running this online workshop on Wednesday 21 August at 1pm to help with returning to the workplace. To book a place, call: 0141 2120505 or email: healthandworkservice@beatsoncancercharity.org

Macmillan in Lanarkshire volunteers are on hand in #CoatbridgeLib every week, Thursday 10am - 12pm. If you need support, drop in and speak to us.

It's #WorldReflexologyWeek! If you are affected by cancer and would like to relax with a reflexology or other complementary treatment, call us on 07960873948.