A cancer charity is appealing for over 400 people in County Durham to help it raise over £80,000 – by drinking coffee and eating cake. Macmillan Cancer Support wants this year’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to be the biggest ever. The charity is hoping over 400 coffee mornings will take place across the County Durham area and raising over £80,000. Across the UK Macmillan hopes to raise a massive £10.7m from the event, beating its £10m total from last year.
Macmillan’s fundraising manager for Co Durham Michelle Muir, said: “Last year we raised a record-breaking amount of money form the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and we really hope we can repeat that again this year.
“I think it’s a mark of how much people love this event that every year it gets bigger and bigger. People can be so busy, that catching up with friends, workmates or even family can be difficult. This event gives them a reason to make time for each other while also doing something really valuable for people with cancer and their families.”
The money raised from the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is used to fund services such as our information and support centres based in all the hospitals around Co Durham.
While the event has traditionally involved people having straightforward coffee mornings, people in County Durham have expanded the event to include for example, wine-tasting evenings, quiz nights, ladies pamper days, family fun days and even art shows
Fundraiser Michelle Muir believes the flexibility of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is another reason it’s so successful. Michelle said: “We give all our hosts a fundraising pack and lots of ideas but whether they choose to have a coffee morning on the official event day, a cocktail evening at the weekend or a quiz event the week after is up to them. All we want is for people to do something they enjoy with people they want to spend time with while raising some money for Macmillan”.
“Sadly the number of people being diagnosed with cancer is increasing every year and that means Macmillan’s support for people living with cancer is in more demand than ever. Every pound raised by those taking part in events like the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning helps us be there for someone with cancer when they need us most.”
The official World’s Biggest Coffee Morning day is on September 28.
To find out more about the event visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee or call 0845 602 1246
For more information contact Michelle Muir on 07809554967
