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Local news

• Spit roast success in Lewes!
  The Lewes Committee held their Hog Roast on Friday 27 June and it was a resounding success.
• A model fundraiser!
  Local supporter and event photographer, David Boys, organised 'Baps and Buns' at one of his shoots to raise £350 for Macmillan. Here, he tells us how it went. 
• Windmill Walkers march on!
  On Sunday 11 May, over 200 children and adults joined the Windmill Walk in Rottingdean to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support in Sussex. People from across Brighton and the surrounding area came together in the sunshine to walk either a two mile stroll or a nine mile hike for the charity.  

The money you raise helps us to provide more health professionals.

Raising funds for people living with cancer in East Sussex

The Sussex fundraising team works together with volunteers, local groups, individuals, people affected by cancer, local businesses and Macmillan professionals to create awareness about Macmillan and raise funds to help improve the lives of people living with cancer and their families.

In East Sussex, we have Macmillan professionals (nurses, doctors and other healthcare specialists) based at the Sussex Cancer Centre in Brighton, as well as at hospitals in Eastbourne, Hastings, Uckfield and in community settings across the county. We also provide emotional support through psychologists and family support workers who care not just for the person living with cancer, but their family as well.

Some of the local cancer services we are currently funding include:

• A dietitian working across the whole Sussex Cancer Network who advises people with throat and neck cancers on the nutrition they need to improve recovery
• A GP Facilitator for the Eastbourne area who works with local GPs to make sure they have the most up to date information regarding the care of people with cancer
• A carer outreach worker based at the Carers Centre in Brighton who supports the carers of people affected by cancer get the help they need.

We need your support to raise funds to continue providing specialist services for local people with cancer. Our aim is to help everyone affect by cancer by 2010 and to do this, we need your help.

Join us by taking part in our Peacehaven abseil, sponsored Windmill Walk or World's Biggest Coffee Morning; organise your own fundraising event or collection, or join a local fundraising committee.

At Macmillan, we find that a powerful way to gain support for our work is by using personal stories to illustrate how we have helped people affected by cancer. These stories are about people who have benefited from Macmillan's services. Should you wish to share your personal story with us, then please contact Laura Palmer on 01273 746601 or e-mail: lpalmer@macmillan.org.uk