CHARITY
Hope for tomorrow
A campaign has been launched in Gloucestershire to help keep life-saving mobile cancer care units on the road in the county. Tetbury-based charity Hope for Tomorrow is behind the ‘Pay for a Day' campaign, which it launched at Cheltenham Hospital Oncology Centre. Each Mobile Cancer Care Unit costs £198 per day to keep out on the road serving the residents of Gloucestershire and the charity is particularly seeking support from county businesses. In 2018 more than 14,000 treatments were administered by its fleet. Nikki Budding, fundraising manager, said if the launch of the campaign was anything to go by, the early signs were good for them reaching their target. “We are thrilled to have had such a great response from the local businesses here today who have kindly signed up to our Pay for a Day campaign by donating £198,” she said. “Their support is a fantastic way to start this campaign and we would love to hear from any other businesses who would be interested in helping us to keep the wheels turning. “Our mobile cancer care unit means so much to local cancer patients, as it enables them to save time by having their cancer care closer to home, saving them time and energy to be with the people that mean the most.”
The first Gloucestershire businesses which have signed up include Tidal Training Direct, Harbour Key, Imperial Hill Group, The Logical Utilities Company and Cyber Security Associates. The Gloucestershire Mobile Cancer Care Unit ‘Helen' was in attendance and each business was able to meet the medical team who operate her and to see for themselves where their money goes. “Cyber Security Associates is delighted to support Hope for tomorrow and their Pay for a Day Campaign. This is an inspired fundraising initiative, it's fantastic to know that we'll be keeping this important unit running for a day,” said Madeline Howard, of Quedgeley-based Cyber Security Associates. Hope for Tomorrow is a dedicated charity aiming to bring cancer care closer to patients' homes via its Mobile Cancer Care Units (MCCUs). It works in partnership with the NHS, helping to ease capacity challenges at hospital trusts and now has 10 MCCUs operational in Gloucestershire, Somerset, South Wiltshire, East Kent, Lincolnshire, Cornwall, West Suffolk, East Essex, London/ Surrey and West Yorkshire, with two reserve MCCUs. The charity won a Queen's Award for Enterprise - Innovation, in 2016, and was founded in 2003 by Christine Mills MB l To find out more email Nikkibudding@hopefortomorrow.org.uk
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