SCF Blog

Laura Pritchard

The Sussex Cancer Fund has been supporting the Psychological Therapies Team for some years, so we asked Laura Pritchard, Macmillan Lead for Psychological Therapies about the services they provide and how the Sussex Cancer Fund Supports them. Support for the Macmillan Psychological Therapies Team from the Sussex Cancer Fund “We’d like to say a huge […]

movementforgood

The Sussex Cancer Fund’s chance to win £1,000 The Sussex Cancer Fund is asking for nominations to win £1,000 Movement for Good award. The Sussex Cancer Fund is encouraging people to nominate them to be in for a chance to win £1,000 as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards. It’s quick and […]

recycle clothes for charity

Donate your old clothes for charity We have extended our range of ways that you can help the Sussex Cancer Fund for free by signing up to Thrift+.Thrift+ is an online portal that allows charity supporters to recycle their unwanted clothes in a really simple hassle-free way. So if you have had a sort out […]

food bank appeal for cancer patients

The Sussex Cancer Fund is appealing to their supporters for donations of food for Cancer Patients in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Mhairi Donald, Consultant Dietitian (You can read more about Mhairi here) has been co-ordinating a Food Bank project which has been receiving kind donations of food and then distributing them to cancer patients […]

World Ovarian Cancer Day 8th May Dr Kate Lankester

World Ovarian Cancer Day 8th May 2020 We asked Dr Kate Lankester, Consultant in Clinical Oncology at the Sussex Cancer Centre what World Ovarian Cancer Day is for. “May 8th is World Ovarian Cancer Day which is dedicated to raising awareness of Ovarian Cancer.  Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common female cancer in the […]

GivingTuesdayNow

On May 5, 2020, the Sussex Cancer Fund is participating in #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of unity and giving. The money we raise gets spent directly on your local cancer departments remember #RaisedInSussexStaysinSussex. Our organisation helps to provide the best possible cancer care for patients, through providing essential equipment, additional services, refurbishment projects and cancer research. […]

fundraise for free

The Covid-19 crisis has left charities with a massive drop in income, general donations are down as everyone is tightening their belts and countless fundraising events have been cancelled. But as Dr Richard Simcock has said: “It seems that the whole world has stopped for Covid – but we can be sure that one thing […]

Gabby's 2.6 Skipping Challenge for SCF

Gabby Bignell is a massage therapist working with haematology and oncology patients in the Royal Sussex County Hospital through the charity Full Circle Fund Therapies and thanks to the generous support of the Sussex Cancer Fund. Gabby very kindly took part in the 2.6 Challenge to raise funds for the Sussex Cancer Fund. The national campaign was designed […]