M&S food stores raise money for Macmillan

As part of its month long celebration of its partnership with Macmillan, M&S food stores are hosting a series of activities to raise funds for people living with cancer, including an in-store Wall of Support and the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning which takes place today.

The Wall of Support aims to encourage customers and colleagues to share their messages of support to ‘Raise a Mug’ for Macmillan or a loved one.

Mug message notes are available to buy at checkouts for £1, and customers are encouraged to stick their message on the Wall of Support.

M&S stores are inviting customers to join them for an extra special cup of coffee and slice of cake throughout September, to help them support Macmillan.

Last year, stores in Northern Ireland raised over £56,000 to support Macmillan professional roles in hospitals and within the local community, such as nurses, occupational therapists and dieticians. Across a decade of fundraising, the company has raised over £16.3m as official partner to Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.

All donations from M&S go towards funding Macmillan professionals like Tara who help the growing number of people living with cancer to live life as fully as they can.

In the last year alone, M&S Food raised almost £3m, enough to fund 55 Macmillan professionals for a year. An incredible £2m alone came from the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in-store events.

To get involved visit www.macmillan. org.uk/coffee and join the conversation on social media using #CoffeeMorning.