Macmillan Cancer Support: Making sure no one will face cancer alone, today and tomorrow
Andrew PerkinsVCCP
Executive summary
In 2010, the number of people living with cancer was 2 million. And that figure was predicted to double by 2030.
But with recession biting, Macmillan Cancer Support was finding it harder to grow at anything like the rate required to help everyone living with or affected by cancer. 900 people a day were being diagnosed, but after 3 years of strong fundraising growth, income grew just 1.6% in 2009: nowhere near enough to fund the services they required.
Over the...