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INVITE TO CELEBRATE GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S MOBILE CANCER CARE UNIT'S 13^THBIRTHDAY

Please join us to celebrate on Thursday 19^th March 2020 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at Malthouse Collective, Salmon Springs Trading Estate, Painswick Road, Stroud GL6 6NU.

Our Gloucestershire Mobile Cancer Care Unit ‘Helen' is celebrating her 13^th birthday and we would love you to attend and meet some of the patients and staff who have benefitted from her service. Last year she administered over 1600 treatments and is much loved by the community she serves.

In attendance will also be Hope for Tomorrow Celebrity Charity Ambassador Mark Atkinson, Gloucester Rugby player. "I am delighted to attend ‘Helen's' 13^th birthday party and to meet with the nursing team and patients that benefit from the service she provides. Anything that makes things more bearable for cancer patients is really important to me and I am proud to be an Ambassador for Hope for Tomorrow."

ENDS

Note to editors

About Hope for Tomorrow

Hope for Tomorrow is a dedicated charity, bringing cancer care closer to patients' homes via our Mobile Cancer Care Units (MCCUs).

Fighting cancer is one of the hardest things any one will ever have to do, even without the additional stress of spending hours travelling long distances to hospitals to receive treatment. This is why Hope for Tomorrow brings cancer care closer to patient's homes, to ease the strains of travel and to give them more time with their loved ones.

We work in a unique partnership with the NHS helping to ease capacity challenges at hospital trusts. We now have 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 in place to ensure continuity of service during the maintenance schedule. We also provide a Nurses Support Vehicle with each MCCU, which allows the nursing team to travel to and from the daily treatment locations.

The charity won a Queen's Award for Enterprise - Innovation, in 2016. The Award is the UK's highest accolade for business success, and was made in recognition of our achievements since the Founder, Christine Mills MBE, set up Hope for Tomorrow in 2003.  

Our Gloucestershire Mobile Cancer Care Unit ‘Helen' visits Tewkesbury, Stroud, Cirencester and Cinderford on a weekly basis. For details of other MCCU locations please visit our website:

www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk

or alternatively please call on:
01666 505055

For further enquiries, please contact:

Claire Cosgrove, Head of Fundraising & Communications

clairecosgrove@hopefortomorrow.org.uk

or

Nikki Budding, Fundraising Manager

Nikkibudding@hopefortomorrow.org.uk