|
If you’ve ever had an experience of
cancer, you’ll know just how vital that kind of support can be.
Macmillan nurses are there right from the initial moment of
diagnosis. And they continue to be on hand for as long as they’re
needed - providing clinical expertise, practical information and
emotional support not only to the person with cancer, but to their
whole family too.
As well as nurses, Macmillan Cancer Relief funds a whole range of
other cancer care professionals including Macmillan doctors,
physiotherapists, benefits advisers and dieticians. Despite the
diversity of their roles, they all have one aim. To help people to
get on with their lives as fully as possible, in spite of their
cancer.
But even today there are not enough Macmillan nurses and other
professionals to go round. As the number of people affected by
cancer rises over the next few years, that shortfall is set to grow
even wider.
That’s why people like Sarah are so important. They represent the
next generation of Macmillan professionals. Of course they have
years of study, training and dedicated hard work ahead of them
before they will be able to take up their posts.
But there is something you can do today to help set them on that
path. You can add Macmillan Cancer Relief to your Will.
Like all charities nowadays, Macmillan Cancer Relief relies heavily
on legacies – gifts left to the charity in people’s Wills – as a
vital source of funding. In fact legacies now account for one third
of all the charity’s income. And yet adding Macmillan to your Will
is a quick, simple and inexpensive thing to do, and many people have
found it a truly satisfying and fulfilling way to support the
charity.
Making or changing a Will is easy and doesn’t cost a lot of money -
but it’s incredibly important. In fact everyone in the UK should
have a Will, no matter how large or small their estate may be. It’s
the only guaranteed way of ensuring that your wishes are fulfilled
after your death.
First and foremost, of course, you’ll want to use your Will to make
sure your family and loved ones are looked after. Then there are a
number of ways in which you can also support Macmillan. By doing so
you may even find you can reduce the tax burden on your loved ones.
At the same time, you will be helping to shape the future of cancer
care.
To explain a bit more about their work, the importance of legacies
and just what is involved in making a Will, Macmillan have prepared
a free Will Booklet. If you’d like a copy, or if you’d like to talk
anything over in person regarding Macmillan in general or legacies
in particular, you can call the Macmillan legacy team free on 0800
107 4448. Alternatively you can visit them at
www.macmillan.org.uk/legacies To
protect the privacy of minors a model has been used in this article.
Article provided by Macmillan Cancer Care
|
|
laterlife interest
The above article is part of the features section of
laterlife.com called laterlife interest.
laterlife interest
contains a variety of articles of interest for visitors
to laterlife.com written by a number of experienced and
new journalists.
It includes both one off articles and
also regular columns of a more specialist nature such
as healthwise, reports
from the REACH files, and a beauty section called
looking good in later life.
Also don't forget to take a look at our
regular IT question and answer section called YoucandoIT
by IT trainer and author Jackie Sherman.
To view the latest articles and indexes to
previous articles click on laterlife
interest here or above. To search for
articles about a certain topic, use the site search
feature below.
|
This
is Sarah. Five years ago, Sarah’s mother was diagnosed with breast
cancer. 
