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Hope for Tomorrow Press Release
Hope for Tomorrow Pay for a Day Campaign Launched in Gloucestershire
Today Hope for Tomorrow launched their new campaign ‘Pay for a Day' at Cheltenham Hospital Oncology Centre.
Each Mobile Cancer Care Unit costs the charity £198 per day to keep on the road and the charity are seeking support from Gloucestershire businesses to help keep the wheels turning. In 2018 over 14,000 treatments were administered across their fleet.
Fundraising Manager Nikki Budding said"We are thrilled to have had such a great response from the local businesses here today who have kindly signed up to our Pay for a Day campaign by donating £198. Their support is a fantastic way to start this campaign and we would love to hear from any other businesses who would be interested in helping us to keep the wheels turning. Our mobile cancer care unit means so much to local cancer patients as it enables themto save time by having their cancer care closer to home, saving them time and energy to be with the people that mean the most."
The first Gloucestershire businesses who have signed up to this campaign are (and who are pictured above with the Hope for Tomorrow team):
Tidal Training Direct
Tidal Training
Harbour Key
Imperial Hill Group
The Logical Utilities Company
Brace Creative Agency
Cyber Security Associates
The Gloucestershire Mobile Cancer Care Unit ‘Helen' was in attendance and each business was able to meet the medical team who operate her and to see for themselves where their money goes.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to support Hope For Tomorrow. The team have allowed so many patients to stay closer to home, offering some degree of comfort, during a very stressful process. What a fantastic endeavour to undertake. Well done." Haris Khan, Managing Director, Imperial Hill
"Cyber Security Associates are delighted to support Hope for tomorrow and their Pay for a Day Campaign. This is an inspired fundraising initiative, it's fantastic to know that we'll be keeping this important unit running for a day." Madeline Howard Cyber Security Associates
IF YOUR BUSINESS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT HOPE FOR TOMORROW IN THIS WAY PLEASE CONTACT NIKKI BUDDING ON THE CONTACT DETAILS BELOW OR USE THE LINK:
https://hopefortomorrow.org.uk/pay-for-a-day-campaign-launched/
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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 further information on Hope for Tomorrow, please contact:
01666 505055
For further enquiries, please contact:
Nikki Budding, Fundraising Manager
Nikkibudding@hopefortomorrow.org.uk