Press-Release

19 November 2010

Salcombe Preparatory School have been supporting Macmillan Cancer Support through the Macmillan Coffee Mornings since 2003.  This year the school raised £344.34, bringing the total raised for Macmillan over the past eight years to £3,120.48.   

David Penkert, a Director of the Upper School said:
“Originally the idea was to support a worthy organisation.  The children at Salcombe felt that cancer was an illness that most of them were affected by, due to someone in their extended family or friendship circle having been diagnosed.  Macmillan was the first choice as the children wanted their donations to go to a charity that supports and improves the lives of people affected by cancer.

Later on it became a cause even closer to Salcombe’s hearts when a staff member became ill.  Macmillan was there for not only the staff member who had cancer, but also the family and those around.  We feel the coffee mornings are an excellent way of coming together as a school family to help a very worthy cause.”

Macmillan’s Fundraising Manager for North East London Aoife McDonogh, said: “Macmillan is there to help from the moment someone is diagnosed with cancer and the support we provide is vital.  Our doctors and nurses offer specialist medical care and emotional support, while our benefits advisors help cancer patients get the government money they are entitled to.  Macmillan will even provide grants to people with cancer who are struggling financially.”

Aoife added: “All the services we offer are essential and we rely on the money raised from events like the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to fund them.  It’s absolutely wonderful that Salcombe Preparatory School have supported us year on year and we’d like to express our sincere thanks to the school for their generous and continued support.”

For further information please contact:

Aoife B-McDonogh – Fundraising Manager North East London
Tel: 020 8222 9025 (out of hours 07885 554 340)
ab-mcdonogh@macmillan.org.uk

Gayle Kravitz – Registrar & Marketing Manager, Salcombe Preparatory School
Tel: 020 8441 5356
gayle.kravitz@salcombeprep.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

About Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer, providing practical, medical, emotional and financial support. Working alongside people affected by cancer, Macmillan works to improve cancer care. One in three of us will get cancer. Two million of us are living with it. If you are affected by cancer Macmillan can help.

For more information about Macmillan Cancer Support, visit www.macmillan.org.uk
or call 0808 808 0000 for an information pack.

About Salcombe Preparatory School
Founded in 1918, Salcombe Preparatory School is a friendly and successful independent school from Preschool (nursery) to Year 6 children.  Salcombe is situated on two sites within a 10-minute walk of each other. The Lower School, on Green Road is for children aged between three and six years, and houses our Early Years Centre (made up of Preschool and Reception) and Years 1 and 2. The Upper School, on Chase Side, is for children of seven to eleven years, in Years 3 to 6.