# Greene King raises £2 million for Macmillan Cancer Support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/10/greene-king-raises-2m-macmillan-cancer-support/
- Published: 2016-03-10T22:12:47+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has raised £2 million for Macmillan Cancer
Support, double its original fundraising target. It has now renewed its partnership
with the charity for a further three years.**

This was Greene King’s first charity partnership. At its launch in May 2012 it aimed
to raise £1 million over three years, but [hit that target a year early](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/04/greene-king-beats-1m-target-macmillan-cancer-support/).

The target was raised by staff who took part in events such as the Yorkshire Three
Peaks challenge, a ‘prison break style task, and the London Marathon.

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In addition, customers joined in and raised funds at [Greene King](http://greeneking.co.uk)
pubs, restaurants and hotels. Many attended events as part of Macmillan’s annual
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.

Greene King’s charity desserts also went down well, with purchases of Sicilian lemon
meringue pie and others raising £200,000 through a company donation to Macmillan.

Rooney Anand, chief executive officer at Greene King, thanked staff and customers
for their support, describing the total raised as “a phenomenal achievement”.

The money raised over the next three years will continue to fund services such as
[Macmillan](http://macmillan.org.uk) nurses and local support programmes supporting
people with cancer better to self-manage in their own communities.
 

 * **[Greene King raises £4 million for Macmillan](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/17/greene-king-raises-4-million-macmillan/)(
   17 May 2018)**
 * **[Greene King supports Macmillan with coffee and cakes in pubs](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/28/greene-king-supports-macmillan-coffee-cake-pubs/)(
   28 September 2016)**