National Gardens Scheme’s total for Macmillan reaches £15m
Howard Lake | 28 July 2015 | News
The National Gardens Scheme has now raised £15 million for Macmillan Cancer Support over the past 30 years. The NGS is Macmillan’s longest standing corporate partner and its largest single donor.
The record total was announced after the NGS gave £2.6 million this year to the charities it supports by opening more than 3,800 private gardens in England and Wales.
Raising funds for charities since 1927 by opening private gardens.
The money raised has funded over 150 Macmillan services to help make sure that no one faces cancer alone. These include financial advisers, clinical nursing specialists, and physiotherapists.
The partnership has also involved The NGS promoting Macmillan’s ‘Move More’ campaign that highlights how gentle exercise such as gardening can help reduce both the side effects of cancer treatment, and the risk of a cancer recurrence.
The Yellow Book tells you where to find participating gardens.
Last year The National Gardens Scheme donated £500,000 towards the creation of the first NGS Macmillan Wellbeing Centre in Southmead Hospital, Bristol. The centre provides services including information about cancer and its treatment, supported physical activity programmes and expert dietary and nutritional advice.
Charities supported
Charities supported by the National Gardens Scheme include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Carers Trust, Parkinson’s UK, The Queen’s Nursing Institute and Perennial. Founded in 1927 it has donated more than £24 million to charity in the last ten years alone.
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