Last year’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning hosts helped Macmillan raise a whopping £8 million. Why not get your

school involved this year on Friday 30 September – or whatever day suits you best – and hold your own event? It doesn’t need to include coffee and cakes – you can be as creative as you like. Here are just a few ideas to get you started …

So, what did you do for Macmillan, Amy?Well I’ve always liked art, so one day when I was out at the shops with my dad, I asked him if I could get some face paints. He let me, and I started painting my friends’ faces. People said that I was really good at it, and that’s when I got the idea to do it to raise money for Macmillan. I spent some time painting faces at our local Macmillan centre – I even painted the faces of a couple of people who worked there!

Why did you choose to support Macmillan?My granddad had cancer and sadly passed away last year. Also, a close friend of the family called Linda has breast cancer. I wanted to do something that would help others with cancer, and people who’ve lost members of their family to the illness like us. I just wanted to do it out of the goodness of my own heart.

When someone in the family has cancer, it can be incredibly upsetting for a young person. But when Amy Jane Clark, an inspiring 11-year-old from Glasgow, lost her grandfather to the disease, the experience motivated her to fundraise and help others. School Stuff spoke to her to find out more.

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The healthy optionSwap the cakes and sweets for healthy snacks such as fruit kebabs and delicious smoothies. It’s a great way of showing pupils that healthy eating can be fun. You’ll find a whole host of nutritious recipes at coffee.macmillan.org.uk/schools

Meet and greetUse your coffee morning as a chance to welcome new pupils, parents and staff at the start of the academic year. It’s bound to make the first week that little bit sweeter for everyone.

Weird scienceGet pupils to investigate reversible and irreversible changes involved in cooking and making drinks. Not only is it educational, but it’s tasty too.

Make a song and dance of itWant to give your school’s coffee morning The X Factor? A talent competition will give everyone the chance to show off for a good cause, and wannabe Simon Cowells can stand in judgement.

To discover more fantastic coffee morning ideas, and to send for your free fundraising pack, go to coffee.macmillan.org.uk/schools

What needs to be taken into consideration when organising the event? Think about things like the venue, advertising, health and safety, equipment, timing, money collection and tidying up.

Split pupils into small groups and assign them one area of the coffee morning to manage. Give each group time to discuss and plan their area of the event and assign individual roles. Cross curricular links can be made with Citizenship, ICT, English, Maths and DT. PlenaryAsk pupils to feed back on where they are up to and provide constructive criticism. Can they support one another effectively?

For further lesson plans, information and downloadable materials head to coffee.macmillan.org.uk/schools

We’d love to see any work that your pupils produce – please send it to schools@macmillan.org.uk

Links to the National Curriculum:PSHE, Citizenship, ICT, English, Maths, Design and Technology.

Learning outcomes:• Pupils will understand what’s involved

in the running of a successful fundraising event.

• Pupils will work collaboratively to plan and manage a coffee morning in school.

StarterAsk pupils to share what they know about Macmillan and

the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Use the information and film clips on whybother.org.uk and coffee.macmillan.org.uk to build on their knowledge. Explain that pupils will be responsible for organising a coffee morning at their own school.

MainAs a group, decide what a successful coffee morning would look like, sound like, feel like and even smell like. Discuss what theme would be most suitable to make sure it’s fun and successful.

Can I help manage a World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event at my school?

key question:Lesson Plan Phone

a friendWhen you’re affected by cancer, you want to know there’s always someone you can turn to for support. Someone who can answer your questions, whatever they may be. That’s where the Macmillan Support Line – 0808 808 00 00 – comes in. The line offers free cancer support at home, over the phone from Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm, and is staffed by cancer support specialists. They can answer questions about everything from the treatments and effects of cancer to the benefits and grants that are available to help make ends meet. What’s more, you don’t even need a reason to call. Sometimes just talking to someone who understands can be the best way to get through a bad day.

So why not recommend the Macmillan Support Line – 0808 808 00 00 – to the people at your school? Together we’ll be able to help more people with cancer, and turn more bad days into good ones.

Did it give you a taste for fundraising?Yes, I’ve got lots of ideas for the future. At the moment I’m deciding whether to do a bike ride next or a very, very, long walk!

What would you say to other people thinking about fundraising for Macmillan?Go for it. I did, and I feel really happy about what I achieved.

‘ I wanted to do something that would help others with cancer, and people who’ve lost members of their family to the illness like us.’

A huge thank you to Amy for all her hard work. We simply couldn’t do what we do without people like her. If you know a young fundraiser who’d like to tell us their story, just drop us a line at schools@macmillan.org.uk

‘ Giving someone the information they need can help them feel more in control. I’ll do whatever I can to ensure their peace of mind.’ Kay Hull, Macmillan Cancer Information Nurse Specialist

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Hello and welcome to the summer edition of School Stuff.

While we can’t guarantee glorious weather this season, we can bring a little bit of sunshine to your day with our array of uplifting stories. Here at Macmillan’s Schools and Youth team, we’re lucky enough to hear about some of the most amazing children and teenagers in the UK, one of whom you can read all about on the next page. Amy is one of the many

dedicated young fundraisers who are invaluable to Macmillan. Quite simply, she’s an inspiration to us all.

And, while we’re on the subject of remarkable young people, this issue also puts young carers in the spotlight. Thousands of them have to juggle the pressures of school with looking after relatives who are ill. Some of them may be your pupils. With Carers Week just around the corner, now’s a great time to raise awareness of young carers’ needs and the support that’s available to them. Read on to find out more.

Right now we’re gearing up for this year’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and we hope that your

Katherine DonnellyEngland020 7840 7805schools@macmillan.org.uk

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school will feel inspired to join us. We’ve got oodles of ideas for your event, plus a fantastic lesson plan to help you organise it. We’ve even included a fab poster to help you promote it, so why not fill it in and stick it up today?

We wish you a successful end to the school year and a relaxing summer break.

Katherine DonnellySchools and Youth Coordinator

A big well done to the Year 10 ASDAN students at Fairfax School, Birmingham, for organising a super-speedy fundraising event for Macmillan.

The students held a cake sale and were given 15 minutes to raise as much money as possible. They didn’t hang around. Their final total weighed in at a staggering £80.34. That’s more than £5 per minute!

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Send us your storiesIf you want to see your school featured in the Hall of Fame,

email your stories and pictures to schools@macmillan.org.uk or post them to the Schools and Youth team, Macmillan Cancer Support, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ.

If your school fancies getting in on the action, then why not ask your pupils to hold an event during Carers Week? It could raise awareness of the amazing work carried out by carers and of the support that’s available to them from Macmillan. Macmillan can provide you with all the ideas, publicity and free resources that you’ll need to make your event a success. For more information, contact Charlotte Argyle on 0207 091 2041 or at cargyle@macmillan.org.uk

Last year, a BBC survey of schoolchildren found that one in twelve has caring responsibilities. You may have a pupil in your class who cares for a family member or friend with cancer, or helps the adults in their family to care for someone. Macmillan can help them.

Whether young or old, supporting carers is an important part of our work. Not only do we provide carers with practical and emotional support, information, financial help, and learning and development opportunities, but we also campaign on their behalf. That’s why we’re proud to be a partner in the upcoming Carers Week.

Carers Week, which runs from 13 to 19 June, is organised by nine leading charities. Designed to celebrate the contribution made by the UK’s six million carers, the week will see bundles of events taking place nationwide which all aim to: • highlight the support and services

that are available to carers • raise awareness of carers’ needs • campaign for better support and

services for carers.

We’re there for young carers

If you have a young carer in your class, please let them know about the information that’s available at cancertalk.org.uk

Get in the mixOn 18 June Macmillan will be taking over Shoreditch in London to host the music event of the summer, the Big Mix. Why not encourage your students to get inspired and host their own Mini Mix in the run up to the event? Whether it’s a gig, comedy night, quiz or fashion show, it will put them in the creative hot seat and help people affected by cancer. To find out how to get involved – and what we can do to help – head to thebigmix.co.uk

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Want to make a difference to people affected by cancer and have bundles of fun while you’re at it? Then join us at our World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Find out more at coffee.macmillan.org.uk/schools