Newsletter No. 6 – February 2019

MEDIA RELEASE

Registered Charity Status is Awarded – Volunteers Needed.

Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support are pleased to announce that they have been granted Charity Status and are registered with the Charity Commission. The charity was set up only 5 months ago to support anyone affected by any cancer in the Axminster and Lyme Regis areas.

The Axminster and Lyme Regis Cancer Support is registered charity 1182035 and charity status was granted on 14^th February 2019.

Mary Kahn, founder of the charity said: “We are delighted that the Charity Commission has supported our application and we are now registered. Our trustees and committee members have been working hard since our launch in October 2018 and this development is an exciting one in our plans to support local people affected by cancer. It will open up new opportunities for income while endorsing those already in place. We have been overwhelmed with support from local businesses and the community. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved especially our team of volunteers”.

Chair of Trustees, Nick Hodges, says “I am extraordinarily privileged to be involved with Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support, and I would like to congratulate and thank Mary, our founder, and Tracey, our wonderful administrator for their amazing dedication to the project. The whole team have already achieved so much in just a few short months, and now that we have charitable status we can do so much more.”

We urgently need more volunteers to help us spread the word and enable us to deliver more help and support to those in need. Do please get in touch if you feel you can help us in any way. Thank you.