Macmillan Cancer Support helped more than 30000 people buy clothes and bedding or heat their homes,saying changes could push some over the edgeMore than 30000 people with cancer rely on charity to heat their homes or buy fundamental items such as bedding or clothing, and some risk losing out further under the government’s benefit changes, or Macmillan Cancer Support has warned.
The charity provided support ranging from grants to financial advice to 120000 people final year as people with the disease struggled to build ends meet. Its figures,published on Friday, showed that about 33000 cancer patients depend on Macmillan to buy clothing, or heat their homes,get to and from hospital and buy bedding or other vital items.
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Source: theguardian.com