CHRISTMAS is a time for making people feel special, to #ReachOut to those you know and those you don’t and to those who are especially vulnerable living with cancer.

In a year when being in each other's company has been so difficult, isn’t time together during a national holiday the greatest gift of all?

We’ve all had to adapt this year, as the global pandemic has taken its toll, creating adversity, generating fear and isolation.

For those of us living with cancer this has brought further anxiety and trepidation to an already challenging present and uncertain future.

This Christmas Macmillan Cancer Support wants you to take a step back and focus on what’s special to all of us, something that comes more naturally at Christmas than at any other time of year.

Being in someone’s company is an opportunity to #ReachOut and show you care and that they matter to you.

Making someone feel better in this way is the best possible gift at Christmas whether it’s a kind thought and action, a smile through a screen or a friendly voice on the telephone; we’re all in need of a little extra and Christmas is the perfect time.

Without your donations we simply cannot support the growing number of people who need us no matter what time of year it is.

The Macmillan Support Line can help with clinical, practical and financial information for all those affected by and living with cancer.

Call us on 0808 808 00 00 (Seven days a week, 8am-8pm).

Donate today to help us this Christmas: www.macmillan.org.

uk/donate or visit our online shop buy a Christmas card and remind someone they’re in your thoughts, reach out: https://shop.

macmillan.org.uk/# Jane Melvin, Head of partnerships North and North West Macmillan Cancer Support