Calls To MacMillan Support Line Approach Quarter Of A Million As Charity Warns Many People Contact At “Breaking Point”

Calls to the Macmillan Support Line will hit almost a quarter of a million this year. Staff on the free support line, which is open 365 days a year, have already received more than 240,000 enquiries in 2019[i] and supported more than 65,000 people — 7% more people than in 2018 and 14% more than the year before that[ii]. Last year alone, the charity supported almost 100 people over the ‘three days of Christmas’ (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day). The number one reason callers contacted Macmillan was for…

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