Fancy a cuppa?

All over the UK this month, thousands of coffee mornings have been held in a bid to raise money for well known charity Macmillan Cancer Support who do amazing work providing help and advice for people whose lives have been affected by cancer.  

The “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning”, which was officially held on 25th September, took place in many different places throughout the country with our very own Students’ Union being just one of them. Volunteers from NSCA (Northumbria Student Community Action) came together to give Domain, (formally Venue) an impressive makeover, turning it into a one-off café for the event.

So, with an abundance of tea and coffee at the ready and a very colourful selection of cakes, we soon started to entice the punters in with a bit of encouragement from some event promotional staff, i.e. students waving cakes in your faces. The idea was that you donated the price of your coffee and cake and this all goes together towards the final amount, a fair deal I’m sure you’ll agree.  

The event was a great success and after everyone had drank their own bodyweight in coffee, “Café Domain” came to a close with the total fundraising for the morning coming to a respectable £66.62, which when you consider the following facts makes you appreciate any amount successfully raised:

• £22 will fund a Macmillan family support worker for an hour, to help families who have been affected by a cancer diagnosis and treatment.

• £40 will help a cancer support group hold their first meeting

As you can see, definitely a worthwhile event thanks to Northumbria volunteers!

Northumbria Student Community Action (NSCA) is a group that organises student-led volunteering projects that have a positive impact on the local community, e.g. gardening work at Brandling Park, helping school children with reading skills, organising an indoor music festival for people with physical disabilities, and money from the Alumni fund will be donated to NSCA to make more of these projects possible.