{"id":23,"date":"2010-03-16T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/70.32.100.99\/news\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2010-04-21T01:52:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T19:52:47","slug":"follow-that-fire-engine-charity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/the-charities\/follow-that-fire-engine-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"The FTFE Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FOLLOW THAT FIRE ENGINE CHARITY is a charity setup specifically for the expedition. 100% of all money raised will be split equally between the three nominated charities; <\/span>Macmillan Cancer Support,<\/span><\/a> <\/span>The Fire Fighters Charity<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Money raised will make a vital contribution towards:
\n\u2022 helping people living with cancer
\n\u2022 helping injured fire fighters and other members of the fire community
\n\u2022 helping thousands of people affected by lung cancer every year
\n\u2022 striving to defeat lung cancer through ground-breaking research<\/p>\n

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\"\" Donate<\/a><\/p>\n

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MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a3143,273<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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can fund a Macmillan nurse for 3 years, providing emotional and practical help to people affected by cancer and their families.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a3105,333<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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can fund one of Macmillan’s new community based rehabilitation support teams.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a329,250<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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will pay for a Macmillan benefits adviser to work in a Citizen’s Advice Bureau for a year providing welfare benefits advice.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a33,333<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

could keep a Macmillan cancer information and support centre stocked with all the information resources it needs to support people affected by cancer for a year.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a3350<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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could pay for a convalescent break for someone with cancer and their carer.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a351<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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could buy a liquidiser for someone who can’t eat solid food as a result of their cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a317.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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could pay for one more member of a cancer support group to go on a social event with other support group members.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a3100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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can pay for gym equipment at one of our therapy centres<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a3500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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can pay for a retired beneficiary to stay at one of our recuperation centres, to help them recover from illness, injury, bereavement or stress<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a31200<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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can pay for a week\u2019s intensive therapy for an injured fire fighter, helping to improve their quality of life, or helping them get back to work sooner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a32 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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was spent, in 2007 alone, on research, services to patients and those who wanted to quit smoing<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a310 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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has been committed to the Foundation\u2019s vital research programmes over the next 10 years<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The FOLLOW THAT FIRE ENGINE CHARITY is a charity setup specifically for the expedition. 100% of all money raised will be split equally between the three nominated charities; Macmillan Cancer Support, The Fire Fighters Charity and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Money raised will make a vital contribution towards: \u2022 helping people living with cancer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":546,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/1162"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}