World's Biggest Coffee Morning facts for kids
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| Founded | 1999 |
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| Type | Charity |
The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is an annual fundraising event run by Macmillan Cancer Support where people across the UK host and attend Coffee Mornings in aid of Macmillan. Since 1990 it has raised over £310 million for Macmillan.
History
The first Coffee Morning was held in 1990, when a local fundraising committee held a coffee morning where the cost of the coffee was donated to Macmillan. The first nationwide Coffee Morning took place in 1991 with 2,600 supporters taking part. The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is one of the largest and longest-standing fundraising events of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Other fundraising events have included Coffee Mornings 100 feet underground at Poldark Mine, on a jet fighter and in Antarctica.
Corporate supporters
The official partner of coffee morning is M&S. Since 2010, M&S has raised £10 million by creating limited edition homeware products and selling a range of baked goods with a donation going towards Macmillan Cancer Support.
Notable participants
- Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and television personality
- Larry Lamb, English actor
- Mrs Stephen Fry, blogger, author and award-winning Tweeter (and fictional ‘poor, downtrodden wife & mother of his [Stephen Fry’s] five, six or possibly seven kids.")
- Martin Clunes, English actor and comedian.
- Ben Fogle, English television presenter, adventurer and writer.
- Katherine Jenkins, Welsh classical singer - attended Marks and Spencer coffee morning with executive chairman Stuart Rose.
- Sheree Murphy, English actress and television presenter.
See also
- Cancer in the United Kingdom
