A Suffolk cancer charity fundraiser has described meeting the King as a “pinch me moment”.<\/p>\n
Rachel Mann, a breast cancer survivor and dedicated volunteer for Hope for Tomorrow, was invited to a special reception at Buckingham Palace on April 30.<\/p>\n
The event was organised to honour those who support cancer patients.<\/p>\n
Hope for Tomorrow CEO, Tina Seymour (centre), meeting HM The King (Image: Ian Jones Photography) Ms Mann, from Sudbury, was part of a team representing the charity, including CEO Tina Seymour, oncology nurse Pat Dyminski, high-value partnership manager Emma Bowles, cancer care unit driver Bryan Baird, and operations coordinator Jayne Foster.<\/p>\n
Ms Mann said: “It was a true honour and privilege to attend the event at Buckingham Palace with Hope for Tomorrow.<\/p>\n
“It was a wonderful opportunity to speak with representatives from so many other charities – whether raising awareness of the disease or helping to make the lives of those with a diagnosis a little easier.<\/p>\n
“It was certainly an evening I\u2019ll never forget.”<\/p>\n
Frisby, Hope for Tomorrow’s West Suffolk mobile cancer care unit (Image: Hope for Tomorrow) Hope for Tomorrow operates 14 mobile cancer care units across England, working with nine NHS trusts to bring care closer to patients’ homes.<\/p>\n
The charity is entirely self-funded, with a budget of \u00a31.8 million this year.<\/p>\n
Emma Bowles said: “It was an amazing experience as we had time to talk to the King and Queen Camilla to share the essential community-based cancer care and services we provide in the county and across the UK.<\/p>\n
“Their current personal experience and journey was very much front of mind, and they showed real interest in what we do, which was very heartening.”<\/p>\n
The King, who was diagnosed with cancer in February 2024, sent a heartfelt message to guests, describing his experience as “daunting and at times frightening”.<\/p>\n
To donate or learn more about how you can get involved with Hope for Tomorrow, visit hopefortomorrow.org.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Suffolk cancer charity fundraiser has described meeting the King as a “pinch me moment”. Rachel Mann, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,2633,52647,7730,7731,52648,52646,1760,52645,7710,519,52649],"class_list":{"0":"post-117301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-buckingham-palace","10":"tag-cancer-care","11":"tag-charles","12":"tag-charles-iii","13":"tag-emma-bowles","14":"tag-ian-jones-photography","15":"tag-king-charles","16":"tag-rachel-mann","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-tina-seymour"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114540703096440434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}