A biscuit model of Edinburgh Castle has been created to celebrate Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
The model is part of a larger sculpture of iconic UK landmarks on display in a Baker Street gallery in London ahead of this year’s event on September 30th.
The landmarks, which also include the Shard, Old Trafford and Millennium Centre, were chosen to thank the millions of people across the country who helped raise £27.6m during last year’s event alone.
Macmillan has used its 26 years of experience to identify coffee morning hosts from across the country and immortalise their local landmarks in biscuit, including:
• Edinburgh Castle – A total of 684 coffee mornings were held in the Scottish capital raising £336,280
• The Shard – Hosts in the nation’s capital held 7,500 coffee mornings last year
• Whitby Abbey – Traditionally known for its tea, Yorkshire boasted the most coffee mornings in England overall, with 8,392 taking place across the county
• Old Trafford – Mancunians put on a good party with Greater Manchester holding 4,097 coffee mornings
• Millennium Centre – The Welsh capital Cardiff stole the show in Wales with the most coffee morning registrations in a single postcode coming from the centre of the city
• Hylands House – The jewel of the Essex countryside, Chelmsford held the most coffee mornings in the east of England last year
• Clifton Suspension Bridge – Bristolians held more coffee mornings than anywhere else in the South West
• New Macmillan Support Centre in Londonderry – Macmillan is investing £1.5 million in the centre at Altnagelvin Hospital.
Local people have thrown their support behind fundraising for the project with the most coffee morning signs up in Northern Ireland coming from this area last year The mammoth structure, which spans more than 80 square foot and is made up of 25,000 biscuits, was unveiled by Macmillan lung clinical nurse specialist Katherine Stevens at the Koppel Project yesterday.
Macmillan has also created cutting guides that enable budding bakers and coffee morning hosts to bake their own landmarks, available to download from www.macmillan.org.uk/biscuits.
Claire Driscoll, National Events Marketing Manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “This year we really wanted to say thank you to everyone who helps make the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning so special.
"We’ve seen support for the event grow year on year for the past 25 years and now, through the power of biscuit, we’re seeing the whole nation come together.
“Regardless of size, location, and whether you bake it or if you fake it, each slice of cake shared at a World’s Biggest Coffee Morning really does change lives by helping us ensure that no one has to face cancer alone."
Since its creation in 1990, the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning has raised a staggering £165 million.
To be part of this year’s event on Friday 30th September 2016 visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee and register to hold your own to help ensure no one faces cancer alone.
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