Target for OUTREACH4CLAN Campaign More than Doubled

That the Parliament congratulates The Orcadian newspaper on joining forces with CLAN Cancer Support in Kirkwall to raise funds for a planned expansion of its cancer support services in Orkney; commends the newspaper for donating the £500 cash prize that it received on being awarded Newspaper of the Year 2018 at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards to the support service; congratulates the three paid members of staff and the 60-plus volunteers who have worked tirelessly for over 11 years supporting people affected by their own or someone else’s cancer; appreciates that the geographical challenges and a lack of resources makes reaching all areas of the Orkney Islands difficult for the service; notes that the OUTREACH4CLAN campaign, which was launched in August 2019, has more than doubled the £10,000 that it set out to raise to enable training for additional support volunteers, provide more therapies and classes/group work, and to develop CLAN’s outreach programme across mainland Orkney and to the islands; congratulates The Orcadian and the people of Orkney on achieving 228% of its target amount for the campaign, which closed on 2 December, after raising £22,786, and wishes staff and volunteers all the best in using the money raised to increase support for local people affected by cancer in any way.