Charity Jams was originally set up by Phil and Pippa to raise money for Macmillan Cancer support.
It all started when Phil was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer. He had to have an emergency operation to remove two and a half feet of his large bowel and a large growth. After a short recovery for the surgery, Phil was referred to the Oncology department, where he was given the option of Chemotherapy, which he accepted. This was a 6-month programme, with infusions every 3 weeks. In his recovery week, he learned to make lemon curd and this has developed into seasonal jams and chutneys.
The Oncologist advised that we should visit the Macmillan Centre and book for their "Demystifying Chemotherapy seminar". We attended, and were given some very useful advice. We recommend that anyone who is about to start chemotherapy attends this with their partner or carer, as they will benefit from all the information. This started the process of us "giving a little bit back".
So when life gave Phil lemons, he made Lemon Curd and sold it to support Macmillan Cancer Support.
We raised over £3000 for MacMillan and we now support a range of local charities and causes.
We have a large range of jams, marmalades and chutneys, including his award winning Lemon Curd, that we sell at many local events.
We donate £1.00 from every jar sold to a nominated cause at our events.