About
Cancer care parcel was founded by Dr share Cohen in 2013 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After she got diagnosed, she found little time to relax or even research was not top of her priority. She also felt there were a few friends who saw the situation very awkward, they avoided her as they didn’t know how to react or what to say. So she set up cancer care parcel, to enable children and adults with cancer to take some of the worries away and bring some calm back into their lives cancer care parcel is also an ideal gift, to let people with cancer know that you care and are thinking about them. The website is quite outdated and boring to look at they do have a lot of different packs depending on what treatment the person is having and what age/ gender they are. The website enables you to choose from a vast selection of parcels you can also select a pack based on what kind of cancer the person has I think this is such a good idea as everyone’s needs are different.
Products
There care parcels range from 45 pounds up to 150 pounds which I think is quite expensive as none of these products are bespoke, they have all got these products from elsewhere. They are also set packages, so you can’t change anything, which for the money I feel like you should be able to. With each box, it tells you how appropriate it is for the person who is undergoing treatment so so don’t get one full of products they can’t you. The parcels are packaged in brown boxes that say ‘Someone is thinking about you, and got you this gift’. They ship worldwide but are biased in the UK. They have reviews on their website that gives nearly all their products 5 or 4 starts, so the customers are pleased with them.
Resources
On their website as well as selling the parcels they also have a resources section where they keep personal stories, information on cancer research and charity partners. As well as these resources they have a blog one of the posts that caught my eye was ‘Stop telling me to be brave’ starting there #stoptellingme campaign I feel really strongly about stopping these types of words as I know effected my mum a lot as she felt constant pressure to be ‘Battling/ Winning/ Brave’
Social Media
Cancer care parcel also has on online presence. They have a facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Linkin and a google page. They keep them updated regularly and they have quite a lot of followers, they have 2,554 followers. But I feel like there is so much they couldn’t work with the online platform if they posted better content.