Congratulations to World Cancer Research Fund Programme Manager, Melissa Mogor who has won the 2022 British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Community Award for her work to encourage healthy eating among people living with and beyond cancer.

Announced at an award ceremony in London on 15 November 2022, Melissa received her award for setting up and running online cookery classes for people with cancer.

After World Cancer Research Fund identified that the nutritional needs of cancer survivors were often unmet, Melissa started co-hosting online classes with oncology dietitians to help people with cancer eat well by joining in a live cook-along session.

The cook-alongs empower people to create healthy meals at home and give them the knowledge and confidence to try new flavours. The cook-alongs also help to combat the isolation many cancer patients feel.

The classes have been part funded by the Pink Ribbon Foundation.