FIND A CAUSE // CANCER

On average families spend an additional £600 per month when their child is diagnosed with cancer (CANC£R COSTS: CLIC Sargent 2016).

To assist with this, Abby's Heroes supports families when their child is on treatment by awarding financial hardship grants to relieve the poverty parents find themselves facing as a result of their child's diagnosis.

These grants can be for a host of reasons such as rent or mortgage payments, household bills and other everyday living costs while their child is in hospital, additional travel costs to hospital or sadly help towards funeral costs. 

Alfie's Wish supports children with cancer in the UK by providing days out to them and their families to a destination of their choice in the UK. 

Working closely with UK hospitals we accept referral applications from Young lives vs cancer social workers and our aim is to fund a day out for children with cancer (0 – 16 years) and their families. We know just how important it is to make memories when your child is fighting cancer, how special family time is so we want to help others. We also know the financial impact that cancer has on a family so funding days out often become impossible.

Whether it’s a theme park, zoo, museum, sporting or music event to name but a few our aim is to get children there to make their dreams come true.

Ayrshire Cancer Support provides a wide range of free practical help and emotional support services to people affected by cancer throughout Ayrshire. This includes people diagnosed with cancer, their family members, children and young people, carers, and people bereaved through cancer.
We have operated since 1982, originally beginning as a patient hospital transport service and grown exponentially to include the full range of psychological services we currently offer. Our aim is to improve the quality of life of those living with cancer and ensure we are here for people throughout Ayrshire who are affected by cancer and need our support.

Big C is Norfolk's cancer charity. At Big C, we see first-hand the impact cancer has on individuals, families, friends and communities across Norfolk and Waveney. Since 1980 we’ve been dedicated to the fight again cancer and today, we help thousands of people affected across our county, while working to improve outcomes for the future.

Through our cancer support and information centres, funding research projects the Norwich Research Park, purchasing medical equipment for local hospitals and our education programme, we make a direct difference to the lives of local people affected by cancer. We are the only organisation offering specialised, community- based cancer support centres in Norfolk, with centres in Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston as well as at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. None of this would be possible without the generosity of the
local community.

Big C is an entirely independent charity; all our work is funded by donations, fundraising and legacies and all funds raised stay in Norfolk and Waveney. Every year more than 8000 people in Norfolk will be told that they have cancer and many more are living with the effects every day.

The Bone Cancer Research Trust is the charity that offers hope to people affected by primary bone cancer. We are dedicated to fighting this cruel disease through research, information, awareness and support.

We fund research into every form of primary bone cancer, no matter how rare. And for those affected by the disease right now, our dedicated Support & Information Service means no-one should have to feel isolated or alone.

Patients are at the heart of our strategy. We work with healthcare professionals, medical researchers, the media and the public to raise awareness, increase understanding and improve standards of care.

Your Weekly Lottery entry will help save lives, improve outcomes and see more patients surviving and thriving. Please help us achieve our vision of a world where primary bone cancer is cured.

Bone Cancer Research Trust - Until There's a Cure

Our vision is a world where everyone with a neurological condition lives better, longer.

There is an estimated 11 million people in the UK living with a neurological condition. These conditions are wide-ranging and and include sudden onset conditions such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, progressive, degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and intermittent conditions such as epilepsy and headache disorders. 

When the brain changes, we change. When it is struck by a brain tumour, an injury or disease, the consequences can be devastating. Neurological conditions cause 140,000 deaths a year in the UK and they are the leading cause of disability worldwide. 

Brain Research UK, the UK's leading dedicated funder of neurological research, funds research to advance the understanding of the changes that take place in the brain and how these can be overcome. We fund the best science to achieve the greatest impact for people effected by neurological conditions, to help them live life better, longer. 

Thank you so much. Your support will help to ensure continued funding of life changing, life saving research.

Our vision is to find a cure for brain tumours.

Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age. What’s more, they kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer... yet historically just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease.

Brain Tumour Research is determined to change this.

We are building a network of experts in sustainable research at dedicated Centres of Excellence whilst influencing the UK Governments and larger cancer charities to invest more nationally.

We are the only national charity in the UK that is dedicated to raising funds for continuous and sustainable scientific research into brain tumours and we are a leading voice calling for greater support and action for research into what scientists are calling the last battleground against cancer.

Help us fund the fight.

Together we will find a cure.

Bright Red are a regional blood cancer charity established to improve the lives and treatment of people dealing with blood cancer in the north of England. Through care, research and education we are striving to beat illnesses such as leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma myelodysplasia and myeloproliferative diseases.

We have invested over £6m into the North of England helping to improve patient care, supporting nursing staff development and pushing the boundaries of blood cancer research.

We have played a major role in helping the North of England become one of the best places to be for those unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with a blood cancer.

There are a wide range of blood cancers. Some are more devastating than others, but every diagnosis is life changing. It is often not until you have been touched by them that you realise just how common they are, how dreadful they can be and how much more we need to do to eradicate them.

Join our fight against blood cancer for a brighter future.

The aim of our organisation is to provide practical and emotional support for cancer patients and their families during and after diagnosis. Our range of services focus on providing support, free at the point of use for all residents of Merthyr Tydfil whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Our approach is to look at practical and emotional aspects of a patient's cancer journey by providing door to door hospital transport, counselling, complementary therapy, and information and advice. Our aim is to ensure that every patient has appropriate access to a personal, confidential and safe form of transport to all cancer related appointments.

Cavendish Cancer Care is an independent charity dedicated to improving the quality of life to families affected by cancer in South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.

No one should face cancer alone, so we provide physical and emotional support through counselling and therapies. Our services are provided free of charge and are funded almost entirely through donations and the support of the general public.

We offer a place for people to come to talk, and someone to help them deal with the way cancer has affected their life. We provide a carefully selected range of one to one and group support that helps people regain a sense of control and live their best possible lives regardless of prognosis.

Whilst the NHS treats the disease, we take care of the person.

By joining our lottery, you are helping us be there for more families to help them come to terms with the impact of cancer on their lives.

Thank you and good luck!

Retinoblastoma, a rare childhood eye cancer, can devastate lives of those affected. Treatment may last years and many children lose at least one eye to save their life. The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) offers vital support to those affected, helping from diagnosis, through school years into adulthood and beyond. CHECT also raises awareness of this cancer and funds research.

Your support enables CHECT to fund global research projects to improve treatments and reduce the negative impact on those babies and young children affected. It helps CHECT educate parents, carers and health professionals about the subtle signs of this cancer so children may be diagnosed sooner and their outcome improved.

CHECT receives no government funding. Without your support none of this would be possible. Thank you for helping to make a difference to the lives of those affected by retinoblastoma.

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) is a leading national charity and expert voice for all childhood cancers.

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

CLAN Cancer Support is here for anyone affected by a cancer diagnosis by providing emotional and practical support to people affected by cancer, their family, carers and friends.

Cancer patients, their family and friends tell us that a diagnosis is dominated by feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, loneliness and helplessness.

We need your support to ensure we can be here for the thousands of individuals who reach out to us every year.

Our services are freely offered to all from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis through treatment and beyond at support and wellbeing centres located across the north-east of Scotland and Northern Isles.

Cyclists Fighting Cancer was founded in 2005 and provides a unique and highly effective way of helping kids with cancer through activity and exercise.

Approximately 2,400 children and young people (up to and including the age of 18) are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK and we are passionate about helping all these families along this difficult journey. By playing our lottery you can help us reach more children and get them pedalling on the road to recovery!

The effects of cancer and its associated treatments are numerous; amputations, balance issues, physical weakness, coordination difficulties, concerns over body image, lack of self-esteem and confidence are just some of the most common side effects. Enabling a child to ride a lightweight bike or specially adapted trike helps to address these issues in a fun, sociable and child friendly form. It improves physical fitness without the children realising they are exercising, helps to get them active outside reducing stress and anxiety, and it helps with social re-engagement and rebuilds positive relationships with friends and peers. It is fun quality time with family members and an opportunity to build happy memories.

Playing our weekly lottery is an exciting way to support our work. We help around 600 families a year and with your help we can reach even more, and you’ll be in with a chance of winning a fantastic prize too!

Dragonfly Cancer Trust supports young people with end-stage cancer. We work tirelessly to create long-lasting memories for young patients and their families. Our aim is to facilitate precious memories – We do this by providing

Cash Gifts of up to £500, arranging Dragonfly Dreams and distributing specialist Arts and Craft boxes to hospitals across the U.K.

Dragonfly Cancer Trust makes a very real and positive difference to the lives of young cancer patients. The demand for our services is rising week on week and without the support of people like you, we would not be able to support all the requests that we receive.

Thank you.

Hope Against Cancer is Leicestershire and Rutland’s local cancer research charity. We were established in 2003 to bring cutting-edge research to our area and make clinical trials available to local people. Since 2003 we have raised in excess of £8m and funded over 80 research projects tackling many different forms of cancer. We fund innovative research that leads to improved treatments and better outcomes for people and that achieves the greatest impact in the local and national fight against cancer.

Cancer treatment can be emotional, time consuming and often needs to take place over long periods. Hope for Tomorrow is a charity dedicated to reducing the stress of cancer care by bringing it closer to NHS patients. We build and provide mobile cancer care units to NHS trusts. The treatment units drive out to patients’ communities rather than patients having to make long and sometimes stressful journeys to hospital for their cancer care.

Each fully-equipped mobile cancer care unit houses four treatment chairs allowing NHS cancer care nurses to treat up to 20 patients a day. The average time a patient saves for each appointment is 2.5 hours, which significantly reduces the impact on their working lives and their families. It also makes them less dependent on others for transport.
Hope for Tomorrow currently provides 14 mobile cancer care units and 13 nurse support vehicles to 11 NHS trusts. Last year the units allowed the NHS to deliver 26,447 treatments in local communities.

Welcome to Kids Cancer Charity, we support children with cancer and their families from all over the UK through their challenging journey. Life changes when a child is diagnosed with cancer, every aspect of their life and that of their family is thrown into turmoil. We understand the complexity of emotions and rigorous physical demands of treatment and our wish is for children affected by cancer and their families to not feel alone. Providing support through our Holiday Programme and Play Therapy from diagnosis through treatment and beyond our aim is to foster wellbeing.

Time away from hospitals, treatment plans, the physical demands of unrelenting clinical routine and the emotional toll, our Holiday Programmes give the precious gift of time together. Providing respite, an opportunity to recharge and create valuable lasting memories they open a world of possibility when all around can seem hopeless.

Our specialist Play Therapists provide emotional support and development; through a child’s natural language of play they are able to express emotions and gain understanding to make sense of their experiences, assisting them with coping.

Please help us to lift spirits, provide emotional support and restore wellbeing. Your meaningful contribution will enable us to help more children affected by cancer and their families.

Thank you for considering supporting our charity.

WE ARE UNIQUE AMONGST ALL OTHER BLOOD CANCER CHARITIES. We are the only UK charity that offers a FREE umbilical cord blood collection and banking service for qualifying families. This service, called Model Cell Biobank, is designed to allow the collection and storage of cord blood stem cells to families who have a history of cancer in their immediate family and who cannot afford to pay for a private service. These cells will then be available for at least the following 25 years, to treat the child from whom they were collected, or another family member.

The service costs us over £2,000 per collection to deliver and your support could give hope, and possible life saving treatment, to a family who needs it now, or in the future and cannot afford to pay for it themselves.

In addition, we also support research into stem cell therapies to treat blood cancer and seek to raise the awareness of everyone as to the potential benefits of this type of treatment which is not as well known as it should be.

Please help us, help others. Thank you.

Leukaemia Busters is a charity with a huge vision - a world in which leukaemia is safely, quickly and completely cured. This we are working towards each day through funding and conducting research through our laboratories in Southampton.

Our aim is to find new and safer treatments in the form of an antibody based magic bullet which works the patients own immune system to specifically target leukaemia cells.

We are fully funded by voluntary donations, and without the support from people like you, our work would be unable to continue. With your support you are enabling us to save young lives through research, and for this we thank you.

We are Leukaemia UK. We believe research has the power to stop leukaemia devastating lives.

Leukaemia doesn’t discriminate. It affects people of all ages – from babies to grandparents. More people are living longer with leukaemia but, despite decades of progress only half of leukaemia patients live longer than five years after their diagnosis. We won’t stop until we change this.

What if through research, we could accelerate progress and improve the lives of people affected by leukaemia today and in the future?
By bringing together the experience and expertise of people who are living and working with leukaemia, we will do everything we can to make sure that the next person diagnosed has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment and care.

The Lingen Davies Cancer Fund is an independent charity committed to making a positive difference to lives affected by cancer in Shropshire, Telford and Mid Wales. The charity was originally launched in 1979 to raise funds to build and equip a new radiotherapy department in Shrewsbury.

Since then the charity has continued to improve facilities for cancer patients in Shropshire and Mid Wales through the funding of equipment and buildings. It is dedicated to ensuring that patients are treated and diagnosed in the best environment possible.

Lymphoma Action is the UK's only charity dedicated to lymphoma, the fifth most common cancer. We've been providing in-depth, expert information and wide-ranging support for over 30 years, helping thousands of people affected by lymphoma. Our work drives improvements in the diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare of lymphoma.

We inform people with trusted information, endorsed by medical experts, to help and empower them to fully understand the complexities of lymphoma.

We support them at every step, providing advice and reassurance tailored to their individual experience. From symptom awareness through diagnosis, treatment and beyond, we're here to help. We also support doctors and nurses to deliver the best possible treatment and care.

We connect people to leading lymphoma expertise, and to those going through a similar experience, to make sure they're not alone.

We're here for everyone affected by lymphoma.

Maggie’s is a charity providing free cancer support and information in centres across the UK and online. We offer the best possible care to people with cancer and their families.

We have 24 centres that stand alongside 24 of the NHS cancer hospitals. Each visitor gets a warm welcome whether they walk through the door of a centre or join our online community. And we give the specialist emotional and psychological care they need.

YOUR SUPPORT MAKES OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Our Cancer Support Specialists, Psychologists and Benefits Advisors help people cope with a cancer diagnosis.

We know that after coming to Maggie’s, people feel less alone and more confident about talking to their medical teams. And we have helped thousands of people get the benefits they are entitled to.

Last year we supported over 280,000 people with cancer, 70,000 were visiting us for the very first time.

SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER TODAY
We estimate there’ll be a growth in our visitor numbers as many continue to come to terms with a diagnosis and the treatment they might need.

In the next three years, we aim to have 30 centres, meaning we’re be at half of the cancer hospitals in the UK.

But we rely on your kindness. You can help us continue to provide the support people with cancer need.

The MCA Trust supports cancer patients under the age of 22 across East London and Essex. We aim to bring hope and happiness to these vibrant young people and their families during some of the most challenging times they’ll ever face.

The scope of our work is varied. We provide financial and emotional support inside and outside of hospital environments.

Working in partnership with local NHS Trusts, we identify and fund projects that will make a real difference to children who are battling cancer. Completed projects include purchasing sophisticated medical equipment and refurbishing dedicated children’s oncology areas to create a better experience for all users.

Respite between treatments is a fundamental aspect of every child’s recovery. We also recognise that the cancer journey is hard on the whole family, so one of the ways we provide support comes from arranging experiences and holidays to sought-after locations that many children might wish for.

Every penny from the lottery is going towards our MCA Trust Education and Careers scheme - funding private tuition for children that have lost out on education due to strenuous cancer treatments.

Myeloma UK is the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with myeloma. A type of cancer arising from plasma cells usually found in the bone marrow.

With your help – our ambition is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then we strive to provide every myeloma patient with an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Thanks to you and other supporters, Myeloma UK is:

• Funding projects to improve early diagnosis
• Investing in innovative, life-changing research
• Ensuring patients can get access to new treatments through our advocacy work
• Providing much-needed information and support to patients and their families

None of this work would be possible without supporters like you donating, fundraising, and playing our lottery. So – thank you.

Sign up to join our lottery today.

To find out more about our work visit www.myeloma.org.uk

Every week in the UK, around two children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive and life-threatening cancer.

Neuroblastoma UK is a national charity dedicated to finding a cure for neuroblastoma. For over 40 years we have funded vital research into improving both diagnosis and treatment of this terrible disease.

Many children have little in the way of symptoms and it is often hard to diagnose neuroblastoma un the early stages. Neuroblastoma, particularly ‘high risk’ neuroblastoma, often shoes itself at a late stage when it has spread around the body. For many families, the first time they hear the word ‘neuroblastoma’ is when their child is diagnosed.

Too many children are dying from neuroblastoma. Despite advances in treatment, high-risk neuroblastoma has one of the lowest survival rates of all childhood cancers. In addition, children currently receive intensive therapy that can also lead to other, lifelong health challenges.

More research is desperately needed to make breakthroughs in the treatment and diagnosis of neuroblastoma. By playing our weekly lottery you can help fund more vital research that will improve treatment for children with neuroblastoma and save more young lives. Thank you.

As the only independent charity dedicated to tackling cancer across the North West and North Wales, our goal is simple: to put our region's cancer needs first.

Since 2000, we have funded more than £40 million in world-class research, addressing the cancer inequalities and championing our local research community to pave the way for a cancer-free future.

From leading life-saving research to bringing better and kinder treatments to those who need it most, we strive to tackle the cause, improve the care and, importantly, find the cure.

But, none of this would be possible without the dedication of our supporters, who work hand in hand with us to achieve a future that is free from cancer -together, we can make our vision a reality.

Oracle Cancer Trust is the UK’s leading Head and Neck Cancer charity and our mission is to ensure everyone has the best chance of surviving Head and Neck cancer. With your support we will enable greater understanding, knowledge and awareness of Head and Neck Cancers. 

Head and Neck cancer in the UK

• 12,400 new cases are diagnosed every year in the UK and numbers are rising
• 1 in 42 men and 1 in 97 woman will develop Head and Neck Cancer in their lifetime.
• 34% increase in total cases diagnosed across the four nations from 2011-2018.
• 58.5% of Head and Neck cancers are diagnosed at stage III or IV
• Over 50% of cases of Head and Neck Cancers have been associated with HPV in the UK
with other risk factors being smoking and drinking.
• By 2030 the incidence of Head and Neck cancers are expected to increase by 30%, to
over 16,000 people per year
• There are around 4,100 Head and Neck cancer deaths in the UK every year, that's 11 every
day

Penny Brohn UK exists to put people with cancer in better control of their health and wellbeing, wherever they live in the UK. We understand that those living with cancer, need more than medicine to live well. We also need to care for our mind, emotions, spirit, heart, and soul.

Every day in the UK over 1,000 people experience shock, panic, fear, anger, and devastation when they hear the word ‘cancer.’ But there can also be hope. Hope that grows when people with cancer feel stronger, physically, and emotionally.

Penny Brohn UK are working hard to ensure everyone with cancer has access to the support they need to live well.
Today, with your help, we can:

- Provide expert support: Whether its our one-to-one consultations with doctors, nutritional therapists, counsellors, and exercise therapists or through wellbeing days, we exist to put you in better control of your health and wellbeing.

- Provide lifesaving information: More people want choice in how they manage their cancer. Our online resources are about looking after the person behind the cancer, to help them feel stronger.

- Bring people together online: We understand that having someone to speak to or hearing the stories of others going through something similar, is so important. Our online expert sessions, bring people with cancer together in a safe place.

- Champion for better support: Our doctors, nutritionists, counsellors, and therapists provide high-quality personalised cancer support and champion its positive impact so more people can benefit.

None of this work would be possible without supporters like you. We rely on your kindness. By playing our lottery, you can help us secure a future where everyone can get the support they need to feel stronger facing cancer.

Every year more than 9,000 people face the diagnosis of cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria. Effective treatment is a major priority for the NHS, but it is expensive and there is little left over for additional facilities and equipment that may make all the difference to the treatment experience of patients and their families. The Rosemere Cancer Foundation works in partnership with local clinical staff to achieve the best possible care for cancer patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria wherever they are treated. It does this by raising funds for cutting edge specialist equipment which is not yet standard in the NHS, local cancer research projects that help improve our understanding of cancer and how it can be better diagnosed and treated, top quality training to help clinical staff share best practice and be the very best they can be and for projects supporting innovative ways to take the fear out of cancer for patients and their families during their treatment.

Every 15 minutes, a person dies of lung cancer in the UK. It is the biggest cancer killer. Additionally, there are 48,500 new lung cancer cases in the UK every year. Funding vital lung cancer research and promoting early screening gives those impacted with lung cancer the best possible outcome.

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the leading UK lung cancer charity dedicated to helping everyone affected by the disease.
Since 1990, when the charity was set up by Professor Ray Donnelly, we have funded over £30 million of essential lung cancer research, looking for ways to detect the disease as early as possible and save lives.

We support everyone impacted by lung cancer – from diagnosis, through treatment, living with the disease and end of life care. We raise awareness, prevent future generations from getting the disease and challenge the misconceptions of lung cancer. We do all this so those diagnosed can live well with lung cancer for as long as possible. It is thanks to those who support us that we can continue this life-saving work.

Team Reece is the dream of one little boy with a cancerous brain tumour who wants to provide a holiday home, respite breaks and fund research into better treatment options for childhood cancers.

Families are left fractured and devastated when a child is diagnosed and research is woefully underfunded in childhood cancers. Reece wants to change that but we need your help!

The Christie is the largest single site cancer centre in Europe, treating over 40,000 patients each year with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, specialised surgery, support and diagnostics.

The Christie charity is one of the largest hospital charities in the UK and works alongside The Christie to provide enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds.

The Christie charity helps to fund the following four areas – care & treatment, research, education and extra support services such as complementary therapy.

Gynaecological cancers kill women and destroy families.

Every day 58 women in the UK are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer and 21 die. That's far too many wives, daughters, sisters, partners and friends.

The Eve Appeal is the only UK national charity raising awareness and funding research into the five gynaecological cancers – ovarian, womb, cervical, vaginal and vulval.

The research we fund aims for better detection, risk prediction and prevention of all five gynaecological cancers. With research teams based at leading institutions in the UK and worldwide, The Eve Appeal is at the cutting edge of research to fight women's cancers.

By joining Unity Lottery for The Eve Appeal you can help fund innovative new research and can help save lives.

Wessex Cancer Support believe that there should be help and support available to everyone living with cancer, when and where they need it.

Every year around 23,000 people are diagnosed with cancer within the Wessex region. A diagnosis can be a shock and have a huge impact on an entire family. Wessex Cancer Support is committed to offering free support for as long as people need it.

At all of our cancer centres clients are welcomed by our volunteer befrienders who are equipped to provide information, support and a listening ear. Our team of specialist counsellors are there to help deal with the emotional impact of cancer and our complementary therapies aim to improve wellbeing, help with pain management and increase self-confidence.

Wessex Cancer Support also provide practical support, singing therapy groups, programmes to help people move on from cancer and transport services.

Each year Wessex Cancer Support are able to reach over 8,000 people in the local community.

We examine how diet, weight and physical activity affect your risk of developing and surviving cancer. As part of an international network of charities, we have been funding life-saving research, influencing global public health policy and educating the public since 1982.

Every day in the UK, 1,100 people will hear the words ‘you have cancer’, but 40% of cancer cases are preventable. While society continues searching for a cure, we are investing millions into our prevention and survival work to help those people live longer, happier, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.

Yes to Life empowers people with cancer to make informed decisions about their care options. For almost two decades, we have provided evidence-based information to those in need.

Most importantly, we offer individual support through:

• our helpline
• our website
• information via blogs
• our publications
• the weekly Yes to Life Radio Show on UK Health Radio
• our CANCERTALK Podcast
• our Wigwam cancer support groups
• wellbeing sessions
• our peer to peer support service
• our e-learning platform for Healthcare professionals
• Our public events and workshops

We also believe in the benefits of a positive approach. Of course, a cancer diagnosis is frightening, but instead of talking about ‘victims’ and ‘battling with disease’, we feel that forward-looking optimism is crucial. We have seen the realistic hope that results from gaining access to information, and from being empowered to explore your individual needs and make your own choices to manage your condition, as you see fit. Our role is to help people to decide what they want to do to help themselves – by providing information and referring them to qualified experts – and then to support them in their chosen path.