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Support for Cancer Patients
and their Families
Breast Cancer Awareness.Com
www.breastcancerawareness.com
Website dedicated to providing information specifically for women affected by
breast cancer in Britain. Provides links to other cancer sites. Allows you to
chat, blog and network with others.
Breast Cancer Care
www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 800 6000
Lines open: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 10am-2pm
[email protected]
5-13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS
Breast Cancer Care is here for anyone affected by breast cancer.
We bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for
improved standards of care.
Beating Bowel Cancer
www.beatingbowelcancer.org
Helpline: 0845 719300
Lines open: Monday to Thursday 9am-5.30pm/Friday 9am-4pm
Nurse Advisory Line: 0845 719301
Harlequin House, 7 High Street, Teddington, TW11 8EE
Provides information and support to patients, and their family and friends on
issues relating to bowel cancer.
Bowel Cancer UK
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
Freephone advisory service: 020 7940 1760
E-mail: [email protected]
Wilcox House, 140-148 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB
Bowel Cancer UK aims to save lives and improve the quality of life for all
those affected by bowel cancer.Provides practical support and advice about
bowel cancer.
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Cancer Black Care
www.cancerblackcare.org.uk
Tel: 020 8961 4151
E-mail: [email protected]
79 Acton Lane, London, NW10 8UT
Cancer Black Care (CBC) provides a comprehensive support service to ALL
members of the community, who are affected by cancer. We offer a safe
confidential, neutral place, where service users, carers and families and
friends can meet to support each others cultural and emotional needs. As
every family is unique, our service is committed to the interest of our service
users and their families.
Cancer Research UK
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/
Tel: 0808 800 4040
9am until 5pm Monday to Friday.
Angel Building, 407 St John Street, London EC1V 4AD
The patient information website of Cancer Research UK. Provides information
on a wide range of issues relating to cancer.
Cancer Net
http://www.cancernet.co.uk/hairloss.htm
Looking at how chemotherapy affects hair loss.
Christian Lewis Trust
www.christianlewistrust.org
Tel: 01792 480500
E-mail: [email protected]
62 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 4PT
Provides emotional and practical support for children with cancer and their
families.
CLIC Sargent
www.clicsargent.org.uk
Child Cancer Helpline: 0300 330 0803
Horatio House, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8JA
Helps young people of 21years of age and under who have any form of
cancer or leukaemia, and their families.
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Help the Hospices
www.helpthehospices.org.uk
Hospice Information Service: 020 7520 8200
E-mail: [email protected]
34-44 Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JG
We are the UK charity for hospice care. If you are a patient, carer or have an
interest in hospice and palliative care explore this site for information, support
or to get involved.
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust
www.jostrust.org.uk
Tel: 0808 802 8000
Email - [email protected]
CAN Mezzanine, 49 – 51 East Road, London N1 6AH
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (Jo’s Trust) is the only UK charity dedicated to
women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical
abnormalities. Our aim is to offer information, support, and friendship to
women of all ages.
Kidney Cancer UK
www.kcuk.org/
Tel: 0844 8707054
E-mail: [email protected]
Kidney Cancer UK, Secure Hold Business Centre, Studley Road, Redditch,
Worcestershire B98 7LG
Kidney Cancer UK is committed to providing all kidney cancer patients and
healthcare professionals with reliable and up-to-date information about kidney
cancer and its treatments through the provision of our informative literature
and website.
Leukaemia Care
www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
24/7 Careline: 08088 010 444
Admin: 01905 755977
E-mail: [email protected]
Leukaemia CARE exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose
lives have been affected by blood or lymphatic cancer. Our work extends to
the welfare of families and carers, as well as that of patients themselves.
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Macmillan Cancer Support
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx
Ask Macmillan: 0808 808 0000
89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7UQ
Provides a free confidential support service, for people affected by cancer,
and is part of UK-wide charity Macmillan Cancer Relief. Works with support
groups, to help people with cancer, their families and carers to find emotional
and practical help close to home.
Marie Curie Cancer Care
www.mariecurie.org.uk
Tel: 0800 716 146
(Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm)
[email protected]
89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP
Provides a free practical nursing service to give terminally ill people the choice
of dying at home supported by their families.
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk
Tel: 0114 271 1060
E-mail: [email protected]
Fulwood House, Old Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3TH
Provides information on screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, bowel
cancer and the Prostate Cancer Risk Management programme.
Ovacome
www.ovacome.org.uk/
Helpline: 0845 371 0554
Admin: 020 7299 6654
E-mail: [email protected]
Suite B5, City Cloisters, 196 Old Street, London, EC1V 9FR
Ovacome is a nationwide support group for all those concerned with ovarian
cancer, including sufferers, families, friends, carers and health professionals.
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Penny Brohn Cancer Centre
http://www.pennybrohncancercare.org
Helpline: 0845 123 2310
E-mail: [email protected]
Chapel Pill Lane, Pill, Bristol, BS20 0HH
Support for men and women affected by cancer at any stage of their illness.
Also provides help for families and supporters of those living with cancer.
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
www.roycastle.org/
Helpline: 0333 3237200
E-mail: [email protected]
The Roy Castle Centre, 4-6 Enterprise Way, Wavertree Tech Park, Liverpool,
Merseyside, L13 1FB
We are the only charity in the UK wholly dedicated to the defeat of lung
cancer.
We fund lung cancer research, provide support, help people to quit smoking &
give a voice to all those affected by lung cancer through our campaigning.
Royal Marsden Hospital
http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/pages/home.aspx
Tel 020 7352 8171
The Royal Marsden, Fulham Road’ London SW3 6JJ
The Royal Marsden is a world-leading cancer centre specialising in diagnosis,
treatment, care, education and research.
Shine Cancer Support
www.shinecancersupport.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
SupportLine
www.supportline.org.uk
Helpline: 01708 765200
Admin: 01708 765222
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 2860, Romford, Essex, RM7 1JA
We offer confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults
by telephone, email and post. We work with callers to develop healthy,
positive coping strategies, an inner feeling of strength and increased self
esteem to encourage healing, recovery and moving forward with life. We also
keep details of counsellors, agencies and support groups throughout the UK.
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Tenovus
www.tenovus.com
Freephone Helpline: 0808 808 1010
E-mail: [email protected]
9th Floor Gleider House, Ty Glas Road, Cardiff, CF14 5BD
At Tenovus our aims are simple: to help prevent, treat and find a cure for
cancer.
In doing that we offer support, advice and treatment for cancer patients,
information on cancer prevention and funding for research to improve the
outcomes for people with cancer.
The Lymphoma Association
www.lymphomas.org.uk
Tel: 0808 808 5555
Lines open: Monday to Thursday 9am-6pm/ Friday 9am-5pm
PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 2GA
We are the only specialist UK charity providing emotional support and
accurate medical information completely free of charge to anyone affected by
lymphatic cancer - whether patient, family member, friend or carer.
The Prostate Cancer Charity
www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
Helpline: 0800 074 8383
E-mail: [email protected]
Fourth Floor, The Counting House, 53 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QN
Provides support and information to anyone concerned about prostate cancer.
Offers a confidential helpline staffed by experienced nurses.
For further resources there is a list of links in the Information and Links
section of the BACP website: www.bacp.co.uk
This list has been compiled by the BACP Customer Service Ethics Specialists
from a variety of sources and is offered as a service for members and the
public. Inclusion does not mean that an organisation is recognised or
recommended by BACP.
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