About the Cancer Wellbeing Service

The Cancer Wellbeing Services offers a wide range of various one to one support topics, such as: 

Welfare Benefits - personal advice session on benefits and financial support

Wills Clinic - this session is provided by Buckles Solicitors LLP, providing support in drawing up a basic will, free of charge

Back to Work - gain advice about returning to work whilst recovering from cancer; including planning your return, managing fatigue and communicating your needs confidently 

Healthy Lifestyles - individual sessions learning how small changes to diet and exercise can improve your quality of life and health

Whatever the Future Holds - the service provide specific support for those who have a diagnosis of incurable cancer, and can support those people's family and friends as well

Individualised Support with Challenging Emotions - you can access therapeutic intervention sessions to help you manage the impact of cancer on your life, including your confidence, mood, motivation, anxieties and frustrations. We use a variety of approaches to empower you to cope

Headstrong - book an individual appointment with trained volunteers who help you to find scarves and caps that suit you. You can take one free scarf home with you

Acupuncture - can be used to reduce common side effects of cancer treatment in men and women such as hot flushes and numbness. 

The Cancer Wellbeing Services offers a wide range of course and workshops available to you, such as: 

Moving On Workshop - this afternoon teaching session covers many of the topics people struggle with after curative treatment has finished

HOPE Course - this is a six week course covering common concerns following cancer treatment, such as tiredness, fear of recurrence and becoming more active. The group focuses on taking small steps to move forwards

Managing Fatigue Course - understand the causes and impact of fatigue. Learn how to increase your energy levels and pace yourself

Sleeping Better Workshop - this workshop will help you to explore why it can be hard to sleep at night and learn techniques to having a better quality sleep

Brain Training Course - learn how to manage and improve memory and thinking after cancer treatment

Look Good, Feel Better - this is a ladies group session where beauty therapists guide you through applying make-up, helping you to feel more like you

Skin Fitness - this is a session for men, teaching skin care and helping you to feel better in yourself

Talking with Children about Cancer - offering guidance with supporting children and teenagers when an adult has cancer

Acupuncture - can be used to reduce common side effects of cancer treatment in men and women such as hot flushes and numbness. 

The Cancer Wellbeing Service offers exercise activities for you to access including: 

Chair based exercise - this is a lively and fun session but can be tailored to be gentler for those who are struggling to build exercise into their life. 

Our wellbeing Art Specialist works with small groups and, where appropriate, on an individual basis. People are encouraged to work on bespoke projects which promote wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem. The sessions allow protected space and time to focus attention entirely on creative takes and provide a positive distraction from illness-related anxieties. 

Previous art and craft experience is not required. There is an opportunity to learn new skills in: 

• glass painting
• model making
• origami
• pyrography (burning images onto wood)
• 3D decoupage (layering pictures creating a three-dimensional effect)
• Victorian decoupage (over-lapping 2D images)
• Mosaics

Headstrong is a hair loss advisory service provided by the Cancer Wellbeing Service. Located in the Robert Horrell Macmillan Centre. To book an appointment call: 01733 673118 or 01733 678570