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Living with cancer course

The Living with Cancer course is a free six-week course for people living with cancer, run by trained tutors who have also had cancer themselves. During the course participants meet each week for two and a half hours to learn new skills and techniques.

Woman speaking at Living with Cancer programmeThroughout the Living with Cancer course participants are able to identify ways of managing symptoms and side effects of treatment, including relaxation techniques and visualisation exercises. The course can really help people with cancer to regain their confidence and enjoy a better quality of life.

If there are no Living with Cancer courses in your area, but you can get together a group of 10-16 people who are living with cancer we may be able to put on a course for you so please get in touch. Telephone: 020 7091 2010 or email lwc@macmillan.org.uk

Courses planned in 2008

Cambridge
Starts 4 June 10 - 12.30pm (Arthur Rank House, Brookfields Hospital, CB1 3DF) Telephone: 07922 126508 Email: colin.hickman@homecall.co.uk

Portsmouth
Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre, P03 6AD. Telephone 023 9286 6408 Email: nicky.booth@porthosp.nhs.uk
October

Preston
Vine House Cancer Day Centre PR2 67B. Telephone 01772 793344 Email: info@cancerhelppreston.co.uk
September

Oldham 
Starts 13 May 10.30am - 1pm (Oldham Cancer Support Centre, M35 0AD) Telephone 0161 906 2940  Email: info@cancersupport.org.uk

Northwood
Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre, Mount Vernon, HA6 2RN. Telephone 01923 844014 Email: cherry.mackie@mvh-ljmc.org
September

Birmingham
Telephone 0121 722 8384  Email: mmeade-brown@macmillan.org.uk
September, November 

Northern Ireland, Cookstown
Starts 8 May 10.30am - 1pm (St Vincent de Paul Centre, BT80 9UU) Telephone 028 877 29850 Email: info@cancerchoices.org.uk
September, November

Wales
September

Durham 
September

Scotland, Livingston
Starts 3 June 1pm - 3.30pm (Macmillan Information and Support Centre, St Johns Hospital, EH54 6PP) Telephone: 0759 169 7224 Email: carole@forthcountry.com

London
Tottenham, September

Leeds
Email: louise.fisher@leedsth.nhs.uk
September

Purley
Starts 10 June 6pm - 8.30pm (South East Cancer Help Centre, 2 Purley Road, CR8 2HA) Telephone 020 8668 0974 Email: kathleen.behan@sechc.org.uk

Community courses (London area)

Naya Rasta
A course that has been specially designed to meet the needs of Asian people living with cancer. Starts 4 June 12pm - 2.30pm (Lynda Jackson Macmillan Information Centre, Mount Vernon, HA6 2RN)
Telephone: 07908 346403 Email: shokyandnaz.visram@btinternet.com

Ipek Yolu
A course that has been specially designed to meet the needs of Turkish people living with cancer. London in October 2008
Telephone: 020 8886 5111 Email: pcrfund@btinternet.com

Carers Course in Northern Ireland

A specially designed self management course to meet the need of carers.
For information about all courses, email: lwc@macmillan.org.uk

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