Macmillan Centre Peterlee
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CANCER FIRST FOR EASINGTON AREA
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT SERVICE FREEPHONE 0800 783 4056 Easington Primary Care Trust opened a Cancer Information and Support Centre based in Peterlee in the former Tourist Information Centre at 20 Upper Chare in Castle Dene Shopping Centre in February 2006. Macmillan Cancer Relief is generously funding this project and has given £280,000 to upgrade the building. The centre provides a "friendly ear" giving information, help, leaflets and emotional support. It offers a wide range of services in the centre such as access to information, benefits and financial advice, signposting to other Macmillan services, travelling support and travel insurance advice. Counselling, Welfare Rights and access to support groups will be available on the premises. Volunteers can welcome visitors and explain the role of the centre, help with office duties and promote the work of the centre. If you would like to be part of this new and exciting service please contact the centre who will welcome your help. The centre volunteers are now attending Out Reach centres in neighboutring communities and doctors. HAS CANCER TOUCHED YOUR LIFE - Many of the volunteers have lost family or just want to says thanks to the valuable work done by Macmillan. Volunteers receive training and will meet and greet visitors allowing them to browse or offer help if needed and offer the help of professionals where necessary. When a person or a member of their family are diagnosed with cancer their world turns upside down and CISS is there to give them a helping hand.. Why not ask members of staff to talk about this exciting new project at your club or group maybe you have people who would like to help.
THE SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE CENTRE WINDOW
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Friends are those rare people who ask how we are then wait to hear the answer. No act of kindness, however small is wasted. Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear. Tell me, I will forget, show me, I may remember, involve me and I will understand. You can if you think you can. If you find it in your heart to care for some body else you will have succeeded.
Macmillan CISC window About MacmillanMacmillan Cancer Relief helps people who are living with cancer. Each and every day 739 people in the UK are told they have cancer. More than one million people in the UK today have had a cancer diagnosis, and more than one in three will be diagnosed at some time in their life. We're probably best known for our services that help people now. From providing specialist health care and information to practical and emotional support, we're changing the lives of people living with cancer today. But we're also working to shape the future of cancer care. http://www.macmillan.org.uk/default.asp Resources The Northern Cancer Network is in the process of developing patient information for each cancer, with the help of nurse specialists and clinicians in our region. You may have found that the cancer you want to know about has not yet been written for the Northern Cancer Network website. You might wish to have a leaflet or booklet that describes a particular cancer or treatment in more detail. This website links to leaflets, web pages or Portable Document Format (PDF) documents you can download and print yourself. www.cancernorth.nhs.uk Help and support CancerBACUP - Most cancer patients feel they need some extra help at some stage of their illness and treatment. You may need some information or advice about your cancer, or perhaps you have a practical question, for example about claiming benefits, arranging travel insurance or making decisions about your treatment options. Maybe you would like to meet people who know what you are going through and can offer you friendship at this difficult time. If so, there may well be a self-help or support group thats right for you. Friends, family and carers may need support too, because cancer affects not only the person who is ill, but also those around them. We hope this website will point you in the right direction... http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk or call CancerBACUP's freephone UK helpline on 0808 800 1234 for information and support from our specialist cancer nurses.
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