Cambridge Cancer Help Centre

The Centre run by a small management team supported by a number of volunteers. We do not provide medical advice or treatment. In our community there are excellent hospitals, doctors and nurses and we work to maintain links with the local services that provide diagnosis, treatment and hospice care. However, there are often long periods between visits to the clinic, diagnosis and treatment. We aim to fill those gaps during which time many feel anxious, depressed and alone, by providing understanding and a listening ear, putting people in touch with others in a similar situation and by providing complementary therapies, counselling, self-help groups, relaxation sessions and much more. At the Centre, people can speak openly in a warm and friendly environment. Indeed, the sense of a safe haven, psychological encouragement, friendship and mutual support being able to give as well as receive are seen as some of the most valuable benefits the Centre has to offer