FORCE Cancer Charity Podcast

Christmas can be a time of great joy but it can also trigger anxiety and stress.
Add a cancer diagnosis to the seasonal mix and we may need some help with our emotional responses.
FORCE Oncology Support Specialists Emma Ellis and Ali Ashby share some strategies for coping.
They have also compiled a list of organisations that may be able to offer help while our Support Centre is closed for the Christmas and New Year break from 4:30pm on Thursday December 23 until 9:30am on Tuesday January 4.
See below for useful links, including self-help films and audio on the FORCE website.

Samaritans

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

Open 24 hours

The National Suicide Prevention Helpline

https://www.spbristol.org/NSPHUK

Open 24 hours

Marie Curie

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/marie-curie-support-line/christmas

See website for times

The Moorings

https://www.mhm.org.uk/the-moorings-devon

See website for times

SHOUT – support and confidential text service 

https://giveusashout.org/

Text 24 hours a day

NHS

https://111.nhs.uk/

FORCE Cancer Charity

https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/supporting-you/mindfulness-and-relaxation/

https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/videos/

FORCE offers a range of free support for you at any stage of your cancer journey.
If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer and you need support, advice or information, contact FORCE today.

Call: 01392 406151

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/supporting-you/

There's more than one way to help someone dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
Counselling is an option and the Oncology Support Specialists at FORCE Cancer Charity are all trained and accredited counsellors.
But they offer something different to cancer patients and their families when a diagnosis turns their world upside down.
In this podcast, FORCE Oncology Support Specialists Emma Ellis and Gerry Gillespie explain how they respond, often in ways that differ from traditional counselling.
They talk through how the support they offer has evolved and what a privilege it is to be a part of someone's life at such a vulnerable time.
FORCE offers a range of free support for you at any stage of your cancer journey.
If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer and you need support, advice or information, contact FORCE today.

Call: 01392 406151

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/supporting-you/

Making a will is important because it’s the only way to be sure your wishes are carried out.
Trouble is, it can be a bit daunting.
But it doesn't have to be.
FORCE Cancer Charity's head of income generation Sarah Daniels and former solicitor Peter Payne aim to debunk some of the myths and mysteries about making a will.
They hope this chat will help people realise how important and straightforward it can be.
Have a listen and hear for yourself.
If you want to know more about making a will, there's lots of information on the FORCE Cancer Charity website.
Check it out at forcecancercharity.co.uk
To help further, FORCE has put together a number of leaflets to explain what your support means to FORCE as well as information on managing your affairs and details on how to access our year-round Make a Will service with our partners at Tozers.

Get in touch for more information.

Call: Sarah Daniels or Olly Watts on 01392 402875

Email: [email protected]

A cancer diagnosis brings about change in your life and is often accompanied by a range of emotions. Imagine facing that turmoil not once but twice. That's what happened to Jane Martin but FORCE was there to support her. In our latest podcast, Jane talks to oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie about getting breast cancer twice in five years, how FORCE helped her cope and how she and husband Gary have become volunteers and fundraisers for the charity.
FORCE offers a range of free support for you at any stage of your cancer journey.
If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer and you need support, advice or information, contact FORCE today.

Call: 01392 406151

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/supporting-you/

It takes courage to ask for help when you're feeling vulnerable and then to share that vulnerability in the hope that it will help others dealing with a cancer diagnosis.  FORCE helped Phil Bailey when a diagnosis of prostate cancer turned his life upside down. Now he wants to encourage others to seek the kind of support that FORCE  offers people in Devon affected by cancer. In our latest podcast, Phil speaks openly and honestly to oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie about the impact of a diagnosis and how talking to FORCE helped him come to terms with what it meant for him and his family.

If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer and you need support, advice or information, contact FORCE today.

Call: 01392 406151

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/supporting-you/

FORCE Cancer Charity hosts a number of free support groups for cancer patients and their carers because shared experiences and mutual understanding can help reduce isolation and strengthen your abilities to cope.

There are support groups made up of patients with the same cancer. Others focus on a specific subject, such as anxiety management or mindfulness with a mix of both patients and carers.

In this podcast Emma Ellis and Annie Kerr talk about the good things group support can offer and what's available at FORCE.

Healthcare professionals facilitate the majority of groups or contribute to those run by patients and carers.

Call 01392 406151 to find out about groups run by FORCE and other local and national organisations which may be able to support you.

Groups meet mostly at the FORCE Cancer Support Centre or online. 

FORCE Cancer Charity Oncology Physiotherapist Louise Ballagher and Information Nurse Jayne Fahy talk about the exercise programme provided by the charity.
FORCE provides free assessments for cancer patients and our experienced staff will design a personalised exercise plan.
We also signpost patients to community exercise programmes across Devon.

FORCE Cancer Charity provides free support and information to anyone affected by cancer at our centre in Exeter and at local community hospitals.
Information nurse Annie Kerr and oncology support specialist Emma Ellis talk about all the options available.
We offer counselling, group support, complementary therapies, benefits advice, specialist physiotherapy and exercise guidance and other health and wellbeing services. 
Our services don't cost a penny to local cancer patients and their families and that is made possible by the generosity of the communities we serve.

Chief Executive Meriel Fishwick and Oncology Support Specialist Emma Ellis launch the FORCE Cancer Charity podcast service with a chat about what's happening at Devon's leading independent cancer support charity.