Links

Macmillan www.macmillan.org.uk
Provide support in person, in booklets, by telephone and on the internet.

Cancer Research UK www.cancerresearchuk.org

Penny Brohn Centre www.pennybrohncancercare.org
Previously the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.

Cancer Active (and Icon magazine) www.iconmag.co.uk

Marie Curie Cancer Care www.mariecurie.org.uk
Nurses and other services

NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

CRUSE bereavement care www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

CALL (Cancer Aid & Listening Line) www.canceraid.co.uk
A Greater Manchester charity providing home-based support, travel help, and telephone listening and befriending daytime and evening, to people living with cancer, their carers and families.

Bury Carers Centre
Provide information, advice and support to Carers at Suite One, Victoria Buildings, Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU. Tel: 0161-763-4867 Email: burycarers@yahoo.co.uk

The Children’s Bereavement Service (for children who have lost a relative)
Bury PCT, 114 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP Tel: 0161-447-8530

Crossroads Care Bury – Carer Support Service
Practical and emotional support for carers and families of people with cancer. They don’t do medical activities but can do anything else: e.g. housework or washing a patient, and they work in partnership with other professions such as District Nurses, Marie Curie etc.
Contact Units 2-4, Bury Business Centre, Kay Street, Bury, BL9 6BU
tel: 0161-763-4163

Breast Care: www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Lymphoma Association: www.lymphomas.org.uk
Bowel Cancer: www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: www.roycastle.org
Myeloma: www.myelomaonline.org.uk
Pancreatic: www.pancan.org
The Prostate Cancer Charity: www.prostate-cancer.org.uk