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Information and support related to Cancer
Information correct as at September 2025
If you or the person you care for is living with Cancer, there is lots of support available.
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Local support for families and Carers
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Maggie’s cancer support offers wellbeing support for families and Carers as well as people living with cancer:
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St Raphael's Wellbeing Services offers social sessions and activities for Carers as well as people living with a life-limiting illness.
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London Cancer Carers' Forum runs on the last Wednesday of the month with guest speakers, for Carers and former Carers. 
  
RM Partners NHS Cancer Alliance and NHS Cancer Alliance has an official WhatsApp Channel to share trusted cancer information directly with people and communities across London.  You can also search ‘RM Partners NHS Cancer Alliance’ under the ‘Updates’ tab directly in WhatsApp.
Sutton NHS Talking Therapies offer a free Wellbeing Service for adults in Sutton.  The wellbeing service offers one-to-one support as well as a range of workshops and courses. You can refer yourself via their website. At Sutton Carers Centre, we have our own wellbeing navigators (part of the NHS service) to specifically support unpaid family Carers. They offer up to six one-to-one wellbeing sessions, either face-to-face or over the phone, tailored to your needs.  Please call Sutton Carers Centre on 0208296 5611 if you would like to be referred to this service.  
National support for Carers of people living with Cancer
Carers UK offers practical advice and a directory of cancer support organisations.
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Macmillan Cancer Support have a range of information and support as well as advice for working Carers.
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Cancer Research UK offer advice on taking care of yourself when supporting someone with cancer.
Marie Curie offers information and support for Carers.
National wellbeing support for Carers: 
Mind offers support around looking after your own wellbeing and mental health while caring.
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NHS Every Mind Matters offers wellbeing support for everyone. 
Mobilise for Carers has helpful blogs  such as Unpaid carers how to prioritise-ourselves every day and How to care for yourself, when there is no time to care for yourself.
 
Action for happiness offers daily reminders of small things we can do each day to look after ourselves.
Wellbeing support for Carers
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Whilst caring is often rewarding it can also be hard work. It can be easy to put your own wellbeing, and indeed your own safety, to one side when you are focused on caring for someone else; but it’s important that you take time out to focus on your own health, both physical and mental. You have to be fit and healthy to be able to care properly, and without regular breaks and time out from your caring role it can be easy to ‘burn out’ and even start to resent the person you care for.
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Mind offers support around looking after your own wellbeing and mental health while caring.
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NHS Every Mind Matters offers wellbeing support for everyone. 
Mobilise for Carers has helpful blogs  such as Unpaid carers how to prioritise-ourselves every day and How to care for yourself, when there is no time to care for yourself.
 
Action for happiness offers daily reminders of small things we can do each day to look after ourselves.
