Service Information
Cancer support groups in Essex
Colchester Hospital cancer support groups
Breast cancer support group
7pm to 9pm on the first Wednesday of every month
01206 748 370bcsgcolchester@gmail.comCancer Wellbeing Centre at Colchester Hospital
Gastrointestinal cancer support group
6.30pm to 8.30pm on the third Thursday of every month
07565 929 381semicolon.jb@gmail.comCancer Wellbeing Centre at Colchester Hospital
Head and neck cancer support group
7pm to 8.30pm on the second Wednesday of every month
01206 286 900Cancer Wellbeing Centre at Colchester Hospital
Urology cancer support group
6pm to 8pm on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and August)
07754 887 907 or 01206 767 466col.cansuport@gmail.comTraining Rooms South at Colchester Hospital
Colchester area cancer support groups
Lymphoma Association support group
7pm to 8.30pm on the third Tuesday of every month (except August and December). You can also phone 01255 425 146.
01206 384 586brian.george.mersea@gmail.comThe Ark, Highwood's Methodist Church, Jack Andrews Drive, Highwood's, Colchester, CO4 9FF
Myeloma cancer support group
1pm to 3pm or 2pm to 4pm on Thursdays, every two to three months. You can also phone 07919 572 039.
01206 742 414Weston Homes Community Stadium, United Way, Colchester, CO4 5UP
North Essex lymphoedema support group
11am to 1pm on the second Wednesday of every month. April to October, meetings are 7pm to 9pm on the second Monday of every month. You can also text 07887 7925 252
01206 501 150nelsg@btinternet.comVenture Centre, Bromley Road, Lawford, Colchester, CO11 2JE
Palliative support groups for those living with an incurable, life-limiting illness
Groups for men, women and younger women. Please phone for dates and times.
01206 848 163St Helena's Hospice, Bancroft Close, Colchester, CO4 9JU
Essex cancer support groups
Bosom Pals (breast cancer support group)
2pm to 4pm on the last Wednesday of every month
07860 222 339barnone1@btopenworld.comAlbert Edward Hall Community Centre, Legerton Drive, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8BW.
Breast cancer social and friendship group
The group meets monthly for lunch in the Wivenhoe area. Contact Brenda Harvey for details.
01206 826 346bahkat@aol.comWivenhoe
Ovarian cancer support group
12 noon to 2pm on the first Tuesday of every month
01245 382 888hazel.keane@helenrollason.org.ukHelen Rollason Support Centre, Yvonne Stewart House, The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford CM3 2EH