FORCE Cancer Charity
Let’s Face Cancer Together
Let’s Face Cancer Together aims to raise awareness of the unique way FORCE is reaching a patient group for whom there is very little dedicated support available.
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FORCE Cancer Charity is launching a campaign to increase support for people living with incurable cancer.
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Let’s Face Cancer Together aims to raise awareness of the unique way FORCE is supporting a patient group for whom there is very little dedicated support available.
FORCE Cancer Charity runs a regular support and education group – Living with Non-Curable Cancer - and have also staged a pioneering retreat day.
More than 20 people living with cancers that cannot be cured came together at Buckfast Abbey to share their experiences and hear from experts in cancer care.
Prostate cancer patient Paul Tucker:
It's so important for people who are suffering from incurable cancer to be able to get together, to share our feelings. It's a real lifeline. It was a wonderful experience the day I went on in Buckfastleigh and I hope the campaign could enable us to be able to fund some more of those days. It would be fantastic.
That pilot was so successful that FORCE would like to embed regular retreat days as part of our core services for anyone locally affected by cancer.
To do that, the charity needs to raise £25,000.
Consultant oncologist Anne McCormack:
One of the most fearful things is knowing that your time is limited and trying to make the most of that time and not be overwhelmed by the feeling that you have about those that you leave behind or how you might die or what do I have to do in preparation. So many of those worries can be alleviated by attending something like this day. I haven't found anything else like it. This was a unique opportunity for patients.
