Active Together
FREE fitness, nutrition and wellbeing support. Research has shown that regular exercise before, during and after cancer treatment can lead to improved recovery, increased survival and help reduce the risk of cancer coming back. Active Together offers free,...
Supporting Someone You Know Through Cancer
Thank you to Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance for allowing us to share this document. https://yorkshirecancercommunity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Supporting-someone-you-know-through-cancer.pdf
Complementary Therapies
The term complementary therapy covers a wide range of health related practices, not taught at a conventional medical school, which are used alongside conventional cancer treatments. They are not given with the aim of curing disease but rather to support physical,...
Its ok not to be ok
Let me introduce myself. My name is Zoe and I am a woman of many cancer hats. Teenage ovarian cancer survivor, single-mother breast cancer patient, co-founder and chair of Breast Friends York breast cancer support group, Trustee of Yorkshire Cancer Community and a...
Helping yourself – relaxation, meditation and mindfulness.
Many of us are experiencing heightened levels of anxiety during lockdown, separated from our friends and family and unsure what the future holds. Here, former Yorkshire Cancer Community trustee Sheila Smith, a Shiatsu practitioner, explores how you can help yourself...