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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. We run 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 experience and hear from experts in cancer care.
That pilot was so successful that FORCE would like to offer more retreat days as part of our core services for anyone locally affected by cancer.
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The retreat days at Buckfast Abbey are guided by professional staff and offer an opportunity for patients to meet others in a similar situation.
The day features talks from and with clinical staff and oncology support specialists and the chance to join smaller groups to discuss topics such as mortality, living with uncertainty and finding hope.
There is also the opportunity for quiet reflection, mindfulness and time outside in peaceful surroundings.
The power of the day is in offering the space for people to come together with others who have a unique understanding, which can help reduce a sense of isolation.
Please donate to our campaign today“It was hard on my family because they were just watching me go downhill. FORCE were there to help me pick up the pieces because when I did have that diagnosis it was my life changing from one day to the next. They were able to help me on so many different levels and nobody else could do that.”
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“Friends, family, people your meet just feel sorry for you but they don’t know what you’re going through so all of a sudden I was talking to people who knew what I’d been through and what they were going through and I could help them and they could help me. There’s so many of us out here that need your help and every little penny will get us looking forward instead of backwards. Please support us. Thank you.”
Please donate to our campaign today“It’s so important for people who are sufferings 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.”
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“We’re launching the Let’s Face Cancer Together campaign to let more people know about how FORCE can help those coming to terms with a diagnosis of incurable cancer. Giving them the opportunity to be with others who understand what they’re going through is really powerful. That was made so clear at our first special retreat day. It was overwhelmingly powerful and we really want to offer more days like that as part of our core services for anyone locally affected by cancer. To do that, we need to raise £25,000“
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