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Self Help

Bereavement – Understanding and managing grief

Bereavement – Understanding and managing grief

FORCE Cancer Charity’s oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie talks about dealing with bereavement and ways to understand and manage grief.…

Bereavement – What do we mean by fine

Bereavement – What do we mean by fine

FORCE Cancer Charity’s oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie talks about dealing with bereavement and what we mean when we say…

Keeping you connected

Keeping you connected

FORCE Cancer Charity’s support centres in Exeter, Okehampton, Tiverton and Honiton may be temporarily closed during the Coronavirus pandemic but…

Good advice from FORCE’s Emma Ellis

Good advice from FORCE’s Emma Ellis

FORCE Cancer Charity’s Oncology Support Specialist Emma Ellis offers some good advice at a time of uncertainty. We are also…

Taking control of your day

Taking control of your day

FORCE Cancer Charity Oncology Support Specialist Gerry Gillespie offers some useful tips on taking control of your day. Check out…

Enhancing connection through gratitude

Enhancing connection through gratitude

FORCE Oncology Support Specialist Roseanna Southall suggests some ways to feel more connected and positive, especially at a time when…

Prescription for a better experience

Prescription for a better experience

Hilary Mitchell is exceptionally well placed to highlight the ways in which clinicians can make a diagnosis of cancer and…

Massage techniques to practise at home

Massage techniques to practise at home

Massaging your hands can help relieve stress, reduce pain and promote relaxation. FORCE Cancer Charity’s Complementary Therapies Coordinator Kayleigh Brown…

Join a Relaxation & Anxiety Management course

Join a Relaxation & Anxiety Management course

FORCE Cancer Charity is piloting a number of online support groups. There are spaces available on the initial Relaxation and…

Ryan’s Life Kitchen comes to Exeter

Ryan’s Life Kitchen comes to Exeter

The talented and charismatic Ryan Riley brought Life Kitchen to Exeter at the invitation of FORCE Cancer Charity. Exeter Cookery…

The Medefine project

The Medefine project

Two Exeter medical students are reaching out to fellow health professionals to encourage better empathy and understanding for patients who…

Take a virtual tour of our Exeter  Centre

Take a virtual tour of our Exeter Centre

Taunton-based company View It 360 have produced, free of charge, a fully immersive virtual reality video that allows you to navigate your…

Latest news

Hannah turns dad’s cancer shock into fundraising spur

Hannah turns dad’s cancer shock into fundraising spur

Mark Stott from Exeter discovered he had cancer in February and three weeks later had his stomach removed. It was…

Jim and Ian face bears, bush fires, bugs and blisters on extreme charity challenge

Jim and Ian face bears, bush fires, bugs and blisters on extreme charity challenge

Two former long-serving police officers from Devon will team up next month to tackle what’s been described as the most…

Mark rides The Nello to help sustain FORCE’s key role

Mark rides The Nello to help sustain FORCE’s key role

Mark Durk will be taking part in his first Nello ride this year, cycling 60 miles to ensure that cancer…

Charli writes book to comfort her daughter after second cancer diagnosis

Charli writes book to comfort her daughter after second cancer diagnosis

A young mum from Devon she has channelled her experience of an incurable cancer diagnosis into writing a book. Charli…

FORCE offers Great Wall of China trek

FORCE offers Great Wall of China trek

FORCE Cancer Charity is offering an overseas fundraising challenge – trekking along Great Wall of China – for the first…

Team FORCE smash it at the 2026 Great West Run

Team FORCE smash it at the 2026 Great West Run

Team FORCE has again pulled out all the stops at this year’s Great West Run. Nearly 450 people ran either…

Nello cyclists have special reasons for taking part

Nello cyclists have special reasons for taking part

  FORCE Cancer Charity’s largest annual fundraiser – The Nello bike ride – is less than two months away and…

Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Twelve months ago, Amy Martin could barely run at all after a tough regime of cancer treatment. But on Sunday…

Lauren inspired to take on GWR by amazing friend

Lauren inspired to take on GWR by amazing friend

Lauren Pezzani (pictured above) is taking part in the Great West Run this year to raise money for FORCE Cancer…

Konker raises funds for FORCE at padel tournament

Konker raises funds for FORCE at padel tournament

Exeter-based recruitment agency Konker raised vital funds for FORCE by organising a charity padel tournament. The event brought together 12…

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