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Bereavement – Paths of grief

Bereavement – Paths of grief

FORCE Cancer Charity’s oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie talks about dealing with bereavement and explores the paths and phases of…

Bereavement – Whirpool of grief

Bereavement – Whirpool of grief

FORCE Cancer Charity’s oncology support specialist Gerry Gillespie talks about dealing with bereavement and The Whirpool of Grief, a way…

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.…

Get Active with FORCE – Albert’s story

Get Active with FORCE – Albert’s story

Albert Folley from Exmouth explains how joining the Get Active with FORCE programme, offered free of charge by FORCE Cancer…

Wear Your Pyjamas To Work Day

Wear Your Pyjamas To Work Day

To help FORCE Cancer Charity maintain the services it is offering while the country is in lockdown and beyond, why…

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…

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…

Latest news

Classics Galore! is back for 2026 – when Devon raises its voice against cancer

Classics Galore! is back for 2026 – when Devon raises its voice against cancer

Cancer touches almost every family in Devon. Whether it’s a parent, partner, friend, colleague or neighbour, most of us know…

Nello cyclists provide vital funding boost

Nello cyclists provide vital funding boost

  The annual Nello cycle ride has raised more than £82,000 in support of local people dealing with a cancer…

“I knew of FORCE and the work they did but I never thought I would be the other side of it”

“I knew of FORCE and the work they did but I never thought I would be the other side of it”

It’s been a tough couple of years for young dad Guy Richardson. In late 2024 he was diagnosed with Burkitt…

FORCE helps Bakers rise to difficult challenge

FORCE helps Bakers rise to difficult challenge

When Laura Baker from Exeter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 at the age of 39, she was treated…

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…

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