Macmillan Cancer Connections
A new project in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support that aims to understand people’s experiences of cancer in rural areas and develop community-led solutions to improve outcomes for rural cancer patients in Wiltshire.
About Macmillan Cancer Connections
Macmillan Cancer Connections is a new community engagement project in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support. Macmillan is the UK’s leading source of cancer support and is there to help people find their best way through cancer and live life as fully as they can.
Macmillan Cancer Connections aims to understand what impact being rurally isolated has on experiences of cancer and outcomes for people living with cancer in Wiltshire. The project is led by experienced Community Organiser Alex Neale in her role as Macmillan Community Development Coordinator.
Alex’s role involves reaching out to people affected by cancer in Wiltshire and listening to what they have to say about their experience.
As part of the Macmillan Cancer Connections project, Alex also works with partner organisations and local communities to develop, deliver and coordinate a broad range of community-based initiatives, which addresses the health and wellbeing needs of people affected by cancer across the county.
Get Involved
Do you have a personal experience around cancer that you would like to share? Do you have an idea for a project or initiative that might help people living with cancer in Wiltshire? Contact Alex today:
Email: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk
Telephone: 01380 715892
Mobile: 07384 835319
Alex’s Blog
Macmillan Cancer Connections: You never know what you may find behind a closed door…
As a community organiser it is normal for me to be faced with a door and never know what is behind it. More often than not it is a smiling face and an amazing life and behind this door is no exception…
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Macmillan Cancer Connections: Hearing Swindon
Towards the end of March, I went along to Toothill Community Centre in Swindon to do some illustrative note taking at the Connecting People Network. Co-hosted by Margaret Firth from Wiltshire Community Foundation this meet-up was a fantastic day that gave residents,...
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Macmillan Cancer Connections: Wessex Cancer Support Centre
You may have been following me getting to know the amazing volunteers at Wessex cancer support centre in Salisbury… last week I visited to talk about the imminent closure of the centre.
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Macmillan Cancer Connections: A visit to the Royal United Hospital in Bath
Macmillan Community Development Coordinator Alex Neale recently went to visit Rowan, a clinical Nurse Specialist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath to find out more about the support available from Macmillan.
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Community First Gets Lippy in Support of National Campaign
#GetLippy is a campaign from charity The Eve Appeal, designed to help people talk openly about gynaecological health
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Macmillan Cancer Connections: Project Update
With Christmas now a distant memory and the New Year well on it’s way I thought that this would be a great time to share with you a bit of a summary that I have put together to try and showcase the work that I have been doing up until now.
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Join Community Organisers Katrina and Clara for this FREE introductory course on Community Organising.
This course is a starting point for anybody who is interested in community organising. It will help you begin to understand what community organising involves and what it looks like in the real world. You will be introduced to the foundations of community organising: listening, power, and action.
To register for the training please contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Join Community Organisers Keith, Katrina and Alex for this FREE introductory course on Community Organising.
This course is a starting point for anybody who is interested in community organising. It will help you begin to understand what community organising involves and what it looks like in the real world. You will be introduced to the foundations of community organising: listening, power, and action.
To register for the training please contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
Affected by Cancer?
Join our weekly drop-in at Salisbury Medical Practice (Ebbel Room) every Monday (until the end of August) between 10.30am – 2.30pm.
For more information contact Alex Neale: aneale@communityfirst.org.uk or call 01380 715892
