Join us on Saturday 16 August. This will be an opportunity to attend workshops and to meet others affected by the disease. You are welcome to join us for as much of the day as you like. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Sessions will include:
- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy with Dr Sadie Jones
- 'Nutrition for living with and beyond ovarian cancer’ with Rachel White
- Live music for relaxation with Kris Chase-Byrne
- A soundbath session with Elena Byers
Agenda
- 10:30am–10:50am - Arrival, registration, and refreshments
- 10:50am–11:00am - Welcome and housekeeping from Ovacome
- 11:00am–11:45am - Dr Sadie Jones, 'Intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC and PIPAC)'
- 11:45am–12.45pm - Rachel White, 'Nutrition for living with and beyond ovarian cancer’
- 12:45pm-1.45pm - Lunch
- 1.45pm-2.00pm - About Ovacome
- 2.00pm-3.00pm - Kris Chase-Byrne, 'live music for relaxation'
- 3.00pm-4.00pm - Elena Byers, soundbath
- 4.00pm - Goodbyes
Meet the speakers
- Rachel is a registered clinical and sports dietitian. She works part-time in the NHS as a specialist oncology dietitian, supporting patients throughout their cancer journey from diagnosis to living with and beyond cancer. Rachel is on the expert advisory panel at Ovacome. Outside of the NHS she runs her own business, Rachel White Nutrition, providing specialist support to athletes to optimise their sporting performance through nutrition.
- Kris is from Black Train Music CIC - An organisation that uses music as a tool to promote, aid and enhance positive wellbeing. During the session, Kris will demonstrate and discuss the best ways to use music as a tool for wellness and wellbeing, and look into ways to get the best out of the listening experience, using music played live!
- Elena is a sound artist, yoga teacher and community facilitator based in Bristol. She uses sound to connect people with joy and spirit; and has worked with the tools of yoga, movement and sound to nurture creativity internationally for over 15 years. Nourishing sound journeys that inspire, restore and heal are a big part of her work, which she guides for a number of charities, community groups and in studio settings across the UK.
How to register
We are really looking forward to welcoming you. Please register using the button at the top of this page and you will receive further information by email closer to the date.
Once you have registered, if you can no longer attend this event please do let us know so we can offer your space to others who would like to attend.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact ovacome@ovacome.org.uk or call 020 7299 6654.
Event location
The venue address is Clayton Hotel Cardiff, St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1GD
Support available for this event
If you require support to attend one of our in-person events, please let us know when you sign up. We always ensure the venues we use are accessible for anyone with disabilities.
Some examples of support we can give include:
- Translators including BSL. We usually require around three weeks advanced notice to allow for booking.
- Receiving slides or information ahead of the session
- Reserve a seat close to the speakers
- Travel assistance - we can help you with planning your travel to our event, and where possible arrange for a member of the team to accompany you on your journey to the event if you need assistance.
- Financial assistance – we want to ensure that Ovacome members can access the events they want to without worrying about the associated costs. For example, we can help cover the price of transport to attend an in-person event and contribute to accommodation expenses if staying away from home to join an Ovacome event. You may feel tired after attending an event. we can arrange accommodation in advance for you so that you can rest before travelling home. Friends and family are included if they are accompanying a person with an ovarian diagnosis to our events, or if they have access needs themselves.
Please do not attend the health and wellbeing day if you have any symptoms of COVID or any other contagious illness, as some of our members are immunocompromised.
"I came out of [the event] feeling like a superwoman. All of a sudden you just think: there's all these things I can do. It's one of the most powerful things I've ever done."
- Gill who attended one of our London Health and Wellbeing Days
"Thank you for a lovely interesting day which has improved my confidence a lot."
- Caroline, who came to our Liverpool Health and Wellbeing Day
This event has been kindly funded by the Oakdale Trust.
All of our ovarian cancer events, webinars, workshops and support groups are free. However, if you can spare a few pounds to cover the cost of your registration, this will help us continue to provide free support to those who aren’t able to do so. You can make a donation when you register. Thank you so much for your support.
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