Newcastle Health and Wellbeing Day

Ovacome, the ovarian cancer support charity, will be hosting a free Health and Wellbeing Day in Newcastle for anyone who has been affected by ovarian cancer. Family and friends are also welcome to attend. The day will provide an opportunity to meet others in person and learn from experts about looking after your health and wellbeing, both during and after treatment.

Join us on Saturday 27 July at Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle. This will be a full day event with a programme of talks and workshops. You are welcome to join us for as much of the day as you like. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

The order of the day will be as follows:

• 10:30am-11am, Arrivals and Welcome from Ovacome

• 11:00am-11:45am, Dr Diana Mansour FRCOG, FFSRH, DIPM will give a presentation on 'Managing Menopausal Symptoms after Ovarian Cancer'. Dr Diana Mansour is a Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Healthcare in Newcastle upon Tyne.

• 11:45am-12:00pm, Support services at Ovacome 

• 12:00pm-1:00pm, Lunch

• 1:00pm-1:45pm, Ask the nurse specialist with Helen Manderville and Yvonne Anderson

• 1:45pm-2:40pm, Ben Elliot, co-founder and COO of Transformational Learning, will facilitate an interactive session on sleep, covering the sleep cycle, sleep hygiene and top tips. Ben believes that if you live well, you sleep better, and if you sleep well, you live better.

• 2:40pm-2:55pm, Break

• 2:55pm-3:55pm, Maureen Elliott, founder and CEO of Live Well with Cancer, will introduce the art of mandala stones, an active mindfulness exercise to quiet the mind. Live Well with Cancer is a local cancer charity which provides support to people affected by cancer in North Tyneside and beyond.

• 3:55pm-4:00pm, End of event

We are really looking forward to welcoming you. Please register below and you will receive further information by email closer to the date.

If you will need help with the cost of travel and/or accommodation, please get in touch as we offer financial assistance as part of our services. Call Freephone 0800 008 7054 or email [email protected] . We can also help to arrange your travel for you.

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.

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"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