Local support groups directory
Browse our directory of both Ovacome-run and external support groups to find support in your local area.
If there isn't a group running in your area and you would like help setting one up, get in touch with our support team on 0800 008 7054 or email support@ovacome.org.uk . We can provide practical and financial help, and can organise speakers and resources for your new group as required. We also have a useful support group handbook to help you get started.
Barnet
Cherry Lodge Ovarian Support Group
020 8441 7000
When: Every 6 weeks, Wednesdays 7:30 - 9 PM
Where: 23 Union Street, EN5 4HY
Bolton
Bolton Cancer Voices - A choir for anyone with a cancer diagnosis
01204 595562
When: Mondays 7.30 - 9PM
Where: The Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street, Bolton, BL1 1PP
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Bradford
Gynae support group
bradford@cancersupportyorkshire.org
When: Last Wednesday of every month, 1PM - 3 PM
Where: Cancer Support Yorkshire, Daisy House Farm, 44 Smith Lane, Bradford, BD9 6DA
Brighton
BRCA Brighton Evenings
(Please contact for more information)
Brighton Ovarian Cancer Group
brightonovariangroup@gmail.com
delilah.hesling@me.com
When: 3rd Wednesday of the month, 4PM - 5.30PM
Where: Brighton Macmillan Horizon Centre, 2 Bristol Gate, Brighton, BN2 5BD
Buckinghamshire
Lavender Girls Gynae-Oncology Patient Support Group
01296 316537
When: First Tuesday of every month, 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: South Bucks Hospice, Wycombe
Burnley
Gyn & Tonic
01282 803 123
When: Second Tuesday of every month, 7 - 9 PM
Where: Coal Clough Community Centre, 2 Pasturegate Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 4DD
Cambridge
Ovarian cancer support group
01223 354900
support@cambridgecancerhelp.org.uk
When: Second Tuesday of every month, 2 - 3:30 PM
Where: Cambridge Cancer Help Centre, 120 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5JT
Clatterbridge
Gynaecology Support Group
0151 3344301
When: Third Tuesday of every month, 2:30 - 4 PM
Where: Maggie's Clatterbridge
Derby
One Voice
01332 785925
When: Second Friday of every month, 2 - 3 PM
Where: Macmillan Cancer Information Centre, DE22 3NE
Devon
Gynaecology Support Group Drop-in
support@forcecancercharity.co.uk
When: Monthly
Where: FORCE Cancer Charity, EX2 5DW
Doncaster
Doncaster Gynae
01302 366666
When: First Monday of every month, 6-7:30 PM
Where: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, DN2 5LT
Dudley
Gynae cancer peer support group
01282 803 123
When: Third Thursday of the month, 2PM
Where: White House Cancer Support
Dundee
Maggie's Dundee Gynae Cancer Support Group
01382 632999
dundee@maggiescentres.org
When: Last Thursday of every month
Where: Maggie's Dundee, Dundee, DD2 1RP
Essex and South East London
COPES Gynae Oncology Support, Coffee Morning and Support Group
When: First Saturday of each month, drop in between 10 and 12.30
Where: EKCO Sports and Social Club, Thornford Gardens, Southend, SS2 6PU
Glasgow
Gynae Cancer Support Group
When: Every first Thursday of the month, 11:30 - 12:30 PM
Where: Maggie’s, Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G12 0YN
Hereford
Support Service for Anyone Living with Gynaecological Cancers
When: Second Thursday of each month, 10:30AM to 12:30PM
Where: Yeleni Support & Therapy, 2 Blackfriars Street, Hereford, HR4 9HS
Highlands
Maggie's Highlands Gynae group
01463 706 306
highlands@maggiescentres.org
When: Third Thursday of every month, 10 - 11:15 AM
Where: Online via Zoom, email for link
High Wycombe
07598753551
When: Every other Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
07770851896
When: Third Tuesday of every month, 1:30 PM
Where: CancerCare, LA9 4BT
Kent
BRCA Kent (East Kent)
(Please contact before attending)
When: Once per month
Where: QEQM Hospital in Margate
BRCA Kent (West Kent)
(Please contact before attending)
When: Once per month
Where: The Academic Centre, Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9QQ
Lanarkshire
Ovarian Cancer Support Group
01236 771199
https://www.maggiescentres.org/our-centres/maggies-lanarkshire/
When: Fourth Tuesday of each month 3 - 4pm
Where: Maggie's Lanarkshire in the grounds of Monklands Hospital, ML6 0JS
Leicestershire
Coffee and Chat meet-up
07834 702114 (Wendy)
artymartyfive@aol.com
When: Sunday 18 February, 11am
Where: Waitrose Cafe, Granite Way, Mountsorrel, LE12 7TZ
Liverpool
BRCA Support Group
0151 726 8934
When: Last Tuesday of every month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Where: Sunflowers, L17 4JR
Maidstone
GOSHH
01622 226375
When: Every 2 months, either in the evening or on a Saturday
Where: Post Graduate Centre, Maidstone Hospital, ME16 9QQ
Manchester
Maggie's Gynae Cancer Support Group
0161 641 4848
When: Second Tuesday of every month, 11AM - 12:30PM
Where: Maggie's, Manchester, The Robert Parfett Building, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 15 Kinnaird Road, Manchester, M20 4QL
GO!
0161 291 4234
annette.oloughlin@christies.nhs.uk
When: Third Thursday of every month, 2 - 3:30 PM
Where: Altrincham Methodist Church, Barrington Road, Altrincham, WA14 1HF (Free parking)
Mount Vernon
Northwood GOSSH
01923 836771
When: First Wednesday of every month (except August and January), 10 AM - 12 PM
Northern Ireland
GOSh - Gynaecological Oncology Sisterhood
GOSh is a support group for gynaecological patients throughout Northern Ireland
Contact Genevieve or Catherine on 07902368475 / 02866251250.
Email us on goshsupport@gmail.com
Website - https://www.swell.org.uk/
When: Monthly coffee mornings, Quarterly workshops
Where: 26 Cross Street, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, BT74 7DX
Norfolk
Ovarian cancer support group
0800 092 7640
support@big-c.co.uk
When: Second Friday of the month 11am - 1pm
Where: Big C Norwich Support Centre NR4 7UY
Nottingham
Maggie's Gynae Cancer Support Group
01159 246210
When: First Wednesday of every month, 2:15 - 3:45PM
Where: Maggie's, Nottingham, City Hospital Campus, Gate 3, Hucknall Road, NG5 1PH
Oxford
Maggie's Gynae Cancer Support Group
01865 751882
When: Thursday every two months, 2 - 3:30PM
Where: Maggie's, Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, OX3 7LE
Preston
Gynae-Can
07798 818906
When: Third Wednesday of every month, 7-9 PM
Where: Vine House, PR2 6YB
Purley
Ovarian cancer support
020 8668 0974
When: Second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Where: South East Cancer Help Centre, 2 Purley Road, CR8 2HA
Reading
Reading Coffee and Chat, Sonning Ward
0118 322 8195
When: First Wednesday of every month, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
Where: Day Room Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, RG1 5AN
Royal Marsden
Maggie's Gynae Cancer Support Group
020 3982 3141
maggies.royalmarsden@maggies.org
When: Fourth Thursday of every month, 2 - 3PM
Where: Maggie's, Royal Marsden, 17 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG
Slough
Meet & Mingle
07598 753551
When: Every other Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
Stowmarket
Cake, Cancer and Coffee support group
stowmarket.cancer.chat@gmail.com
When: First Sunday of every month, 3 - 5 PM
Where: Red Gables, Ipswich Road, IP14 1BE
Surrey
Grace Charity (all gynaecological cancers)
When: Fridays, 11am -12noon (6-week courses in East Surrey & Guildford)
(Please contact to register)
Swansea
Gynae Support Group
01792 200 000
When: Third Thursday of every month, 10 - 11:15 AM
Where: Maggie's Swansea, SA2 8QL
Truro
Cornwall Gynae Cancer Support Group
Emma Kent - 01872 252037
When: Alternate months, Thursday evenings 5.30 - 7PM
Where: The Cove Macmillan Info Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital, TR1 3LJ
Wales
Social chat
When: Third Monday of the month, 2PM
Where: Maggie's Centre, Cardiff, CF14 2TQ
Wigan
Gynaecological Cancer-Support Group
Contact Karen Blackwood or Joanne Knight
01942 264778
When: Last Wednesday of alternate months, 3 - 4PM
Where: Tesco Community Room, Central Park Way, Wigan, WN1 1XS
Wirral
Maggie's Gynae Cancer Support Group
01513 344301
When: Third Tuesday of every month, 2:30 - 4PM
Where: Maggie's, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, CH63 4JY
Worcestershire
Worcestershire Ovarian Cancer Support (WOCS)
WOCS2025@Gagmail.com
Monthly informal and friendly meet up
When: Second Thursday of each month
Where: 223 London Rd, Worcester WR5 2JG
Online support groups
Go Girls
07780 467061
Where: Facebook
Shine Cancer support
Support for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s with any cancer
Online Break Out groups
Online Circles programme for incurable cancer
shinecancersupport.org
hello@shinecancersupport.org
Tel: 07804 479 413
Where: See website for meetings
Low grade serous ovarian cancer support group
Where: Facebook
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