Information & support Support for you Local support groups Image credit: Bridger Film and Photography Due to the Covid pandemic, some support groups may not have returned to face-to-face meetings yet. However it is possible that some groups may be running online, by videocall. Please get in touch with the group organisers to find out more about how each group is running at the moment. 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 [email protected] . 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. . Area Group When Where Everywhere Under 45's Group 0800 008 7054 [email protected] First Wednesday of every month, 5 - 7 PM This is a virtual group, which you can join by telephone or by video call on your computer. Everywhere Low grade serous ovarian cancer international support group Facebook Barnet Cherry Lodge Ovarian Support Group 020 8441 7000 Every 6 weeks, Wednesdays 7:30 - 9 PM 23 Union Street, EN5 4HY Bath Bath Gynae Support 01225 824 049 First Wednesday of every month, 10 - 12 PM The Boathouse, BA1 3NB Bolton Bolton Cancer Voices A choir for anyone with a cancer diagnosis 01204 595562 Mondays 7.30 - 9PM The Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street, Bolton, BL1 1PP Bradford Gynae support group [email protected] Last Wednesday of every month, 1PM - 3 PM Cancer Support Yorkshire Daisy House Farm,44 Smith Lane,Bradford,BD9 6DA Brighton BRCA Brighton Evenings [email protected] (Please contact for more information) Brighton Brighton Ovarian Cancer Group [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01273468770 3rd Wednesday of the month 4PM - 5.30PM Brighton Macmillan Horizon Centre 2 Bristol Gate Brighton BN2 5BD Buckinghamshire Lavender Girls Gynae-Oncology Patient Support Group 01296 316537 Once a month on a Tuesday, 10 AM - 12 PM Burnley Gyn & Tonic 01282 803 123 Second Tuesday of every month, 7 - 9 PM Coal Clough Community Centre 2 Pasturegate Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 4DD Cambridge Ovarian cancer support group 01223 354900 [email protected] Second Tuesday of every month, 2 - 3:30 PM Cambridge Cancer Help Centre120 Cambridge RoadGreat ShelfordCambridgeCB22 5JT Cardiff Ovarian cancer support group [email protected] Last Monday of every month, 2 - 3 PM Maggie's Cardiff Velindre Cancer CentreVelindre RoadCardiffCF14 2TQ Clatterbridge Gynaecology Support Group 0151 3344301 Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 PM Maggie's Clatterbridge Derby One Voice 01332 785925 Fourth Wednesday of every month, 10 AM - 12 PM Macmillan Cancer Information Centre, DE22 3NE Devon Gynaecology Support Group Drop-in 01392 406552 [email protected] or [email protected] Monthly, Thursday 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM FORCE Cancer Charity, EX2 5DW Doncaster Doncaster Gynae 01302 366666 First Monday of every month, 6-7:30 PM Doncaster Royal Infirmary, DN2 5LT Dudley Gynae Support Group 01384 231232 Fourth Wednesday of every month, 2 PM The White House, DY1 1JX Dundee Gynae Cancer Network Group 01382 632999 First Tuesday of every month, 1-2 PM Maggie's Dundee, DD2 1NH Durham Durham and District Women's Cancer Support Group 0191 333 2815 Second Monday of every month, 7-8:30 PM University Hospital of North Durham, DH1 5TW Frimley Frimley Gynae Cancer Support Group 07786 331183 enquiries@frimleygynaecancersupport.org.uk Last Wednesday of every month, 8 - 9:30 PM Contact group for location details Harrogate Golden Girls Support Group 01423 555732 Second Thursday of every month, 7:30-9 PM Harrogate Fire Station, HG1 4LE Highlands Maggie's Highlands Gynae group 01463 706 306 [email protected] Third Wednesday of every month, 1 PM Online via Zoom, email for link High Wycombe Meet and Mingle High Wycombe 07598753551 [email protected] Every other Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM Huddersfield Daylight Support Group 01422 222 720 Second Thursday of every month, 11 AM - 1:30 PM Various locations Ipswich Gynae Support Group 01473 715748 Second Wednesday of every month, 7-9 PM John Le Vay Cancer Support and Information Centre, IP4 5PD Kendal The Wombelles of Kendal 07770851896 Third Tuesday of every month, 1:30 PM CancerCare, LA9 4BT Kent BRCA Kent (East Kent) [email protected] (Please contact before attending) Two dates each month, 7 - 9 PM Maidstone Hospital and QEQM Hospital in Margate Kent BRCA Kent (West Kent) [email protected] (Please contact before attending) 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/ Fourth Tuesday of each month 3 - 4pm Maggie's Lanarkshire in the grounds of Monklands Hospital, ML6 0JS Lancaster The Gynae Girls 0118 322 8195 Last Monday of every month, 1:30-3 PM Slynedales Cancer Care, LA2 6ST Leeds Daylight Support Group 07739179702 (Sharron) First Tuesday of every month, 6:15 - 7:30 PM Robert Ogden Centre, LS9 7TF Liverpool BRCA Support Group 0151 726 8934 Last Tuesday of every month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Sunflowers, L17 4JR Liverpool EVOC 0151 702 4186 5 times a year Blackburne House, L8 7PE London Ovacome ovarian cancer support group 0800 008 7054 [email protected] Second Monday of every month, 3:30 - 5:30 PM Maggie's Barts London EC1A 7BE Currently online London Gynaecology Cancer Support Group 020 7188 5918 [email protected] First Tuesday of every month, 1:30 - 3 PM Dimbleby Cancer Care Welcome Village, Guy’s Cancer Centre, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT Maidstone GOSHH 01622 226375 Every 2 months, either in the evening or on a Saturday Post Graduate Centre, Maidstone Hospital, ME16 9QQ Manchester Ovarian support/networking group [email protected] 01616 414 848 Every 2 months, first Tuesday of the month, 3-5 PM Maggie's ManchesterThe Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust15 Kinnaird RoadManchesterM20 4QL Manchester Young women’s cancer support/networking group [email protected] 01616 414 848 Every 2 months, fourth Tuesday of the month, 3 - 5 PM Maggie's ManchesterThe Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust15 Kinnaird RoadManchesterM20 4QL Manchester GO! 0161 291 4234 [email protected] [email protected] Third Thursday of every month, 2 4 PM Altrincham Methodist Church, Barrington Road, Altrincham, WA14 1HF (Free parking) Middlesborough Ova the Rainbow 01642 282 418 First Friday of every month, 11 AM - 1 PM Trinity Centre, TS3 6LD Mount Vernon Northwood GOSSH 01923 436371 First Wednesday of every month (except August and January), 10 AM - 12 PM Newcastle Gynaecological Cancer Support Group 0191 2336600 Second Tuesday of every month, 11 AM - 12 PM Maggie's Newcastle, NE7 7NU Norfolk Pandora's Box 01603 287742 Every 6 weeks, Saturdays 10 AM - 2 PM and Tuesdays 2-4 PM The Big C Centre, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals, NR4 7UY Northallerton Ova the Rainbow 01609 4764688 First Tuesday of every month, 2 - 3:30 PM Allerton Court Hotel, Northallerton Nottingham Nott Gosh 0115 969 1169 Every 2 months, last Tuesday of the the month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Nottingham University Hospital, NG5 1PB Preston Gynae-Can 07798 818906 Third Wednesday of every month, 7-9 PM Vine House, PR2 6YB Purley Ovarian Cancer Support 020 8668 0974 Second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM South East Cancer Help Centre, 2 Purley Road, CR8 2HA Reading Sonning Ward 0118 322 8195 Day Room Royal Berkshire Hospital London Road Reading RG1 5AN Salford Sunflower Support Group 0161 446 8235 3 or 4 times a year The Angel Centre, M3 6FA Shine Cancer Support Support for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s diagnosed with cancer of any type. Meetings throughout the UK Online Break Out groups Online Circles programme for those with incurable cancer See links or contact Shine for various meeting times Website: shinecancersupport.org Email: [email protected] Tel: 07804 479 413 Slough Meet & Mingle 07598 753551 Every other Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM Solihull Solihull Cancer Support Group 0121 711 1966 Second and fourth Thursday of every month, 7:30 PM Marie Curie Hospice, B91 2PQ Southend COPES Essex Gynae Cancer Support Group 01702 435 555 First Saturday of every month, 10AM - 1PM 1 Warrior Square North, SS1 2JN Southampton Southampton Ovarian Cancer Support group email [email protected] for details Monthly Via videocall at present Stowmarket Cake, Cancer and Coffee support group [email protected] First Sunday of every month, 3 - 5 PM Red Gables, Ipswich Road, Stowmarket IP14 1BE Swansea Gynae Support Group 01792 200 000 Third Friday of every month, 1:30 - 3 PM Maggie's Swansea, SA2 8QL Truro Cornwall Gynae Cancer Support Group Contact Emma Kent - 01872 252037 and [email protected] Alternate months on Thursday evening from 5.30 to 7pm The Cove Macmillan Information Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3LJ UK Go Girls 07780 467061 Online Facebook Wales Social chat Contact Maggie [email protected] Last Saturday of the month, 3pm Zoom Walsall Gynaecology Cancer Support Group Contact Carol Smith - 01922 721172 (ext:6564) and Every other month on Tuesday at 7:30 PM Walsall Manor Hospital, Learning Centre, Moat Road, Walsall,WS2 9PS Wigan GynaecologicalCancer-SupportGroup ContactClinical Nurse SpecialistKaren Blackwood or JoanneKnight01942 264778 LastWednesday ofalternatemonths 3-4pm TescoCommunityRoom, CentralPark Way,WiganWN1 1XS York York Gynae Support 01904 726478 Second Tuesday of every month, 9:30 - 11:30 AM Cancer Care Centre, York Hospital, YO31 8HE . 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