NG8 July/August 2020
Local business directory and community magazine.
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THANK YOU TO NG MAGAZINES<br />
FOR OUR MACMILLAN BEYOND<br />
DIAGNOSIS VOLUNTEERS<br />
by Self Help UK<br />
Earlier this year NG Magazines<br />
allowed us an editorial to appeal<br />
to anyone who would like to<br />
volunteer with our service.<br />
Self help UK, in partnership<br />
with Macmillan, run the Beyond<br />
Diagnosis service to provide<br />
emotional and practical support<br />
to anyone affected by cancer<br />
whether someone with a diagnosis or a family<br />
member, friend, anyone at all! Our volunteers can<br />
support on an ongoing basis or as a one off.<br />
Newly trained volunteer, Kathryn Holmes (pictured<br />
above), came to us by responding to our NG advert.<br />
She has been offering vital telephone support, at a<br />
time when our service has been needed more than<br />
ever.<br />
We asked Kathryn why she replied to the advert<br />
and Kathryn replied; “I hadn’t heard of the Beyond<br />
Diagnosis team before and, if I hadn’t seen the advert<br />
in the NG magazine I would never have realised how<br />
my personal experience of supporting someone with<br />
their cancer journey could help someone else in the<br />
future.“<br />
We recruited a number of volunteers thanks to the NG<br />
advert, and our service is extremely grateful to the<br />
magazine for supporting us and enabling us to reach<br />
people all over Nottinghamshire.<br />
We welcome self-referrals as well as those from<br />
health professionals, so if you or someone you know<br />
could benefit from this service then please send an<br />
email to referrals@selfhelp.org.uk or contact Self<br />
Help UK on 0115 9111662.<br />
the miles for maggie’s<br />
challenge<br />
by Maggie’s Centres Nottingham<br />
This month, cancer charity Maggie’s Nottingham<br />
is encouraging people to walk 12,000 steps a day<br />
to help them support the 1 in 2 people who will get<br />
cancer in their lifetime.<br />
As more people live longer with cancer, charity<br />
Maggie’s Nottingham is seeing an increasing need<br />
for practical and emotional support to help people<br />
cope with the changes that cancer brings. Maggie’s<br />
offers free support and advice on living well with<br />
cancer. This includes ensuring that people with<br />
cancer are really listened to, that they are offered<br />
tailored individual support, group support and<br />
practical advice. All of which is delivered by qualified<br />
professionals in a comfortable setting that enables<br />
people to meet others who understand what it<br />
means to be living with cancer too.<br />
All of the money raised through the Miles for<br />
Maggie’s challenge will make sure Maggie’s<br />
Nottingham can continue to provide free,<br />
professional support to all those living with cancer<br />
who need it, as well as their family and friends.<br />
Do 12,000 steps a day for a month and help us<br />
support the 1 in 2 people who will get cancer in their<br />
lifetime. Register now and get a free t-shirt:<br />
https://maggies.org/get-involved/find-event/<br />
events/miles-for-maggies-england-and-wales/<br />
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