If you have a brain tumour or care for someone who has, these groups exist to support you.
SDBTT Hartley Wintney Support Group
Our Hartley Wintney group meets on a bi-monthly basis on Thursdays. We aim to offer friendship, information and talks on relevant topics.
SDBTT Hartley Wintney support group dates for 2010 are:
- Thursday 14th January
- Thursday 11th March
- Thursday 13th May
- Thursday 8th July
- Thursday 9th September
- Thursday 11th November
(cancelled due to the snow)
(talk on our research by Julia Trusler, Head of Research at SDBTT)
(‘Fun and Fitness’ with Valerie Wright)
(talk on the benefits available to carers)
(talk on complementary therapies by Bridget Purser, Complementary Therapist at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Farnham)
(talk on driving by Paul Graham, Senior Occupational Therapist at QEF Mobility Services)
You can download your own poster to remind you of the 2010 dates by clicking here.
Venue: Victoria Hall, West Green Road, Hartley Wintney, Hants RG27 8RE
Time: 11.00am – 2.00pm (coffee and arrivals 11.00-11.30am)
Contact: Roz or Jenny – tel: 0845 130 9733 email: patientinfo@sdbtt.co.uk
Directions to find the Hartley Wintney Support Group: Victoria Hall is situated alongside the A30, but to gain access to the car park, turn into West Green Road. It is signposted on the A30. Travelling south-west on the A30 towards Basingstoke, it is about half a mile after Hartley Wintney village centre on the right-hand side. Travelling north-east towards Camberley on the A30, it is situated approximately 2.5 miles after leaving Hook village centre on the left-hand side – if you reach Hartley Wintney High Street you have come too far!
Other Brain Tumour Support Groups
Guildford – Brain Tumour Support Group
This group meets at the Fountain Centre at St Luke’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and provides an informal, safe and happy place for patients and their carers to meet for chat, information and support.
The group is part of the Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire Cancer Network.
2010 dates:
Tuesday 13th July
Tuesday 10th August (Away Day)
Tuesday 14th September
Tuesday 12th October
Tuesday 9th November
Tuesday 14th December
Time: 12noon – 3pm
Contact: For more information contact Dorrie Willis on email: dorriewill@aol.com or Ann Whittle on tel: 01252 834 784.
Please note: for more details about the August Away Day, please contact Dorrie or Ann.
Haywards Heath – Sussex Brain Tumour Support Group
Sussex Brain Tumour Support Group is a self-help group, providing a lifeline of understanding, information and support to patients, partners, parents and friends through monthly meetings; enabling access to information, services and other organisations.
The group also provides an opportunity to share experiences with others who have faced, or are facing, similar problems.
Venue: Clair Hall, Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Time: 7pm – 8:30pm. Last Thursday of each month.
2010 dates:
28th January
25th February
25th March
29th April
27th May
24th June
29th July
26th August
30th September
*21st October
(Moved forward one week due to Operatic Event)
25th November
16th December
Contact: Mike – Tel: 01403 263719 or Email: sbtsg@btinernet.com.
Pleae click here to download a poster advertising the group.
Leicester – Brain Waves Support Group
Held on the first Thursday of each month.
Venue: Helen Webb House, 35 Westleigh Road, Leicester, LE3 0HH
Time: 2pm – 4pm
2010 dates:
7th January
4th February
4th March
1st April
6th May
3rd June
1st July
5th August
2nd September
7th October
4th November
2nd December
Contact: For more information please contact Ed Quinn on 07973 219271 or at egquinn2008@btinternet.com.
Worcester – Worcestershire Brain Tumour Support Group
2010 Dates:
Sunday 18th April
12.30pm lunch, 2pm walk
Social – Walk from Worcestershire Countryside Centre
Friday 7th May
Annual General Meeting
Sunday 6th June
Social – Visit to Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove
Friday 2nd July
Macmillan Benefits Adviser
All you need to know about benefits
Sunday 1st August
Social – Picnic lunch at Shoulton Farm, Worcester
Friday 10th September
DVLA Questions and answers
Sunday 10th October
12.30pm lunch, 2pm walk
Social – Walk from Worcestershire Countryside Centre
Friday 5th November
Speaker from the Maggies Centre, Cheltenham
Cancer Care for the future
Sunday 5th December
Social – Christmas Dinner, venue tba
Venue: St Richard’s Hospice, Wildwood Drive, Worcester WR5 2LG
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Contact tel: 0780 4820351 email: info@wbtsg.org.