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We hold a
safe, supportive,
and healing space
for anyone with breast cancer and their whānau and friends.
Writing workshop
Life writing workshop
FREE!
"Writing your 'breast' story"
Saturday 9 November 2024
11am - 3.30pm
Cancer Society Canterbury West Coast
Christchurch
Register early as places are limited.
A diagnosis of breast cancer changes lives: how has it changed yours?
Writing can help us make sense of what is happening. Join author Jane Bissell (Welcome to the Amazon Club and The Pink Party) for a day of creative discovery and begin writing your best 'breast' story.
Find out more here.
Online support group
Join us for a cuppa and a chat ...
We'd like to invite you to share an informal Zoom 'cuppa and chat' with us.
We'll share our experiences of breast cancer 'over a cuppa', and give and receive support within a confidential and peer-facilitated space.
How we can support you
We provide information, emotional support, and practical coping tips from our own experience to help you navigate yours.
Peer Support
From local community group meetings to individual support via phone or video calls, we want you to know you're not alone. We're here to support you when you need it.
Buddy Programme
Our Buddy Programme matches newly diagnosed women and men from any culture or ethnicity with a trained breast cancer Buddy who gives emotional and practical support for an extended period of time after diagnosis.
What others have said about us
I will be forever grateful to those who understood my fears and helped me breathe more easily again.Tania
Breast Cancer Support means understanding, support, fun and friendship. I am so grateful it has been available to me.June
I spoke to a volunteer on the phone and it was the first time I really let myself go. I broke down in tears. It was good to talk to someone who had gone through the same trauma.Marilyn
Our supporters and funders
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following Funds, Trusts, Foundations, businesses and individuals:
