East Scotland

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'Patient Trial Advocate' (PTA) Service by Make 2nds Count

make2ndscount.co.uk

Make 2nds Count Patient Trial Advocate (PTA) Service
The PTA service is here to help secondary breast cancer patients potentially find a clinical trial and to support them through the clinical trial process.

Finding the right information about available clinical trials and understanding the associated complex information is a challenge for all secondary breast cancer patients.

The PTA is ran by senior research nurses with experience in secondary breast cancer and clinical trials.

If you are a patient living in the UK with metastatic breast cancer and interested in seeking advice about a clinical trial, please complete the referral form on the PTA section of the M2C website and book a slot to speak with a member of the team.

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'Tea & A Chat' - Supporting Secondary Breast Cancer Patients

make2ndscount.co.uk

Living with a secondary breast cancer diagnosis is both mentally and physically gruelling for patients. Through the implementation of support specifically for secondary breast cancer patients, we aim to help patients to navigate some of the hurdles they face.

Our Tea & A Chat service offers a safe space for patients to meet and get peer to peer support in times of uncertainty.

Our Tea & A Chat service includes both ONLINE & IN-PERSON sessions.

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ANGUSalive

angusalive.scot

The Macmillan Welfare Rights Service work in co-operation with Macmillan Cancer Support to provide advice on benefits and debt options for people in Angus, living with and/or affected by cancer. This service provides free, independent and confidential advise on a range of issues

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Birdsong Yoga Physio

birdsongyogaphysio.co.uk

Birdsong Yoga Physio is a place for people with palliative, long term and incurable illnesses to come to explore movement and reconnect with their breath by working with Yvonne, a physiotherapist and yoga teacher.
Yoga and physiotherapy can improve a number of symptoms that people with these illnesses often suffer from. It can help joint pains and stiffness; muscle weakness; loss of balance; anxiety and breathlessness; and some people feel it can lift their mood and balance their emotions.

There is no expectation or need to be able to be 'superflexible' or 'an amazing gymnast' to come to Birdsong Yoga Physio - it is specifically designed for people with palliative illnesses and a variety of physical abilities and 'If you can breathe, you can do yoga’

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Bosom Buddies

We offer support and friendship to any lady who has received a breast cancer diagnosis. Our group is friendly and peer led. Joining is easy, it doesn’t matter at the stage you are at, or if it was years before, you will be made very welcome. You can come for as long as you feel, are getting from or giving to the group. ( makes you feel good to give a wee cuddle, or some info) We have guest speakers, meals out, fund raise, share a cuppa. Laugh and cry together.

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Macmillan

macmillan.org.uk

At Macmillan, we won’t rest, and we won’t settle for anything other than the best possible support for people with cancer.
We do whatever it takes.

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Maggie's

maggiescentres.org

Whatever kind of cancer, and whatever stage you’re at – we're here with you. Many of our staff are NHS-trained and all our Cancer Support Specialists have expert knowledge about cancer and treatment.
All our support is free, and no appointment or referral is needed

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Merchant Wigs & Hair

merchant-wigs-and-hair-systems.business.site

Wig and hair replacement specialists. Based in Scotland.

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Perth Breast Cancer Support Group

pkbreastcancersupport.uk

We are very informal and chat with coffee and cake - healthy alternatives are available. We have guest speakers and enjoy social events whilst supporting each other living with cancer treatment and life after cancer.

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Tayside Cancer Support

taysidecancersupport.org

At Tayside Cancer Support, we have a number of services available to you including: We offer a free, confidential, one-to-one befriending service for those affected by cancer in the Tayside area.

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Volunteer Dundee

volunteerdundee.org.uk

Would you like to speak with someone who has walked in your shoes? By Your Side offers a short-term opportunity for people living with cancer to speak to someone who has experienced cancer themselves. Our volunteers are ready to listen and share, with a deep personal understanding of the emotional challenges that cancer can bring. After we match you with one of our volunteers, they will be in touch to arrange a meet-up at a time and location convenient for both of you. These meet-ups are led by you and your needs.

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