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Belfast
Ward 4A
Seminar Room
Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast
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Monthly
Second Wednesday of each month except July, August and December. 7.30pm – 9.30 pm
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Run by Brainwaves 0289 337 2505
Key co-ordinator: Kate Ferguson
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Birmingham
The Health Exchange Meeting Room
Fifth floor
Birmingham Central Library
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Monthly
Third Friday of every month. In 2008 they will meet at 2pm - 4pm and in 2009 they will meet at 10am – 12 noon.
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Contact Ann Atkins on 0121 745 3812 or 0781 841 7601 or email her at
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Bristol
Unit One
Thornbury Office Park
Midland Way
Thornbury
Bristol
BS35 2BS
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Every other Third Wednesday of month
11.00am - 3.00pm
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01179 753723
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Cambridge Regional Brain Tumour Support Group
The Mary Wallace Centre
7 Red Cross Lane
Cambridge
(near Addenbrooke’s Hospital)
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Monthly
Meets last Tuesday of each month from 2.30 to 4.30 pm.
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For brain tumour patients and carers. Run by Ella Pybus, Brain Tumour UK Trustee. Phone Ella on 01787 374 084
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Cambridge -The Acoustic Neuroma and Meningioma Network (AMNET)
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Cambridge
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Quarterly meetings
Nov 29 2008
March 28 or April 5 2009
July 11 2009
Nov 28 2009
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For patients diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma brain tumour
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Cheltenham
Day Unit
Leckhampton Hospice
Church Road
Leckhampton
Cheltenham
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Monthly
Fourth Thursday of month (except August)
7.30 – 9.00pm
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Cork
Cork University Hospital
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Contact :
Avril O’Sullivan - Patient Support Services Administrator
Irish Cancer Society, 43/45 Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4
Ph: +353 1 2310533 Fax: +353 1 2310555
Email:
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Web: www.cancer.ie
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Coventry
Social Club
Walsgrave Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road Coventry
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Monthly
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Open to all patients diagnosed with a brain tumour, and families, friends.
Contact Ian Edwards on
02476 965 326
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Dublin
St Lukes Hospital Dublin
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Contact:
Avril O’Sullivan - Patient Support Services Administrator
Irish Cancer Society, 43/45 Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4
Ph: +353 1 2310533 Fax: +353 1 2310555
Email:
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Web: www.cancer.ie
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Edinburgh
Maggie’s Centre
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
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Monthly
First Tuesday at 7pm
No meetings in Jan or Jul
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Contact Alice MacGregor
0131 334 3609
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Exeter
Force Cancer Support Centre
Corner House
Barrack Road
Exeter
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Monthly
First Friday of month
(Except August)
2 – 3.30 pm
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Galway
University Hospital Galway
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Contact:
Avril O’Sullivan - Patient Support Services Administrator
Irish Cancer Society, 43/45 Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4
Ph: +353 1 2310533 Fax: +353 1 2310555
Email:
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Web: www.cancer.ie
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Glasgow
The PRTC
West Glasgow Carers Centre, Anniesland Cross, 1561 Great Western Road
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Monthly
Second Monday from 7pm - 9pm
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Contact Sheena Muir
0141 942 4475
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Guildford
The Fountain Centre
St Lukes Centre
Royal Surrey Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford
GU2 7XX
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Monthly
Second Tuesday from
12 noon to 3pm
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Contact Anne Wittle
01252 834784
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Haywards Heath
Sussex
Clair Hall
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Monthly
Last Thursday from 7pm to 8.30pm
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Contact Mike Brookes (coordinator) on 01403 263719 evenings after 7pm
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Leeds
St James Hospital, Leeds
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Monthly
1st Tuesday from 6.30pm to 8pm
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Run by Neuro Oncology Leeds Teaching Hospitals 01943 870770
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Leeds
Bereaved Carers Group, West Yorkshire (various meeting venues)
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Monthly
From 7pm to 8.30pm
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Run by Andrea’s Gift – 01943 870770
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Liverpool
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
The Walton Neuro Centre
Lower Lane
Liverpool L9 7LJ
0151 5296100
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Dates vary, usually quarterly, times between 7pm to 9pm
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Contact Tony Murphy, PALS Manager or Maureen Kelly: 0151 298 2999
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London
St Thomas Hospital
Richard Dimbleby Centre
Second Floor
Lambeth Palace Road
London
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Monthly
First Monday 1.30pm – 3 pm
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Contact Barbara - 0207 188 5918.
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London
The Resource Room
Bloomsbury Healthcare Library
Bonham Carter House
52 Gower St, London
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Monthly
First Tuesday every month, 6pm to 8pm.
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Support group for low-grade glioma patients, family and friends. Contact Emma Townsley or Orla McKee, Neuro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists, on 0207 3918833
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London
London Friend
86 Caledonian Road
LONDON
N1 9DN
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Monthly
First Monday of the month 7pm to 9pm.
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GMAC: offering emotional support and information for gay/bisexual men affected by cancer.
Run by Jose Veiga, Chair, London Friend, a charity supporting the LGBT community
020 78331674
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Norwich
The Big C Cancer Centre (entrance of Norfolk & Norwich Uni Hosp)
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Monthly
First Wednesday each month from 2pm to 4pm
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Run by Brain Tumour UK Trustee, Ella Pybus.
Contact Ella on 01787 374 084
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Oxford
5 Abingdon Road
Didcot
OX11 9Bl
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Quarterly meetings for children with a brain or spinal tumour and their families. (Information day, Fun Day, Pantomine, Adolescent weekend)
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Run by Friends of Oscar
Call Carol on 01235 816310
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Shrewsbury
Radbrook Community Centre, Bank Farm Road, Radbrook Green, Shrewsbury
SY3 6DZ
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Monthly
Second Friday each month at 1pm.
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Self-help group for patients, relatives and carers, providing hope and inspiration to local people who are touched by brain tumours.
Contact Roderick Marsden on 0800 988 2628
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Southampton
The Macmillan Centre
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
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Monthly
Second Wednesday of month(Except August)
2– 3.30pm
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Sutton, Surrey
Royal Marsden NHS Trust
Downs Road
Sutton
Carers’ group and
Patients’ group meet at Richard Wells Rehab Centre
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Monthly
Third Thursday at 7.30pm to 9pm.
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Two support groups: one for carers and one for those diagnosed with a brain tumour
For information, contact Helen White on 020 8661 3038 or
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Tamworth,
Coton Centre
Comberford Road
Tamworth
B79 9AA
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Monthly
First Monday of every month from 11am to 1pm.
The meetings will be confidential and parents can share their stories, talk and listen to each other, and support one another.
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Poppy Fields Special Mummies and Daddies. Call Lisa Guilder on 07830 302622 or email
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The meetings will be confidential and parents can share their stories, talk and listen to each other, and support one another.
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Wareham
Springfield Hotel
Grange Road
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 5AL
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Fist Tuesday of every other month
1.30pm - 3.00pm |
01202 263072
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Worcestershire
Brain Tumour Support Group
St Richard's Hospice Foundation,
Wildwood Drive, Worcester, WR5 2LG
Tel: 01905 763963
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Meetings alternate between structured sessions held 10.30 – 12.30 at St. Richard’s Hospice, Worcester and social events held in the evening or at weekends. The social events are organised by group members; venues and times will vary.
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Rosemary Wormington
0780 4820351
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