Cancer organisations

Organisations

This list offers a guide to cancer charities, organisations and resources online.

Macmillan Cancer Support

This charity exists to help improve the lives of people living with cancer, their families and carers.

macmillan.org.uk

Breast Cancer Care

This charity provides information and emotional and practical support. It brings people affected by breast cancer together, as well as campaigning for improvements in standards of support and care, and promoting early detection.

breastcancercare.org.uk

Cancer Research UK

This charity says it is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research. It has the aim that “together we will beat cancer”.

cancerresearchuk.org

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

This charity’s aims to support breast cancer research and education and has a vision of a future free from the fear of breast cancer.

breakthrough.org.uk

Marie Curie Cancer Care

This charity employs more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals to provide care to around 25,000 terminally ill patients a year, both in patients’ own homes and the charity’s hospices.

mariecurie.org.uk

Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust

Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (Jo’s Trust) is a charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities. Its aim is to offer information, support and friendship to women of all ages, to help them to understand the importance of cervical screening, and to provide our own personal brand of support if their screening shows up abnormalities or if they are diagnosed with cancer.

jostrust.org.uk

Beating Bowel Cancer

Beating Bowel Cancer is a national charity providing essential support services to bowel cancer patients and their families. It is dedicated to raising awareness of the symptoms to promote early diagnosis and ultimately save lives from this disease.

beatingbowelcancer.org

Pancreatic Cancer UK

Pancreatic Cancer UK is a national charity which says it is fighting the disease on all fronts: support, information, campaigning and research.

pancreaticcancer.org.uk

Lymphoma Association

The Lymphoma Association is the only specialist UK charity that provides specific medical information and support for lymphatic cancer patients, their families, friends and carers.

lymphomas.org.uk

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Talented trumpet player and children’s TV entertainer, Roy Castle’s life was cut short by lung cancer.  Find out about Roy’s legacy, how the organisation he set up is campaigning to beat lung cancer,  and how it spreads the ‘don’t smoke’ message in schools.

roycastle.org

British Association for Cancer Research

The British Association for Cancer Research has promoted cancer research for almost 50 years. Find out more about the educational and training opportunities for those involved in cancer care.

bacr.org.uk