Headstart Charity for Head & Neck Cancers in Kent & Sussex
May 2012
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Headstart is a local support network for patients and staff. It is open to anyone who has undergone treatment for Head Neck Cancer. Family and friends are also warmly welcomed to attend our usually very fun, friendly and informal meetings. You will find this is the place to find NEW friends.The Headstart group is presently run by a multidisiplinary team from within the Queen Victoria Foundation Trust in East Grinstead, the Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone, and the Medway Maritime Hosipal in Gillingham. We run social events and meetings, and are always open to new ideas and and ways to bring support. We hope you will find the information interesting and useful, if you need help do not hesitate to contact one of the team. Headstart is designed for you, so if there is anything you would like to see Headstart offer or would like to see on this website, please let us know. Meet the team > here.
There are four new articles from the BBC Health website posted today 13.05.12 all related to Cancer. All are the very latest research articles that have appeared in medical journals. Click on the latest info bar above to read them.
Acouple of emails arrived quite recently in the Headstart inbox, one is about the publication of a new book "The Cancer Survivor's Bible" by Johnathan Chamberlain. If you would like to read the email in full please click here The other email arrived from a group called C21 (details in email). To read it click here
Donations and how it can help.
Donations enable us to provide resources, vital medical equipment and to meet the needs of patients and their families and carers for their future well-being. Please send your donations to;
Debbie Hannant, Richard Watts Unit, Medway Maritime Hostpital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, KENT ME7 5NY.
Please make cheques payable to HEADSTART.
You can of course give your donation in person to any of our Organising Committee Members at one of the event meetings, or when attending a clinic.
Find out what happens to your donations by emailing us at;
headstartnews@gmail.com
Macmillan help
We all want to do our best I'm sure when we have been affected by Cancer within our family or friends. Now there really is something you can do to help, and that is to bring your cancer experience to Macmillan to help others. To find out much more, click here It is so important to get involved.
It's here ........ well almost. We are waiting for confirmation from Macmillan on their logo, and to find a fairly cheap print run. However it is in a digital format, and the minute I have the word, I can post it here on our website.
The arrival of the eagerly awaited publication of the updated and re-written version of Food Glorious Food by Brooke Quinteros is on it's way. This has been quite some time in the pre publication stage due to many problems encountered by Brooke along the way. The most difficult one being the cost of printing such a book in as professional a way as possible without costs being prohibitive. Fortunately, as proud runners-up in the Mouth Cancer Foundation support group awards in 2011, the prize money, some £1000 will hopefully cover the print run expenses. Brooke would like to thank everyone for their contributions to the new publication. Of course our trusty original booklet is still available for download. Go to the Tips and Information tab at the top of the page.
The Photo Album site is accessed as follows, click on www.myalbum.com/index.php?m=myalbums.
If you are asked to Log in, It's quite simple. When you click on the link above, you will see something like this;
Click on the Log in now and put our email address headstartnews@gmail.com in the username box, and headstart in the password box to gain full access.
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Meeting people
Headstart holds six meetings a year in Maidstone, Queen Victoria and Medway hospitals. These informal get-togethers are a great opportunity for patients and their carers to meet others and to swap stories and tips.
SATURDAY 16th June at 10am in Maidstone Oncology Unit.
There will be an AGM at the Organising Committee at 6pm at the above venue on June 12th, please feel free to attend. Your views and comments would be most welcomed.
Derek Hawkes turned up at the last OC meeting in April, and I hope he felt welcome, and ready for more involvement. There is much to discuss, and to do.
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Donations
Donations enable us to provide resources, vital medical equipment and to meet the needs of patients and their families and carers for their future well-being. Please send your donations to;
Debbie Hannant, Richard Watts Unit, Medway Maritime Hostpital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, KENT ME7 5NY.
Please make cheques payable to HEADSTART.
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