Support group meetings

Support groups are held every three months and alternate between Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital (www.mtw.nhs.uk), Medway Maritime Hospital (www.medway.nhs.uk) and the Maud Barclay Room at Queen Victoria Hospital East Grinstead (www.qvh.nhs.uk).

The meetings provide an informal setting for patients, carers and families to meet and discuss topics of common interest and experiences.

After September's meeting at Queen Victoria Hospital the group took part in a quiz - why not have a go?
> Download the quiz here (Word document, 49kb)

Queen Victoria Hospital held their very own WBCM (world's biggest coffee morning) event, with a bit of a twist last year. The big event was scheduled for Sep 24 2009, but QVH did it their way, by holding it a week later.

The event was extremely well attended, and the cake display was nothing less than spectacular. All the food was kindly donated by the very people who would turn up later and pay for the privilege of eating their own creations. The event was masterminded by Pauline Mortimer (4th from left with some of the Headstart group), and other kind QVH staff members. The total raised was £500.50.

Dates and venues for 2010:

Saturday 6th February 2010 Medway Maritime Hospital
Post Grad Centre
10.00 – 12.00

Friday 16th April 2010 Queen Victoria Hospital
Maud Barclay Room
10.00 - 12.00

Saturday 19th June 2010 Maidstone Hospital
Kent Oncology Unit
10.00 - 12.00

Friday 22nd October 2010 Queen Victoria Hospital
Maud Barclay Room
10.00 – 12.00

Saturday 4th December 2010 Maidstone Hospital
Kent Oncology Unit
10.00 -12.00

 

Light refreshments will be available.

Please contact any of the > Headstart people if you have any questions, or just turn up! We will be very pleased to see you.

 

Other events

 

Please let us know of other events relevant to Headstart members by email at enquiries@headstartcancersupport.org.uk