Your guide to cancer services in We’re here for you

Cancer is the toughest fight most of us will ever face. But you don’t have to go through it alone. The Macmillan team is in your corner. We are the nurses helping you through treatment. The experts on the end of the phone who can answer your questions. The advisers telling you which benefits you’re entitled to. We are Macmillan Cancer Support and we’ll be with you every step of the way.

High-quality information Financial support and support The costs of cancer can stack up, Visit one of our many information and money worries are the last and support centres in your area thing you need when you’re facing for clear information about cancer the toughest fight of your life. But and face-to-face support. Our we can help with a wide range of team of trained staff and volunteers financial issues. We can let you are there to talk about your issues know how to apply for a Macmillan and concerns. Grant. We can help you understand which benefits you’re entitled to. We You’ll find details of the cancer can even offer you straightforward information and support centres in financial guidance over the phone the Wales area on pages 4 to 10. on matters including pensions, mortgages, insurance and savings.

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Cancer information Macmillan Shooting Macmillan Bracken Trust Cancer Macmillan Libraries and support centres Star Information Centre Information and Support Centre Cancer Information and ( Hospital) The Bracken Trust, Cefnllys Lane, Support Service Services developed in Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5LJ Cwmbran Library, Square, partnership with Macmillan Croesnewydd Road, Cwmbran, Torfaen NP44 1XQ Wrexham LL13 7TD 01597 824135 Macmillan Information Centre Monday–Friday, 9.30am–4.30pm 01633 647654 (Glan ) 01978 726188 Monday 9.30am–4.30pm, , Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm We offer support and information Friday 9am–4pm Bodelwyddan, Rhyl, (times can vary, so please phone to anyone affected by cancer, their Clwyd LL18 5UJ to check we’re open before making family and friends. We’re here to listen and support you your journey) if you’re affected by cancer. We offer 01745 445939 Macmillan Rhondda Cynon Taf confidential one-to-one sessions Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm If you’re affected by cancer, we’re Libraries Cancer Information to help you find and understand (times can vary, so please phone to here for you. We offer a range of and Support Service the information you’re looking for, check we’re open before making a information and support and can Pontypridd Library, and we can signpost you to other special journey) signpost you to other services you Library Road, Pontypridd, local sources of support. We also may need. Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 2DY have regular sessions at Blaenavon We provide information on local Library and Pontypool Library. cancer services, as well as a range Macmillan 01443 406050 Call for details. of booklets and leaflets. We can Cancer Information and also signpost you to other services Support Service If you’re living with cancer, care for Macmillan in Monmouthshire you may need, such as benefits Tredegar Library, The Circle, a friend or relative or simply want to Cancer Support and advice and counselling. Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent NP22 3PS know more about cancer, give us a Information Service call or pop into a library in Rhondda Abergavenny Library, Baker Street, 01495 355857 Cynon Taf. We can also advise you Abergavenny NP7 5BD about ways to lower your risk of Please call for details of locations. getting cancer. 01873 735980 Our service is available in various libraries across Blaenau Gwent. We provide cancer information Please contact the service for details areas and drop in sessions in of locations and times. libraries in the area, for people living with cancer, their friends, family and professionals.

4 5 Macmillan Support and Macmillan Information and Information Service Support Centre – University (Ysbyty ) Hospital Wales Main Foyer, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PW University Hospital of Wales, Concourse, CF14 4XW 01248 384902 Monday–Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm 029 2074 5655 Monday–Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm We provide information and support to people living with cancer We provide information and support and their families. We are able to people living with cancer, their to signpost to other services and family and friends. We are able to organisations. provide the opportunity to talk in a confidential environment, provide access to cancer information, as well as access to financial advice and information on benefits and housing through the Citizen Advice Bureau. Relate services are available in the centre on a weekly basis to offer counseling.

6 7 Macmillan Family Information Other cancer information Cancer Information and Cancer Information and Support and Support Coordinator and support services Support Services Ltd (Neath) Services Ltd (Swansea) (Bridgend) 6 Alfred Street, Neath, 2–2a Gwydr Crescent, Bridgend Carers Centre, Cancer Aid SA11 1EF Uplands, Swansea, 87 Park Street, Bridgend CF31 4AZ Upper Union Street, Dowlais, West Glamorgan SA2 0AA Merthyr Tydfil CF48 3LE 01639 642 333 01656 658479 www.cancerinformation.org.uk 01792 655025 www.carers.org/bridgend 01685 379633 Drop-in Monday–Friday, 2pm–4pm, www.cancerinformation.org.uk Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm www.canceraidmerthyr.co.uk (appointments can be made for Drop in Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm other times) (appointments can be made for We provide information and support other times) to people living with cancer, their Cancer Aid is for people affected CISS centres provide a wide range family and friends. by cancer living in the Merthyr Tydfil of up-to-date information on all This CISS centre offers a range of Borough. They offer complementary types of cancer and treatments, information and support, including therapies and counselling (by as well as a confidential listening counselling, self-help and support appointment) and a free transport and counselling service for anyone and complementary therapies. service to take people to cancer- affected by cancer. They also offer related clinic appointments, complementary therapies. scans and treatments in hospitals throughout South Wales.

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Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres Support on the high street You don’t have to go through cancer You can also access our online (Swansea) alone. Whether you want support community. It’s a place where Maggie’s South West Wales, For more information about sources and information or you’d just like thousands of people affected by Singleton Hospital, Sketty Lane, of cancer support, pop into your to talk, our team of cancer support cancer go to share their stories and Swansea SA2 8QL local Boots store or to find your specialists at the Macmillan Support get vital support. Five minutes after nearest Boots visit boots.com. Line are only a phone call away. logging on, you can be chatting 01792 200000 From answering questions about to someone who’s going through www.maggiescentres.org cancer types and treatments to the same things as you. Visit us at Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm (also helping you find out what benefits community.macmillan.org.uk open some evenings – please phone you’re entitled to, they’re here to to check) talk about whatever’s on your mind. Call them on 0808 808 00 00 Maggie’s provides emotional, any time from Monday to Friday, practical and social support to 9am–8pm. It’s free, even from people with cancer and their mobile phones. families and friends. This centre offers counselling, benefits advice What’s more, our website is and a range of support groups, as packed with high-quality cancer well as Look Good…Feel Better skin information that covers everything care and make-up workshops twice from symptoms and screening to a month. treatment types and sources of health. All information is written and reviewed by specialists. We’ve also worked closely with people affected by cancer to develop our booklets, online courses and face- to-face training. To find out more, head to macmillan.org.uk or call 0808 808 00 00.

10 11 We’re here for everyone affected by cancer, whatever you need. For support every step of the way, call the Macmillan Support Line free on 0808 808 00 00.

And, when the time is right, you can join our team. Whether you hold a coffee morning, make a donation or help us campaign for change, you can make a vital difference. Call us today on 0300 1000 200, and help make sure millions of people don’t face cancer alone.

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