Community News

These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.

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  • Where do you find support online?

    Hi everyone, 

    It's Eliza from the Community team. Finding the right support for you when you're going through an experience with cancer is really important. We're interested to know whether you use other support groups outside the Online Community. 

    You'll see the poll below this post, where you can vote to let us know. 

    Making the Online Community better for you is at the heart of everything we do. If you…

  • Talking about cancer - Vol 1 - Debbie

     "Talking about cancer" written over a picture of a microphone and twinkling lights in the background

    Speaking about a cancer experience can help you and others, here on the Community the power of shared experience is all around us:

    ‘It really is reassuring to know others have trodden the path I am fearing to tread… It makes me feel I am not alone in this.’ - mamachimp

    Thank you for sharing your personal story…I’m feeling much more supported and not alone. Thank you so much for taking the time to sharing…
  • A period of change

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    This month we start to see the changes from Summer to Autumn. We know this happens every year but unexpected changes like a new symptom, side effect or waiting for test results, can bring a lot of uncertainty and make us feel uneasy.

    We often discuss change on the Community. How we see change depends on who we are and our current situation. It may be forced upon us or something we are expecting, but either way we have…