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First of all, we’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who shared a picture with the Online Community as part of our Winter Picture Festival. Your pictures brought the Community team, and our members, a lot of joy this December.
The Winter Picture Festival gave members the opportunity to share a picture they’d taken, or something they had made, on a winter theme.…
Thursday 3rd December marks the International Day of People with Disabilities, or International Day of Disabled Persons. Not everyone might know that as part of the Equality Act in 2010, anyone with a cancer diagnosis can choose to identify as having a disability. However, it’s important to remember that people can be affected by cancer, and other disabilities, in very different ways.
The theme for 2020’s International…
As lockdown is eased, yet shielding measures for many are extended, we wanted to share a poem with you from our guest writer Michael.
ADVICE TO BUREAUCRATS
It falls to you to draft a shielding letter
Of weighty pages, not too clear, for someone
Who has an underlying health condition,
The relevance of which he may not know.
Ensure you couch the information in
Alarmist terms, including dicta aimed
At other people rather…
Today on the Community News Blog we are shining a light on all things creative from every corner of the Community. It doesn’t take long when looking through the community to stumble upon something creative, from knitted toys to poetry there are so many ways that members express themselves. Why not take a look through?
Creative Arts & Crafts
In the ‘Breast Cancer’ group Weeblemum posted pictures of…
"…it gave me better pain relief than any drug could ever do.”
Facing cancer arguably takes a lot of energy, and naturally it becomes a central focus of someone’s life. But this doesn’t mean hobbies or pastimes, including arts and crafts, need to fall to the wayside. Such hobbies often provide a vital escape to where cancer is no longer the central focus, but rather your enjoyment and perhaps solace…
Thursday 3rd December marks the International Day of People with Disabilities, or International Day of Disabled Persons. Not everyone might know that as part of the Equality Act in 2010, anyone with a cancer diagnosis can choose to identify as having…
Today on the Community News Blog we are shining a light on all things creative from every corner of the Community. It doesn’t take long when looking through the community to stumble upon something creative, from knitted toys to poetry there are so many…
Facing cancer arguably takes a lot of energy, and naturally it becomes a central focus of someone’s life. But this doesn’t mean hobbies or pastimes, including arts and crafts…
Who has…
First of all, we’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who shared a picture with the Online Community as part of our Winter Picture Festival. Your pictures brought the Community team, and our members, a lot…