Our mission is simple; to improve the quality of life of cancer sufferers, their family and friends and to help them cope, whatever their situation.
How You Can Help
- Simply book your next holiday with Charitable Travel and tell us you want to support The Nightingale. The charity will then benefit from the free donation you can make as part of the booking process. To read more about how this works, head to our ‘About Us‘ page.
- If you want to make a donation to The Nightingale and you are not booking a holiday, click here to visit their website.
- Visit nightingalesupport.org.uk to sign up to newsletters, and follow the The Nightingale social media pages, and help spread the word.
How You Can Help
How You Can Help
- Simply book your next holiday with Charitable Travel and tell us you want to support The Nightingale. The charity will then benefit from the free donation you can make as part of the booking process. To read more about how this works, head to our ‘About Us‘ page.
- If you want to make a donation to The Nightingale and you are not booking a holiday, click here to visit their website.
- Visit nightingalesupport.org.uk to sign up to newsletters, and follow the
The Nightingale social media pages, and help spread the word.
- Simply book your next holiday with Charitable Travel and tell us you want to support The Nightingale. The charity will then benefit from the free donation you can make as part of the booking process. To read more about how this works, head to our ‘About Us‘ page.
- If you want to make a donation to The Nightingale and you are not booking a holiday, click here to visit their website.
- Visit nightingalesupport.org.uk to sign up to newsletters, and follow the The Nightingale social media pages, and help spread the word.
We support those affected by cancer.
The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre is an Enfield-based charity supporting adults affected by cancer, including patients, family members, friends and colleagues. We work alongside local health care facilities to ensure that those affected by cancer receive the emotional, psychological and practical support needed to help them come to terms with and cope with their changing lives.
After a cancer diagnosis, many patients feel an array of different emotions. Some may experience a sense of shock, fear, or sadness and many question why this has happened to them. As treatment progresses, more emotional and physical changes can occur and as they do, many people become frustrated at the loss of control cancer has caused.
Therefore we provide a range of services including selected treatments, complementary therapies and practical support. What groups and activities a client takes part in are solely based on each individual’s mental and physical state, rather than a one size fits all approach.
Our therapies and group activities are designed to provide physical relief from the effects of cancer and its treatments. While counselling and support groups help people trying to come to terms with the illness and their worries and anxieties. We are also a rich source of information, offering educational and advisory groups to both individuals and families throughout different stages of their cancer journey.
All of our services are free of charge and we are now the primary provider of non-medical cancer support within the Borough of Enfield annually supporting approximately 600 clients.
In the UK statistics currently indicate that one in two people will have a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives, suggesting that soon everyone will be affected by cancer in some way. We want to be here to help
Services we offer:
- Counselling – Emotional support to help find better ways to cope with the effects of cancer
- Befriending – Client home visits for two hours each week to respond to their needs e.g. talking, going for a walk, shopping
- Club – Weekly drop-in sessions where clients come together to share their experiences and talk
- Group activities– Courses to help clients move forward after treatment e.g. Mindfulness, Look Good Feel Better and Head Wrappers
- Educational Groups – Led by a Clinical Nurse Specialists, for individuals diagnosed with specific conditions e.g. Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
- Lymphoedema Clinic – Treatment to control the main symptoms of lymphoedema, a common side effect of cancer treatment
- Exercise Groups– Group activities for clients to aid their recovery post treatment e.g. FitSteps, Tai Chi and Relax and Breathe
- Complementary Therapies – Selected to give physical and psychological relief to clients e.g. acupuncture, massage, reflexology, chiropody, Indian head massage and Reiki.
- Advisory information and support – Staff support clients with benefits/grants information, form filling and liaising with lenders and utility providers.
- Transport Service – Drivers transport clients and their carers to and from doctors/hospital appointments
Get in touch
187a Baker Street, Enfield, EN1 3JT
Support: 020 8366 4333
Fundraising: 020 8366 9674
Registered Charity Number 1094435
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