Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service

About us

Whether you have cancer yourself, care for a friend or relative, work as a health professional or simply want to know more about cancer, our professional team are here to help you.

The Macmillan Information and Support Centre offers a wide range of support in partnership with the Macmillan Benefits and Welfare Advice Service for South West London and the South East Cancer Help Centre.

We work with your keyworker team to offer a holistic supportive care. We are a drop in service, you do not need an appointment to come and visit us.

The service helps make sure that anyone affected by cancer has free access to good quality information, emotional and practical support. 

 

We offer access to:

  •  Information to understand cancer, its treatment and impact on your life and family
  •  A benefit and welfare adviser, financial and practical support
  •  Health and wellbeing information & support  
  •  Complementary therapies at the hospital (by appointment only) or in the community 
  •  Local support and more

We can offer access to online resources, information in different languages and easy reads.  We also have a virtual interpreter on demand.

 

 

Our health wellbeing program

We offer a wide range of  free supportive sessions to help with the impacts of cancer and its treatment :

  •             Educational workshops on managing side effects of treatment e.g. Cancer related brain fog
  •             Group activities to help you be active and  meet others with a similar experience e.g. beginner yoga classes, meditation, let’s walk and talk groups.
  •             If going online is a challenge, we offer viewing of webinars in the comfort of the Centre e.g. Get Set For Surgery with St George’s Hospital, Returning to work successfully with charity Working with Cancer, Style with confidence with Look Good Feel Better 

To be kept informed with our activities, you can sign up to the membership as part of the Croydon Cancer Voices

 

 

How to access our service

The centre is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. Excluding Bank Holidays

Tel: 0208 401 3441  Email: ch-tr.Macmillancroydon@nhs.net  

The centre is situated on 1st Floor London Wing, Blue Zone at Croydon University Hospital. 

Follow us on X and Instagram: @CUHMacmillan

 

For more information and support, outside of our opening hours, you can visit the Macmillan

Cancer Support website or call the helpline Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm on 0808 808 00 00