Fighting Fit in Bourne – if you’d like to try this popular event, it’s held in Bourne Leisure Centre on Monday afternoons from 1.30pm – 3.00pm Sessions are £4, with the first session free. If you’d like to join some familiar faces from the Stamford group, please complete the online referral form at https://www.lincolncityfoundation.com/fightingfit

Connect to Support – Are you, or is someone you know, living with or beyond cancer? Connect to Support has more than 1,000 resources on all things relating to cancer, from emotional support to practical and financial information. Your local NHS has joined forces with Lincolnshire County Council to make sure you have the information you need at your fingertips. Find exactly what you need, when you need it https://lincolnshire.connecttosupport.org/.

You can also contact Connect to Support by telephone and webchat: 0300 303 8789 between 14.00 to 19.00.

Care packages – When you’re going through treatment, you might appreciate a bit of a lift. Can you let us know what you would like to receive in a care pack? Have you received one in the past when leaving hospital? What was in it, and did you find everything useful? Have a look at Littlelifts.org.uk Would you like to receive one of their gift boxes? You’ll be eligible if you are receiving treatment at one of the hospitals listed including Addenbrooks. It might give you an idea of what we can add to our care packages.

PROSTaid – are a support group who meet at Melton Baptist Church rooms, Bowling Green, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0FA from 7.00pm – 9.00pm on 1st Wednesday of the month.  Contact Bob & Jane White on 0776 162963  or 01664 563313.  I had a lovely chat with Bob and he suggested I look at their website Prostaid.co.uk which has details of groups in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.  There are a couple of people from Stamford who attend the Melton Mowbray group and I’ve put Bob in touch with the people who run the Prostate Cancer Support Groups in Boston and Lincoln, which are run in conjunction with TACKLE, who are based at Grantham District Hospital.  I’m hoping they might start something in the south of the county.