About Us

Helping people cope with bowel cancer

We are a friendly and informal group of people who have had bowel cancer or been affected by it, so we can share and understand your experience.

The Group was formed in 2004 by three patients who were looking for mutual support and to share their experiences. Two of the founder members Sue and Nirmala regularly attend the Group meetings and are on the Committee.

What has been said about the Group:

I would like to thank you and the group for being a support for me at a time when I needed it. You are doing such important work.

Many many thanks for taking time to have a chat today; it was a great help and lifted my mood.

Just wanted to email and say thanks for your support on the phone yesterday. Your advice was very helpful.

It was certainly an informative evening.

I have been attending the Bowel Cancer Support Group meetings at the Centre for several years. The group provides a relaxed, supportive, confidential and often highly entertaining environment where one can simply be - everyone has the same or similar experiences and it is good to know that whatever you share someone else has already been there before you and will have useful input.

In addition, there are often presentations from healthcare specialists with opportunities to ask questions that you never got to ask before.

Come along and try it - nothing shocks us!

For more experiences of the Group see the What Members Say page.

  • Our aims: to provide support and information to patients, their families and carers affected by bowel cancer in total confidence. This includes the effects and after efects of treatment and how and where to get help and other information.

  • Our meetings: we discuss a variety of issues and have talks from visiting professionals on all aspects of bowel cancer and its effects both physically and emotionally.

  • We provide: opportunities to talk freely, informally and in confidence about your mutual needs as patients, family or carers.

  • We offer: friendship and mutual advice to all, including those contacting us using the phone and internet.

  • We raise: the awareness of bowel cancer symptoms and issues through our contacts and patient representatives on various organisations, so that healthcare professionals can improve services and also so the general public has more knowledge and confidence to seek GP advice at an earlier stage.

About us

  • We are independent of all hospitals but have associations with local hospitals in particular, the Royal Marsden Hospital and Croydon University Hospital.
  • We also have links with other cancer service organisations and major charities
  • We have talks from consultants, doctors, nurses, dieticians, nutritionists and therapists.
  • We discuss our problems together with treatment, post operative care, diet, screening, genetics etc
  • We are proactive contributling the patient's view to studies, research proposals and improved pathways.
  • We are supported by the South East Cancer Help Centre and work with the Royal Marsden Hospital, Croydon University Hospital, Macmillan and Bowel Cancer UK.

Committee Members

Chair:
John Amos

Email: johnamos@bowelcancersupportgroup.org.uk or john.amos@sechc.org.uk
Phone: 020 8668 0974

Deputy Chair:
Sue Berry
Phone 020 8668 0974

Treasurer:
Rosemary Franklin

Committee Members:
Nirmala De Silva

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