We will be closed for the Bank Holiday weekend from 4pm on Thursday 1st April to 10am on Tuesday 6th April. If you need support over the weekend, please call the Macmillan Support Line free on 0800 808 0000 – they will be open from 9am to 8pm every day.

Due to the current situation with regards to the rise in COVID-19 cases, we are sadly unable to offer any `face-to-face’ appointments until further notice. Please note however, that we are still offering support by telephone on 07976 167188 ( Tanya ) or 07947 630654 ( Julia ), Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.

Please be assured that we are reviewing the situation regularly and will resume `normal’ service as soon as it’s safe to do so – until then, please take care and stay safe.

Please note that we have moved our offices from Stanley Street, Southport to 29 Wright Street, Southport PR9 0TL ( opposite Southport College ).

In more normal times, our World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is one of the highlights of the Centre’s year – a time when we all get together to drink copious amounts of tea and coffee, stuff our faces with cake, indulge in a little retail therapy, have a singsong with our fantastic singers and raise lots of pennies for Macmillan Cancer Support.

This year, of course, it’s all different and we’re not able to do some of the above – but we are able to do the drinking, the stuffing and the raising money! So, if you’d like to Zoom in on Friday 25^th September at 12pm, we’ll do our very best to have a grand old time. Sadly, you’ll have to provide your own drinks and cake this year, but hopefully 2021 will see us back in action, in the flesh and bigger and better than ever.

If you’re not able to Zoom but would still like to donate, please follow the link https://thyg.uk/BUU004273515which will lead you to the Southport fundraising page……we would be so grateful for any donations no matter how much as the money raised will go to support people affected by cancer, so a HUGE thank you in advance.

For those who want to join us on the 25^th, please either call me on 07947 630654 or email sfccg.macmillancic@nhs.net and I’ll let you have the meeting ID and password.

Anyone wanting to hold a Macmillan Coffee Morning will have to do so virtually or social distanced. This year’s fundraiser is set for Friday September 25th – the 30th anniversary of the popular event. Further details can be obtained by contacting staff at the Southport Centre.

Read the article here about our Centre which appeared in the local Champion Newspaper

Re-opening of the Southport Cancer Information and Support Centre

The team at the Southport Cancer Information and Support Centre are delighted to announce that following the recent easing of Covid-19 lock down restrictions we are able to start seeing service users face to face in our Centre on Stanley Street in Southport. 

We have spent the last few weeks carrying out risk assessments and developing policies and protocols in order to resume our face to face service as safely as possible.  This means that we have had to make some changes to the way we deliver our service.  Initially we will only be offering pre-bookable appointments; we hope that we will be able to resume our drop-in service as soon as we feel it is safe to do so.  We will be continually reviewing guidance etc. so that as soon as we can we will resume our support groups, courses and events etc. 

In order to protect our staff, volunteers and service users, we will have to carry out a simple health screening questionnaire and check people’s temperatures before anyone can enter the Centre.  In addition, unless there’s a medical reason why it’s not possible, visitors and staff will be required to wear a disposable mask or face covering of their own.  All of the rooms that we use now comply with the 2 metre social distancing guidance.  The Centre will be thoroughly cleaned at the start and end of each day all tables, chairs and used areas etc will also be wiped down after each person has left.

If you’d like to find out about the support that we can offer and book an appointment, please call the Centre on 07976 167188 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm) so that we can arrange this for you.

See our article in the Southport Visiter which is about the work of our Centre. Here is a link.

The HOPE course has proved to be an amazing resource for many people who have gone through cancer – it helps them back on track and teaches coping strategies to deal with the legacy that this illness often leaves behind.

During the current crisis, it’s not possible to offer a face to face course, but Macmillan are now offering a digital version – to register, please follow the link on the flyer here

If you’re struggling and need help with shopping or care needs you can register yourself (or a relative, friend or neighbour) on the link below.  This service is for those people who don’t have anyone to help them though, so please only register if you have a genuine need……

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable