Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

40-44 Eglantine Avenue
Belfast
BT9 6DX
United Kingdom

Contact Details

[email protected]
028 9066 3281
https://cancerfocusni.org/
Last updated 9 months 3 weeks ago
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, the new name for the Ulster Cancer Foundation, is your local cancer champion, here to help you and your family if you have cancer.

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland will help your community take positive steps to a healthier life to lower your risk of cancer. We offer counselling and a wide range of complementary therapies, and we are determined to bring a more hopeful future by working for better public policies and funding ground-breaking research.

To find our more about us click on www.cancerfocusni.org, call 029 9066 3281, or email [email protected]. You can also call our Helpline between 9am and 1pm, Monday to Friday, on 0800 783 3339.

 

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Dr Kienan Savage, senior molecular biologist at QUB, and cancer survivor Emily Stanton encourage everyone to sign up for the Cancer Focus NI Cheers to 50 Years campaign and help raise £100k for locally based cancer research.
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Cheers to 50 Years

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

To mark its 50th birthday, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has launched a new fundraiser – Cheers to 50 Years - calling on local people to ask for donations for cancer research instead of gifts on their birthday this year.
Cancer Focus NI's new online training for those who work with older people.
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New online training to support older people

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus NI is encouraging those who support older people to complete its short online training course to help with cancer awareness.
Cancer Focus NI, the first ever cancer charity in Northern Ireland, marks 50 years
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Cancer Focus NI celebrates 50 years

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Leading local charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has launched a major fundraising campaign to raise £100,000 for pioneering breast cancer research to mark its 50th birthday. Cancer Focus NI was the first ever cancer charity in Northern Ireland.
Strictly over 50s urgently needed!
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Strictly Over 50's dance for local research into cancer

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has teamed up with Ballroom Blitz NI to host its very own Strictly Come Dancing event for the over 50s to raise vital funds for cancer research at Queen’s University Belfast.
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The Santa Dash- run for Cancer Focus NI!

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus NI are delighted to be one of the chosen charities for Cash For Kids Santa Dash!
Dates:
02 December 2018
Belfast
Diona Doherty, of Derry Girls fame, and researcher Dr Kienan Savage get ‘In Pink’ for Cancer Focus NI’s Girls’ Night In campaign to support pioneering breast cancer research at Queen’s University Belfast. To sign up for your Girls’ Night In pack visit www.cancerfocusni.org or call 028 9066 3281.
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Diona Doherty says have a Girls’ Night In for Cancer Focus NI

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus NI and Diona Doherty, a star of Derry Girls, are asking women across Northern Ireland to have a fun Girls’ Night In during October to raise awareness of breast cancer and to help fund research into the disease.
Translink Group Chief Executive Chris Conway and Cancer Focus NI Chief Executive Roisin Foster launch a three year partnership with a new ‘Travel to a Healthier Life’ campaign, ahead of Bus + Train Week (June 4 – 10), to raise awareness about the steps people can take to lower cancer risks.
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Travel to a Healthier Life

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Translink today announced a new three year partnership with leading local charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland by launching a ‘Travel to a Healthier Life’ campaign.
Gerry McElwee, head of cancer prevention, Cancer Focus NI, and Colm Kerr, pharmacist at MediCare Pharmacy, urge smokers to make Smoking Day, Wednesday, March 14, the start of their smokefree lives. Giving up smoking is the best thing you can do to improve your health - and you’re four times more likely to succeed if you get support. You can get help at Cancer Focus NI, community pharmacies, GPs, Trust and a range of voluntary groups.
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Proud to be a Quitter

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is urging thousands of local smokers to stub out their cigarettes and become ‘Proud Quitters’ on No Smoking Day, Wednesday, March 14.
Hold a Coffee & Natter and help raise funds for the Cancer Focus NI counselling service.
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Coffee & Natter, with people who matter

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Local cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland knows there’s nothing quite as good for perking you up as a chat with the people that matter over a hot cup coffee or tea. So, we're asking you to hold a coffee or tea party for our counselling service.
Cancer Focus NI gets £600k National Lottery funding for its family support service.
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Cancer Focus NI gets £600k National Lottery windfall

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Leading local cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has received a bumper £566,160 National Lottery grant towards its lifeline family support service.

More Information

Type of Organisation

VCSE

NI Charity Number

NI101307

Team

  • Marie Foy
  • Rosie Hassin
  • Laura Rafferty
  • Louise Carey
  • Julie McConville
  • Imelda Riddell
  • Helen Byers
  • Gwyneth Richards
  • Gwyneth Richards