Keith Cancer Link →
Keith Cancer Link Support Group helps those in Keith and District offers help and support to people affected by cancer related illnesses, families, carers and relatives.
Resources
Helpful Resources
If you have been affected by cancer you might be wondering who to turn to for information.
There are many organisations, local and national, that might be able to help. We list some here but please don't hesitate to call us - if we can't answer your query we will do our best to find someone who can.
Local Cancer Support Groups
Help and support for anyone affected by cancer.
Huntly Area Cancer Support Group →
Huntly Area Cancer Support Group provides practical and emotional support and friendship to anyone whose life has been affected by cancer.
Buckie and District Cancer Support Group →
Our aims and objectives are to help the people of Buckie who are affected by cancer and cancer related illnesses, as well as their families, carers and relatives.
The Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group →
North of Scotland IA aims to help and support people who have to undergo surgery which involves the removal of their colon and the creation of either an ileostomy or an ileo-anal pouch.
UCAN →
Aberdeen based UCAN offers information and support for people affected by cancers of the prostate, kidney, bladder, testes and penis.
Hospital Chaplains →
Hospital chaplains provide spiritual, religious and pastoral care in all the hospitals in NHS Grampian.
Maggie's Aberdeen →
Maggie’s provides emotional, practical and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends.
Pain Association Scotland →
Pain Association Scotland was set up for people who live with chronic pain, including cancer related pain. The Grampian Group offers information and training about pain management as well as emotional support and social activities.
Friends of ANCHOR →
Friends of ANCHOR offers free care, comfort and support equipment and services to those attending the ANCHOR unit in Aberdeen.
Clan Cancer Support →
Clan offers and hosts a wide range of support groups and activities which are available to anyone affected by cancer.
Breathe Easy Aberdeen →
Breathe Easy Aberdeen is a support group for people affected by lung conditions including their friends, family and carers.
Cancer Information & Support
Local and national charity contacts.
Target Ovarian Cancer →
Target Ovarian Cancer is currently seeking applications for its 'Innovation in ovarian cancer research award' and its 'Supportive and palliative care research award'. See the 'Our Research' web pages.
World Cancer Research Fund →
World Cancer Research Fund is part of a global network of charities that are committed to preventing cancer. The WCRF website includes tasty, healthy recipes.
North of Scotland Cancer Network (NOSCAN) →
Information about cancer services in the North of Scotland.
Prostate Scotland →
Prostate Scotland are a Scottish charity set up to provide information, advice and help on prostate health and diseases of the prostate.
Marie Curie Cancer Care →
Marie Curie's vision is that everyone with cancer, and other illnesses, will have the high quality care and support they need at the end of their life, in the place of their choice.
NHS Inform - Cancer →
National health information service.
Leukaemia Care →
Leukaemia Care exists to provide care and support for patients, carers and families that are affected by a diagnosis of a blood or lymphatic cancer.
Macmillan Cancer Support →
Macmillan helps to meet the information and support needs of people with cancer.
Cancer Support Scotland (Tak Tent) →
Glasgow based Cancer Support Scotland (Tak Tent) provides practical and emotional support for anyone affected by cancer, including families, friends and the staff involved professionally.
British Lung Foundation →
The British Lung Foundation works to improve the lives of people affected by lung disease right across the UK, offering information, advice,support and conducting research.
Cancer Research UK →
Cancer Research UK provides information and support to help people cope with cancer.
Breast Cancer Care →
Breast Cancer Care is for anyone affected by breast cancer. They bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for improved standards of care.
Bowel Cancer UK →
Bowel Cancer UK aims to save lives and improve the quality of life for all those affected by bowel cancer.
Brain Tumour UK →
Brain Tumour UK provides personalised, confidential support for those affected by brain tumour.
Anthony Nolan Trust →
Every day the Anthony Nolan Trust matches individuals willing to donate their blood stem cells or bone marrow, to people with blood cancer and blood disorders, who desperately need lifesaving transplants.
Children & Young People
Helping children affected by cancer.
Winston's Wish →
Winston's Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity and the largest provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK.
MSN for Children and Young People with Cancer →
Information, links and useful contacts for children, teenagers and young people with cancer in Scotland and the UK.
Rip Rap →
This site is developed especially for teenagers who have a parent with cancer. In riprap, you can learn more about cancer and its treatment and through individual stories you can see how this might affect you and your family.
Teenage Cancer Trust →
The vision of The Teenage Cancer Trust is a future where young people’s lives don’t stop because they have cancer. They make sure they’re treated as young people first, cancer patients second.
Grampian Child Bereavement Network →
Grampian Child Bereavement Network is a dedicated resource that can refer on to national and local resources which can provide children with support when they are bereaved.
Macmillan Information for Teens and Young Adults →
Find out about cancer types, treatments and living with cancer as a teen or young adult. This information has been written specifically for,and reviewed by,young people with cancer.
Jumo Health →
General medical information for kids including details about some cancers and a medical encyclopaedia.
Children's Cancer and Leukemia Group →
The Children's Cancer and Leukemia Group is a UK charity dedicated to supporting research and those looking after children and teenagers with cancer.
Getting it Right for every Child →
A Scottish Government initiative, this site is designed by young people for young people.
CLIC Sargent →
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. They provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer.
Carers
Advice and practical support for carers.
NHS Grampian →
This page of the NHS Grampian website provides information on support for carers in the region.
NHS - Carers' Wellbeing →
The NHS site offers advice on health, fitness, emotions and relationships while looking after someone else, and how to get help.
NHS - Young Carers →
This part of the NHS site offers information, help and advice for young people who are carers.
Caring Alone →
Caring Alone provides a place where young carers can receive help, information and support at the same time. This site is strictly for carers between the ages of 16-30.
Moray Council - Caring for Someone →
Moray Council offers information and advice to ensure carers are supported.
Care Trust →
Carers Trust is a charity which was formed by the merger of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care in April 2012. It aims to ensure that information, advice and practical support are available to all carers across the UK.
Macmillan →
Macmillan provides support and information to those caring for someone with cancer.
VSA →
As the North East of Scotland's leading social care charity, VSA provides a range of social care services to all age groups providing support to adult and young carers throughout Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.
NHS Services
NHS services available locally.
The Oaks - Elgin →
The Oaks is a purpose-built unit aimed at the provision of specialist care and rehabilitation for individuals aged 18 years old and upwards living in Moray and who have a cancer or other progressive illnesses.
Roxburghe House - Aberdeen →
Roxburghe House has been purpose built to meet the needs of patients requiring specialist palliative care in NHS Grampian, including physiotherapy and support for families.
NHS Shetland →
Website provides information on local services including hospitals, community healthcare, spiritual care, community nurses and pharmacies.
NHS Grampian - GP Practices →
NHS listing of general practices in the area with links to their websites.
NHS Orkney →
Website provides information on local services including hospitals, health professionals, GPs, community services, air ambulance, patient travel and spiritual care.
NHS Grampian - Spiritual Care →
NHS Grampian seeks to provide appropriate spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, their relatives and carers and to staff. This care is available to people with or without specified religious beliefs.
M.A.R.S - Mobility and Rehabilitation Service →
Based at Woodend hospital in Aberdeen M.A.R.S provides wheelchair and special seating, orthotic and prosthetic services to patients in Grampian, Orkney and Shetland.
NHS Grampian - Hospitals →
NHS listing of hospitals in Grampian with links to their websites.
NHS Grampian →
This page of the NHS Grampian website provides information on support for carers in the region.
NHS - Carers' Wellbeing →
The NHS site offers advice on health, fitness, emotions and relationships while looking after someone else, and how to get help.
NHS - Young Carers →
This part of the NHS site offers information, help and advice for young people who are carers.
NHS Inform - Cancer →
National health information service.
Benefits & Grants
Independent and confidential advice.
UK Government →
Provides a full range of information about Government Benefits, including Carers, Attendance and Disability Benefits.
Aberdeen City Council – Benefits and Advice →
Find out more about benefits and support from Aberdeen City Council.
Citizens Advice Scotland →
CAS helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.
Grampian Macmillan Cancer Centre Project →
The Grampian Macmillan Cancer Centre Project involves collaboration between Macmillan Cancer Support, The Pension Service and Grampian Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) to provide a service for people undergoing treatment for cancer at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Self Image
Help with the visible side effects of treatment.
Social Care & Health Support
Information on local council services.
Shetland Islands Council →
Details of Social care services in Shetland. A single assessment process, led by the client helps identify how they can best be supported to maintain and develop the ability to be in control of their day-to-day life.
Aberdeenshire Council →
Information on Community Care, Social Work departments and many aspects of Health and Disability.
Aberdeen City Council →
Information on local services, support and procedures for applications for care.
