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Cancer Support & Outcomes Directory

Find trusted UK cancer support organisations offering emotional, financial, practical, and caregiver assistance. Filter by cancer type, support needed, and region.

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Featured Organisations

Breast Cancer Now

National
Featured

The UK's largest breast cancer charity, providing support, research, and campaigning. Offers a free helpline staffed by breast care nurses, a "Someone Like Me" peer support service, and face-to-face support groups across the country.

Breast
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0808 800 6000

Cancer Research UK

National
Featured

The world's largest independent cancer research charity. Provides comprehensive, evidence-based information on all cancer types, treatments, clinical trials, and living with cancer. Runs a nurse-staffed helpline for patients and families.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Workplace
Call helpline: 0808 800 4040

Cancer Research UK

National
Featured

The world's largest independent cancer research charity. Provides comprehensive cancer information, runs clinical trials, and funds research into all cancer types.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Call helpline: 0808 800 4040

Macmillan Cancer Support

National
Featured

One of the UK's largest cancer support charities, providing practical, medical, emotional, and financial support to people living with cancer. Offers a free support line staffed by specialist nurses, grants for people on low incomes, and a wide range of information resources.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Financial
Practical
Call helpline: 0808 808 00 00

Macmillan Cancer Support

National
Featured

Provides practical, medical, emotional and financial support to people affected by cancer. Offers a free support line, information resources, and local services across the UK.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Financial
Practical
Call helpline: 0808 808 00 00

Maggie's Centres

National
Featured

Free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends. Centres located across the UK, offering a warm welcoming space.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0300 123 1801

Marie Curie

National
Featured

Provides expert nursing care and support for people living with any terminal illness, including cancer, in their own homes and at hospices. Offers a free support line with practical and clinical information, plus emotional and bereavement support for families.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Bereavement
Call helpline: 0800 090 2309

Marie Curie

National
Featured

Provides care and support for people living with any terminal illness, including cancer. Offers nursing care, hospice services, and bereavement support.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Bereavement
Call helpline: 0800 090 2309

Prostate Cancer UK

National
Featured

Dedicated to fighting prostate cancer through research, awareness, and support. Provides a confidential helpline with specialist nurses, an online community, and tailored support for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners.

Prostate
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0800 074 8383

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Barbershop Uncut Stories

National

A groundbreaking theatre production and creative health project raising awareness of prostate cancer in Black communities. Uses the trusted space of the Black barbershop as a stage for real conversations about health and identity, addressing the fact that Black men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer. Includes stage productions, a museum exhibition and community partnerships.

Prostate
Emotional
Practical
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Bowel Cancer UK

National

A leading bowel cancer charity providing support, information, and research funding. Runs a nurse-staffed advisory service, patient forums, and campaigns for earlier diagnosis and improved screening uptake across the UK.

Bowel
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 020 7940 1769

Bowel Cancer UK

National

Dedicated to beating bowel cancer through supporting patients, funding research, and campaigning for early diagnosis and best treatment.

Bowel
Emotional
Practical
Call helpline: 020 7940 1769

Breast Cancer Now

National

The UK's first comprehensive breast cancer charity, providing support, funding research, and campaigning for better care. Offers a helpline and online forum.

Breast
Emotional
Practical
Financial
Call helpline: 0808 800 6000

Cancer Black Care

National

Community-led charity supporting Black and racially minoritised communities affected by cancer across the UK. Offers culturally informed advice, counselling, support groups, advocacy and practical help with social services — from pre-diagnosis through treatment, recovery and beyond — and campaigns for improved cancer services and outcomes.

General
Emotional
Practical
Financial
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Cancer Don't Let It Win CIC

National

Support group for men diagnosed with or recovering from prostate cancer, with active inclusion of wives and partners. Provides a safe space to share experiences and gain insights, with particular focus on the higher prostate cancer risk in men from Black African and Caribbean backgrounds.

Prostate
Emotional
Caregiver
Practical
Call helpline: 07538 798819

CLIC Sargent (Young Lives vs Cancer)

National

Supports children, young people, and families facing cancer. Provides social workers, financial grants, accommodation near treatment centres, and emotional support tailored to young patients and their siblings.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Financial
Practical
Call helpline: 0300 330 0803

CoppaFeel!

National

The UK's only breast cancer charity for young people, promoting breast awareness and early detection for 18-30 year olds.

Breast
Emotional
Practical
Young People

Cruelty Free/maggies centres Scotland

Maggie's centres across Scotland provide free cancer support in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Kirkcaldy, Inverness, and Lanarkshire. Each centre offers practical, emotional, and psychological support in a calm, welcoming environment close to NHS treatment facilities.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0300 123 1801

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust

National

The UK's only dedicated cervical cancer charity. Offers information, emotional support, and a helpline for women affected by cervical cancer and abnormalities, plus campaigning for better screening uptake and HPV vaccination awareness.

Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0808 802 8000

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust

National

The UK's leading cervical cancer charity, providing information, support and friendship to women affected by cervical cancer and abnormalities.

Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Call helpline: 0808 802 8000

Life After Lary

National

Support, guidance and community for people preparing for, recovering from, or living long-term after laryngectomy surgery. Offers regional networks, online support groups via Zoom and helpful resources, with a sister group 'Life After Trachy' for those living with a tracheostomy.

General
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
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Maggie's

National

Provides free practical, emotional, and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends in centres across the UK. Centres are located within or near NHS hospitals and offer drop-in support, workshops, and a welcoming environment.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0300 123 1801

Penny Brohn UK

National

Provides holistic support combining lifestyle advice, complementary therapies and emotional support for people with cancer, focusing on wellbeing alongside medical treatment.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Call helpline: 0303 300 0118

Prostate Cancer UK

National

Provides support and information for men affected by prostate cancer, funds research, and campaigns for better awareness and care.

Prostate
Emotional
Practical
Financial
Call helpline: 0800 074 8383

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

National

The UK's only lung cancer charity, providing support, information, and research funding. Offers a lung cancer nurse helpline, patient support groups, and early detection awareness programmes in communities at higher risk.

Lung
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver
Call helpline: 0333 323 7200

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

National

The UK's only lung cancer charity, providing support, funding research, and campaigning for earlier diagnosis and better treatment.

Lung
Emotional
Practical
Financial
Call helpline: 0333 323 7200

Teenage Cancer Trust

National

Specialist support for young people aged 13-24 with cancer, including dedicated cancer units in NHS hospitals, expert nursing and youth support teams, and peer support events to help young people navigate their cancer journey.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Young People
Call helpline: 020 7612 0370

Teenage Cancer Trust

National

Provides specialist nursing care and support for young people aged 13-24 with cancer, including dedicated units in NHS hospitals.

Breast
Prostate
Cervical
Emotional
Practical
Young People
Call helpline: 020 7612 0370

The Daniella Logun Foundation (DLF)

A childhood cancer support charity established in memory of Daniella Logun, offering holistic wellbeing support to children and young people diagnosed with brain tumours and other cancers, and their families. Provides emotional, practical, caregiver and bereavement support, including the Cherry Blossoms service for families who have lost a child.

General
Emotional
Practical
Caregiver

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