If you are interested in any of the below please call on (01223) 274243

or e-mail:
laura.abbas@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

UNLESS IT SPECIFICALLY STATES ANOTHER CONTACT PERSON!

 Did you know that there is now free counselling support at the Oasis for 13-24 year olds with  cancer? 

Jo Fretwell is able to offer free confidential support for you or your family to help you deal with the emotional side of your diagnosis and treatment. She can either offer you support herself or you can ask to meet with one of her volunteer counsellors. You can either have a one-off meeting to help with a particular issue or contact her as and when you need someone to talk to. She can also offer a series of planned counselling sessions.

The counsellor will listen to you , and try to help you find the best way of dealing with your problems yourself. No problem is too big or too small to bring to counselling

This service is available to you, your parents, parners or siblings either while you are on treatment or if you have finished treatment and are under 25 years old.

Jo can be contacted on her mobile 07595 216504 or by email jo.fretwell@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
She works Monday to Thursday 9.00 - 5.00.

If you do not feel that you can contact her directly, you can ask a relative or your medical team to contact her or call The Oasis on 01223 274243 for further information.

NEW OPENING TIMES AT THE OASIS

From The 1st december 2011, The Oasis will be open for pateints and their families on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9.00am-4.00pm

If you need to contact the team on Mondays and Fridays, call The Oasis on 01223 274243.

ANYONE FOR GOLF?
Bob Barnes from Cambridge Lakes Golf Course would like to offer free golf sessions to individuals or small groups ( about 6 people max).

These sessions will take place on Mondays or Tuesdays and if there is enough interest, this could be
a regular event.

If you think that you would like to come along to a session, please contact Laura Abbas, Youth Support Coordinator on 01223 349270 or email laura.abbas@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

JIMMY TEENS!.....please see the website; a fantastic that can really help you through your journey with personal experiences, live debates and fun stuff! The next live debate will be next Tuesday 28th June in the Jimmy Teens studios in Deepcar, Sheffield.

Are you aged 13-16? Teenage Cancer Trust currently havea partnership with Mega Mentors; a London based organisation that provides mentoring opportunities for under 16's with top professionals. Whether they be michelin starred chefs or football managers!These opportunities are open to those off treatment, and sessions last 30mins-1hour- 3 times a year- so very low maintenace! Each session is overseen by a Mega Mentor who ensure the young person is getting the most out of the session. For more information please see www.megamentors.co.uk or contact Laura who can put you in touch with Teenage Cancer Trust who are organising this opportunity.

 GCSE, AS + A2 Revision courses! Justin Craig are offering revision courses for Addenbrooke's young people. The main centres are in the East Anglia region so check out their website, www.justincraig.ac.uk to see if there is a centre convenient to you, and let us know if you are interested so we can pass on your details

Cambridge United Football Club can offer free tickets to their games. If you are interested, please get in touch, email laura.abbas@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

Jimmy Teens have some new films to watch all surrounding CHOICE's! Have a look here, http://www.jimmyteens.tv/2011/02/18/the-debate-choices-whats-it-all-about/ 

 Young ambassadors wanted by Teenage Cancer Trust

Home Retail Group who own Argos and Homebase have nominated Teenage Cancer Trust as their official charity partner from July 2010 – July 2012. This partnership hopes to not only raise at least £2 million for Teenage Cancer Trust but will also increase awareness of the charity and communicate what they do to 53,000 Home Retail Group staff and then on top of this customers of Argos and Homebase. To help encourage staff to fundraise as much as possible for them they are asking young people from across the UK if they would be happy to act as our young ambassadors. Below are some of the opportunities that young ambassadors might get asked to get involved in, however as this partnership is still new some of these might be subject to slight change:

What TCT young ambassadors may be asked to do?

They may be asked to get involved with one of the following:

• Help open a new Argos store and cut the ribbon alongside an Argos store manager
• Be present at some cheque presentations to accept money raised by staff
• Where appropriate to appear in their local media (e.g. local radio, TV, magazines or newspapers) following something they have supported Home Retail Group with
• Help bucket shake at the launch of the new Argos catalogue which is sometime in January 2011, sometime in July 2011 and then again sometime in January 2012
• Attend Home Retail Group head office staff events in Milton Keynes to informally chat with staff about the work the charity does, how they can fundraise and bucket shake
• Possibly be present at the annual Argos store staff conference where they may be asked to do a short talk to staff and meet and greets afterwards
• Possibly visit a local Homebase or Argos store or a distribution centre and give a short talk to some staff to help motivate them to raise lots of money on behalf of Teenage Cancer Trust

What type of young person TCT are looking for?

• Someone who is fairly articulate and confident potentially talking to small or large groups of people
• Someone who is also willing to potentially appear in local media photographs and articles and which may also feature on the Home Retail Group website and Teenage Cancer Trust’s website

What will not happen

• Home Retail Group staff will never be given the personal contact details of the young ambassadors. All requests by Home Retail Group have to come through the communications team here at Teenage Cancer Trust
• Young people will not be asked to do too many things
• Reasonable travel expenses will be paid by Teenage Cancer Trust to the young ambassador

This opportunity is currently available in the Milton Keynes or Bedford area, but Teenage Cancer Trust are always looking for help at these types of events, if you are interested please email, laura.abbas@addenbrookes.nhs.uk or Sarah Henderson [sarah.henderson@teenagecancertrust.org]

We just wanted to let you know that the TCT have finally launched TCTeeNation which will help them to get feedback directly from young people and their families about the service they have received, wherever they have been treated and what suggestions they may have for work they can do in the future. In 2 days they have already had 18 young people and 7 parents respond which is pretty impressive!

You can read more about this initiative here - http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/what-we-do/specialist-services/survey-young-people/

Laura Crane Trust

 The Laura Crane Trust is a youth cancer charity in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

They are developing a new project called Chat-World, which will be a 3D virtual world that youth cancer patients can explore as well as chatting to other people who are a similar age and going through a similar thing to themselves.
They have had some focus groups with the Teenage Cancer Trust ward at Leeds General Infirmary but they would like some help from further afield as well.
They have developed a short questionnaire and would really appreciate it if you could take the time to take a look and fill it in. It should only take a couple of minutes and they really need your answers to help them in developing the best service that they can!

The questionnaire can be found at http://bit.ly/chatworld

For more information on the charity or the project, take a look at www.lauracranetrust.org and www.chat-world.org

Thank you!

ARE YOU NEWLY DIAGNOSED?

There is a new opportunity for newly diagnosed patients called 'Stepping stones'. This is a half-day session being held at Wallace Cancer care on Red cross lane, on the 4th Monday of every month. The aims of the sessions are to help you gain confidence, manage symptoms and stress and share experiences.
You will learn about the services on offer to help you relax, manage stress and fatigue, cope with side effects of treatment, and deal with practical issues. Enabling you to live as well as possible with the effects of cancer. You will also get to share your experiences with people who understand your feelings and concerns.

It is open to both patients and carers/parents.

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. To reserve a place phone 01223249220 or book at Wallace Cancer Care Drop-in-centre in the concourse.

FATIGUE MANAGEMENT GROUP

Wallace cancer Care Centre run a Fatigue Management Group on Friday mornings from 10.30-12.30.

The programme is a mix of informal discussion and sessions giving information and advice on:

- Why fatigue happens
- The benefits of exercise
- Sleep patterns
- Making the most of your energy
- Setting realistic goals
- Relaxation

Each session also includes a circuit of exercise which is individually tailored to your needs and ability.

If you are interested in this programme, please speak to one of us, your Specialist Nurse or your Consultant.

Very Polular Teenage Cancer Trust Find Your Sense of Tumour Conference is back! 24th-17th February 2012

4 day conference held at Centre Parcs in Nottingham
Informative conference, speakers, workshops, plus social activities, and an opportunity to meet many young people from your local area plus accross the country!

We currently have a couple of spaces available excluding over 18 boys...this villa is filled!
If your are under 3 years off treatment, would like to know more information and interested in coming away with us, please get in touch asap.