Local groups

Support groups come and go, and contact names, addresses and meeting details may change over time. Before attending a meeting - we strongly advise that it is a good idea to phone and check the details.

The following support groups are independently run, and the inclusion on this site does not mean that a group or organisation is affiliated to or endorsed by the member organisations of the Sussex Cancer Network.

To view support groups by cancer type, please see the cancer types a-z.

Local support groups

B

• Bosom Buddies (Eastbourne)

• Brighton Breast Cancer Support Group (Ditchling)
• Brighton Myeloma Support Group (Brighton)
• Butterflies Support Group (Worthing)

C

• Cancervive (Hurstpierpoint)
• Chichester Lung Cancer Support Group (Chichester)
  
• Chrysalis Crawley Breast Cancer Support Group (Crawley)
• Colonaid (Worthing)
• Crawley Laryngectomee Club (Whispering) (Crawley)
• Crossroads Care for Carers (Brighton & Hove)
• Crossroads Care for Carers (Hastings & Rother)
• Crossroads Care for Carers (West Sussex)

F

• Friendly Faces Support Group (Worthing)
• Friends Thru Cancer (St Leonards on Sea)

H

• Hastings Breast Care Support Group (Hastings)
• Headstart- Head and Neck Cancer Support Group (East Grinstead)
• Headway (West Sussex) - 25th January 2012 Re-launch in Crawley
  
• Heathers Horsham Cancer Support (Horsham)
• Henfield Breast Cancer Support Group- Bosom Pals (Henfield)
• Holistic Self Help and Support Group (Maidstone)

L

• Leucan: Children with Leukaemia/Cancer- Parents Support Group (Angmering)
• Leucas- Leukaemia and Childhood Cancer Support Group (Hove)  

M

• Mid Sussex Breast Cancer Support Group (Brighton)

N

• Necks Best - Hastings, Eastbourne and Bexhill Laryngectomy Support Group

O

• Oesophageal Patients Association (OPA) (Brighton)
• Olive Tree Cancer Support Service (formerly Crawley Cancer Contact) (Crawley)

P

• Palliative Care Carers Group ( Eastbourne)

• PCaSO Prostate Cancer Network (Emsworth)
• PCaSO Prostate Cancer Network - Eastbourne (Eastbourne)
• Pituitary Foundation (Eastbourne)
• Polegate Cancer Support Group (Polegate)

S 

• Sara Lee Trust (St Leonards-on-Sea)
• Secondary Cancer Support Group (Chichester)
• SEKPA (South Eastern Kidney Patient Association) (Lyndfield)
• Semi Colon Club (Maidstone)
• St Richards Ovarian & Gynaecological Cancer Support Group (Chichester)
• Sussex Brain Tumour Support Group (Horsham)
• Sussex Ia (Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group) (Crawley)

T

• Telscombe Cliffs and Peacehaven Breast Cancer Support Group (Telscombe Cliffs)
• Tuesday Club (Eastbourne)

U

• Uckfield and District Breast Cancer Support Group (Uckfield)
• Understanding Differences (Crawley)

W

• Worthing and Southlands Lymphoedema Support Group (Worthing)
• Worthing Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Support Group (Ferring)

Y

• Yakity-Yak Laryngectomy Support Group (Brighton)
• Younger Adult Support Group (Chichester)