Prehabilitation at Maggie’s
Maggie’s is an independent charity with centres beside NHS hospitals across Scotland and throughout the UK. Visiting a Maggie’s centre can help you to take back control when cancer turns life upside down, with professional support for anything from treatment side effects to money worries. There are eight centres across Scotland and each offers a Prehabilitation workshop.
All their support is free, and no appointment or referral is needed, just pop in!
For more information on Maggie’s and the centre closest to you, click here.
Support from Cancer Charities Working Across Scotland
The following charities work across Scotland to support people affected by cancer. The table shows the services they offer and how to contact them.
| Organisation | Website address | Telephone number | Telephone helpline | E-mail service/ ask a nurse | Access to specialist staff | Counselling/ psychology | Peer support groups | Workshops/ courses | Complementary therapies | Financial advice | Additional services |
| Anthony Nolan | www.anthonynolan.org | 030 330 30303 | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Ayrshire Cancer Support | www.ayrshirecs.org | 01563 538 008 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Transport | ||
| Beatson Cancer Charity | www.beatsoncancercharity.org | 0141 212 0505 | * | * | * | * | * | Specialist health & work, befriending | |||
| Blood Cancer UK | www.bloodcancer.org.uk | 0808 169 5155 | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Bowel Cancer UK | www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk | 020 7940 1760 | * | * | * | ||||||
| Brain Tumour Research | www.braintumourresearch.org | 0190 886 7200 | |||||||||
| Breast Cancer Now | www.breastcancernow.org | 0808 800 6000 | * | ||||||||
| Cancer Research UK | www.cancerresearchuk.org | 0300 123 1022 | * | * | Online chat forum | ||||||
| Cancer Support Scotland | www.cancersupportscotland.org | 0800 652 4531 | * | * | * | * | * | Podiatry, befriending | |||
| Clan Cancer Support | www.clancancersupport.org | 0122 464 7000 | * | * | * | * | * | * | B&B, transport, hair | ||
| Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust | www.jostrust.org.uk | 0808 802 8000 | * | ||||||||
| Kidney Cancer Scotland | www.kcuk.org.uk/scotland | 0141 428 3494 | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Leukaemia Care | www.leukaemiacare.org.uk | 0808 801 0444 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Macmillan Cancer Support | www.macmillan.org.uk | 0808 808 0000 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Telephone buddies |
| Maggie’s | www.maggies.org | 0300 123 1801 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| MASScot: Melanoma Action and Support Scotland | www.masscot.org.uk | 0773 823 1260 | * | * | * | Prevention education | |||||
| Myeloma UK | www.myeloma.org.uk | 0800 980 3332 | * | * | * | ||||||
| OCHRE: the oesophageal cancer charity | www.ochrecharity.org.uk | 0800 822 3370 | * | ||||||||
| Pancreatic Cancer UK | www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk | 0808 801 0707 | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland | www.pancreaticcanceraction.org | 030 304 01770 | |||||||||
| Prostate Cancer UK | www.prostatecanceruk.org | 020 331 07000 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Prostate Scotland | www.prostatescotland.org.uk | 0131 603 8660 | * | * | 1-2-1 support | ||||||
| Roy Castle Lung Cancer | www.roycastle.org | 033 3323 7200 | * | ||||||||
| Target Ovarian Cancer | www.targetovariancancer.org.uk | 020 7923 5475 | * | ||||||||
| Teenage Cancer Trust | www.teenagecancertrust.org | 020 761 20370 | * | * | * | Activities for young people | |||||
| The Brain Tumour Charity | www.thebraintumourcharity.org | 0808 800 0004 | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Young Lives Vs Cancer | www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk | 030 0330 0803 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |