iCan GM - Health and wellbeing advice and support after cancer treatments in Greater Manchester

Stronger Mind

Having a stronger mind allows you to respond to challenging situations more positively, helps lift your mood, building resilience and confidence.

Stronger Body

Keeping active and maintaining a stronger body can have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing, and helps reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.

Screening and Detection

Screening and detection can help to spot early signs of cancers and even help prevent them.

Managing Day-to-Day

The experience of cancer may make you look at your life in a new way. Practical advice to help you through the daily challenges.

Back to Me

Changes to the way your body looks, works or feels? Find tips and information for feeling more like you.

Cancer Champions

Get help and support to do your bit to prevent cancer – find out about becoming a cancer champion here…

Stronger Mind

Having a stronger mind allows you to respond to challenging situations more positively, helps lift your mood, building resilience and confidence.

Courses

Improve your wellbeing and learn more about yourself through online or face-to-face courses.
Coping with Anxiety and Depression

A mix of emotions, such as feeling anxious or depressed, can affect you when diagnosed with cancer or following your cancer treatment. Here are some helpful resources to enable you to deal with these, build a stronger mind, and embrace your ‘new normal’.
Drop In Support

Ready to talk, or just listen? Here are details of cancer drop in support groups and cancer drop in centres across the Greater Manchester region.
Meditation and Mindfulness

Want to reduce your cancer-related stress levels and improve your mood and wellbeing? Meditation and mindfulness can help.
Support Groups

Details of cancer support groups, forums and social events in Manchester to help you find mutual support and friendship.

Stronger Body

Keeping active and maintaining a stronger body can have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing, and helps reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.

Special Events

Special events taking place across Greater Manchester where you can combine your passion for supporting cancer research, treatment and recovery along with exercise, or some other kind of social event.
Stop smoking support

Services, apps and advice to help you make a change and support you on your journey to becoming smoke-free.
Physical Activity

Tools to help you engage in physical activity while you recover from cancer treatment. There’s something for all levels of fitness.
Nutrition and diet

A healthy eating approach to your diet can reduce the risk of cancer reoccurring or development of a new one, and reduce risk of other diseases such as heart disease.
Managing side effects

Learn more about managing the physical, mental and visible side-effects of cancer treatment.
Exercise Classes

There are a variety of activities you can do to keep active. Each form of exercise has its own benefits.
Healthy heart

Helping you understand more about how your heart works and how to keep it healthy.

Screening and Detection

Screening and detection can help to spot early signs of cancers and even help prevent them.

Screening and Detection

Screening and detection programmes for cancer prevention in the Greater Manchester area.

Managing Day-to-Day

The experience of cancer may make you look at your life in a new way. Practical advice to help you through the daily challenges.

Young People

Advice, support groups and activities to help young people affected by cancer.
Travel

Cancer and its treatments can have physical effects that may limit ability to travel. Advice to help you plan your trip.
Follow Up Care

Advice on regular and thorough follow-up care after cancer treatment.
Financial Support

Information on financial support after cancer, such as planning and assistance, to help reduce stress and worry.
Employment/Work

Advice from GM Cancer Champions on preparing for the return to work after cancer, and boosting your confidence in the workplace. Plus, information on the workplace laws on health discrimination for those who are reentering the work environment after recovering from cancer.

Back to Me

Changes to the way your body looks, works or feels? Find tips and information for feeling more like you.

Support

Find support groups, local services, centres and charities across the region to meet new friends, provide assistance or to find a friendly ear to listen.
Social Groups

Details of social groups, forums and events to help you find mutual support and friendship.
Courses

Online and face-to-face cancer-related, health and wellbeing courses to help you re-adjust back into daily life.
Sexual Health

Your sex life may be affected by cancer treatment. Information about practical issues, confidence, emotions, and changes in your body.
Real Stories

Hear stories from people living with, or beyond, cancer on a range of topics.
Lingerie / Clothing services

Links to organisations that offer specialist advice and clothing.
Hair and Skin Care

Hair and skin care resources providing advice for cancer sufferers. Get help with the visible side effects of treatment and face each day with confidence.

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Stronger Mind

Stronger Body

Screening and Detection

Managing Day-to-Day

Back to Me

Cancer Champions

Stronger Mind

Courses

Coping with Anxiety and Depression

Drop In Support

Meditation and Mindfulness

Support Groups

Stronger Body

Special Events

Stop smoking support

Physical Activity

Nutrition and diet

Managing side effects

Exercise Classes

Healthy heart

Screening and Detection

Screening and Detection

Managing Day-to-Day

Young People

Travel

Follow Up Care

Financial Support

Employment/Work

Back to Me

Support

Social Groups

Courses

Sexual Health

Real Stories

Lingerie / Clothing services

Hair and Skin Care