Events calendar
Whether you’re looking to learn more about blood cancer, attend an educational webinar or get involved with one of our fundraising events, you’ll find all the latest calendar of events here.
If you’d like to know a bit more about our Online Support Groups and Webinars before you register for one you can learn more about them here or check out some of the previous webinar recordings.
Support Group – Topic: Self-advocacy (day)
Online via Zoom
Self-advocacy means taking an active role in your health care which requires understanding your own needs and communicating these needs with others. This can be challenging while living with blood cancer. In this group, we will discuss the importance of self-advocacy in feeling heard and having your needs met. The aim of this group is to share personal experience and to provide strategies to enable you to be more confident in being “your own best advocate”.
Webinar – Managing the financial realities of blood cancer
Online via Zoom
Many people experience significant financial stress at the time of a blood cancer diagnosis. Personal and financial security can change, capacity to work can fluctuate and accessing insurance or support payments can create uncertainty and stress. Getting your financial affairs in order also includes planning for the future by making a Will.
Support Group – Topic: Self-advocacy (evening)
Online via Zoom
Self-advocacy means taking an active role in your health care which requires understanding your own needs and communicating these needs with others. This can be challenging while living with blood cancer. In this group, we will discuss the importance of self-advocacy in feeling heard and having your needs met. The aim of this group is to share personal experience and to provide strategies to enable you to be more confident in being “your own best advocate”.
Men’s Blood Cancer Support Group – Topic: Tricky conversations
Online via Zoom
Sharing the news of a blood cancer diagnosis can be challenging & confronting. This initial news will be one of many tricky conversations you & those around you will be faced with after a diagnosis. Despite the challenges, there are ways to manage these conversations. Together, we will discuss the group’s experiences, share strategies to ease the discomfort & build confidence in having these conversations.
5-Session online Bereavement Support Group: May
Online via Zoom
This series of 5 support groups that are carefully designed to allow you to share with others experiencing bereavement in a safe, supported environment. Join others on the road to restoring your sense of self and the possibility of reconnecting with the world around you. The content of these sessions is particularly relevant for those who have been bereaved by blood cancer in the last 3 years.
Support Group – Topic: Tricky conversations (day)
Online via Zoom
Sharing the news of a blood cancer diagnosis can be challenging & confronting. This initial news will be one of many tricky conversations you & those around you will be faced with after a diagnosis. Despite the challenges, there are ways to manage these conversations. Together, we will discuss the group’s experiences, share strategies to ease the discomfort & build confidence in having these conversations.
Webinar – The impact of loss and grief: From diagnosis to death and beyond
Online via Zoom
You are invited to this webinar where we will be exploring the common experiences of loss and grief associated with blood cancers / blood disorders. Blood cancer has big and little losses, some are obvious, and some are not e.g. loss of identity / loss of a loved one / lost sense of security and future dreams. Learn how to recognise these losses and discover strategies for managing them.
Support Group – Topic: Tricky conversations (evening)
Online via Zoom
Sharing the news of a blood cancer diagnosis can be challenging & confronting. This initial news will be one of many tricky conversations you & those around you will be faced with after a diagnosis. Despite the challenges, there are ways to manage these conversations. Together, we will discuss the group’s experiences, share strategies to ease the discomfort & build confidence in having these conversations.
Men’s Blood Cancer Support Group – Topic: Self-care
Online via Zoom
The diagnosis of blood cancer is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’. Taking care of ourselves & others is a key ingredient in how one paces themselves for this ‘marathon’. We will explore some of the barriers in life that stop us from taking care of ourselves, as well as discuss the benefits & explore different ways to take on self-care in our daily lives.Â
Support Group – Topic: Self-care (day)
Online via Zoom
The diagnosis of blood cancer is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’. Taking care of ourselves & others is a key ingredient in how one paces themselves for this ‘marathon’. We will explore some of the barriers in life that stop us from taking care of ourselves, as well as discuss the benefits & explore different ways to take on self-care in our daily lives.
Support Group – Topic: Self-care (evening)
Online via Zoom
The diagnosis of blood cancer is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’. Taking care of ourselves & others is a key ingredient in how one paces themselves for this ‘marathon’. We will explore some of the barriers in life that stop us from taking care of ourselves, as well as discuss the benefits & explore different ways to take on self-care in our daily lives.
Watch & Wait Support Group – Topic: Self-care
Online via Zoom
The diagnosis of blood cancer is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’. Taking care of ourselves & others is a key ingredient in how one paces themselves for this ‘marathon’. We will explore some of the barriers in life that stop us from taking care of ourselves, as well as discuss the benefits & explore different ways to take on self-care in our daily lives.