serious consideration and we really anticipate a large turnout. By having an evening session we hope that people that work will also be able to join us and for those who rely on public transport we will make the necessary travel arrangements. This should be lots of fun so please come along!! Macmillan Skype. Macmillan has been working with SKYPE to explore the best way to offer cancer patients support via an on- line video link. The next stage of this development is a 3 month live pilot in Scotland and Macmillan are looking for your help to find people who would benefit from using this service. For further details go to Lymphoedema Support Group The first meeting took place in the centre on the 14th May, the date for the next meeting is still to be arranged but there are self-management workshops in September/ October. This group is for anyone affected by Lymphoedema and not just cancer patients. Scottish Conference of Cancer Support |Groups. The annual conference is to be held at the Breadmore Hotel Glasgow from Thursday 12th Saturday 14th September, Liz Smith, Audrey Smith & Jen Ironside – will represent our centre and as always look forward to being inspired by the work of others and learning of new ways to help improve our service. The committee have agreed to donate £250 towards the conference, we did this last year and it was much appreciated and used to pay for one of the workshops. Lyth Art Centre Over the summer months Lyth has a programme of musical events which we have been invited to. They are kindly giving us 4 free tickets for each event, if anyone is
serious consideration and we really anticipate a large turnout. By having an evening session we hope that people that work will also be able to join us and for those who rely on public transport we will make the necessary travel arrangements. This should be lots of fun so please come along!! Macmillan Skype. Macmillan has been working with SKYPE to explore the best way to offer cancer patients support via an on- line video link. The next stage of this development is a 3 month live pilot in Scotland and Macmillan are looking for your help to find people who would benefit from using this service. For further details go to Lymphoedema Support Group The first meeting took place in the centre on the 14th May, the date for the next meeting is still to be arranged but there are self-management workshops in September/ October. This group is for anyone affected by Lymphoedema and not just cancer patients. Scottish Conference of Cancer Support |Groups. The annual conference is to be held at the Breadmore Hotel Glasgow from Thursday 12th – Saturday 14th September, Liz Smith, Audrey Smith & Jen Ironside will represent our centre and as always look forward to being inspired by the work of others and learning of new ways to help improve our service. The committee have agreed to donate £250 towards the conference, we did this last year and it was much appreciated and used to pay for one of the workshops. Lyth Art Centre Over the summer months Lyth has a programme of musical events which we have been invited to. They are kindly giving us 4 free tickets for each event, if anyone is
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