Our next prostate cancer support webinar is taking place via zoom on 17th April 2025
Ms Geraldine O’Boyle and Dr John Donohue will be our speakers.
The topic is on Sexual Issues following treatment for prostate cancer
Sign up via the form below
Does your partner have cancer? Next meeting on 11th April 2025
Our new partners support group for partners of people diagnosed with cancer takes place on 11th April 2025.
Come and join our partner’s support group which meets at our cancer support centre in Galway.
For further information please email [email protected] or call 091-540040
Caring for Carers Workshop 3rd April 2025
Cancer Care West is hosting an educational and interactive workshop for all those caring for a loved one living with and beyond cancer.
The workshop will cover the impact of cancer on caregivers as well as coping and resilience in the face of cancer.
Attendees will be invited to develop their own personalised self-care plan. Digital copies of the self-care plan to be filled out during the workshop will be emailed to all those who register via the form below.
If you would also like to receive a physical copy of the self-care plan, please complete the address section on the registration form below and we will post a copy to you. Please note, we will not be able to post self-care plans to anyone who registered after 1pm on Monday 31st March.
The zoom link to join the workshop online will be emailed to everyone who registered via the form below on Thursday 3rd April 2025
Caring for Carers Workshop
An educational and interactive workshop for all those caring for a loved one living with and beyond cancer
The Men’s Morning Peer Support Group Meeting 28th March 2025
Men’s Morning – Cancer Support Group
The Men’s Morning is a peer support group for men living with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer. It is open to men of all ages, whether they are newly diagnosed, on ongoing treatment or have finished treatment. The group meets once a month on a Friday morning.
To join call 091-540040 or email [email protected]
Acupuncture Service Every Friday
Acupuncture can provide several benefits for cancer patients, particularly in managing symptoms related to both the cancer itself and the side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.
Here are some of the key benefits:
• Pain Management
• Improvement in Sleep Quality
• Reduction of Fatigue
• Anxiety and Stress Relief
• Reduction of Hot Flashes
• Enhanced Overall Wellbeing
Venue: Cancer Care West, Support Centre, Seamus Quirke Rd, Galway
When: Every Friday
Therapist – Aine Delaney
Call 091-540040 or email [email protected] to book
The NUI Galway Medical Orchestra presents ‘Vena Vitae’
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13 YEARS SWIMMING 13KM ACROSS GALWAY BAY AS ANNUAL FRANCES THORNTON MEMORIAL GALWAY BAY SWIM RETURNS
13 YEARS SWIMMING 13KM ACROSS GALWAY BAY AS ANNUAL FRANCES THORNTON MEMORIAL GALWAY BAY SWIM RETURNS
Unlucky 13, or lucky for some as the annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West returns to the waters of Galway Bay this June. The swim was officially launched on Saturday 2nd June with the first official time trial at Blackrock in Salthill.
The swim which is now sold out will see close to 130 swimmers taking part this year it is now one of Ireland’s biggest and longest one day swims. Starting from Auginish in Co. Clare and finishing at Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill, the swim is a distance of roughly 13 kilometres….if you swim straight.
This year there will be 65 solo swimmers and 65 relay swimmers taking part in teams of 2,3 and 4 swimmers. Since the swim began 13 years ago, 569 people have swum the Bay and this year again it will be a mixture of swimmers who have completed the swim every year and complete novices.
Safety is a priority for the swim, each year the event reaches out to the maritime community in the west to support the swim through boat support.
Each swimmer needs a boat to follow and track their swim, organisers are again this year asking any boat owner to get in contact with the hope they can volunteer their services on the day.
“The most suitable boat is a 5.0m Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) with a 50HP engine or equivalent and we are again asking people to help support the swimmers in this years swim across the Bay,” explained David O’Donnell of Cancer Care West.
Last year’s swim raised €108,000 for Cancer Care West and we are hoping to beat that this year. The monies raised will help fund the expansion of our support services for cancer patients including a counselling service for children and a dedicated gym rehabilitation space for cancer patients.
The Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim will take place on Saturday July 21st. People are invited to go down to Blackrock diving tower, Salthill to welcome the swimmers home from 12 Noon.
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The 13th Annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim – Bigger than ever!
Our 13th Annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim will take place on Saturday, 21st of July 2018. All support welcome down at Balckrock, Salthill to welcome approx 140 swimmers back to shore – this event sold out in minutes and will be the biggest it has ever been this year! All spectators and support welcome!