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Looking after you: top tips from family and friends

… own wellbeing. Deena and Kate, family members supporting a loved one with ovarian cancer, share what helped them cope and what resources they found useful. When the … point I didn’t really understand what they meant. I wanted to say, ‘I don’t have cancer. I’m not important right now. What’s important is getting my wife through … run programmes of courses and workshops for family and friends of people with cancer.  … Top tips from family or friends on looking after your wellbeing if your …

Policy

… Target Ovarian Cancer works across the UK to shape, develop and improve policy to transform awareness, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.  We produce reports that highlight the main issues in ovarian cancer and put forward solutions for UK governments and policy-makers to take …

Apply for funding

… Target Ovarian Cancer’s UK-wide translational research programme is currently closed. We'll update … research projects that will benefit the largest proportion of those with ovarian cancer in the shortest timeframe. …

Telling your loved ones

… Here we provide information to help you share the news that the cancer is incurable with your family and friends. We also suggest ways to create … with your family and friends Sharing the news with family and friends Hearing that cancer is incurable can be incredibly difficult. It's not unusual to feel both … People who love and care about you might feel shocked and upset at hearing that the cancer is no longer curable. You might find yourself feeling as though you need to …

Media centre

… Contact our PR team Telephone: 020 7923 5476 Email: poffice@targetovariancancer.org.uk   How we can help Target Ovarian Cancer is the UK’s leading ovarian cancer charity. We work to improve early diagnosis, fund life-saving research and …

Meet the trustees

… of Management/EY Women to Watch 2022. In addition to her work with Target Ovarian Cancer, she is a trustee and member of the Audit and Finance Committee of the … and construction. A number of members of Raj's family have been impacted by cancer, and his wife's grandmother died from a gynaecological cancer.  Joanna Barker MBE Joanna founded Target Ovarian Cancer in 2008 and has over …

Adventure sports

… to raise money to support the thousands of women with ovarian cancer in the UK. With a range of locations and self-funded or minimum sponsorship … support to help you raise as much as you can: fundraising@targetovariancancer.org.uk . North West Whether it's abseiling from a bridge, a cliff, or even … to help you raise awareness of your challenge and the charity. A Target Ovarian Cancer T-shirt. If you have any queries, please contact us at  …

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Volunteer

… their time to help us raise funds and awareness. I lost my mum suddenly to ovarian cancer in 2015. She passed away six weeks after her diagnosis, and it tore our … memory has helped me get through these last four years, so thank you Target Ovarian Cancer for welcoming me in when I needed you. Emma, Target Ovarian Cancer volunteer   From joining the Team Target cheer squad at one of our events, …

Thank you for becoming a research champion

… quarterly research newsletter. Together we can make sure that everyone with ovarian cancer has the best chance of survival. … By supporting our work and becoming a research champion, you're making sure the voices of those affected by ovarian cancer are at the heart of our research. …

Write your will for free

… A gift in your will to Target Ovarian Cancer will raise awareness and train generations of GPs so that more women are … that will save thousands of lives every year. It will ensure no woman faces ovarian cancer alone. Write your will for free With our online will-writing partner, Octopus … you to make changes to your existing will, such as to add a gift to Target Ovarian Cancer, without needing to write a new one. We do recommend that you seek legal …