Penny Brohn Cancer Care

Penny Brohn Cancer Care is the leading UK charity which has pioneered and specialises in ‘The Bristol Approach’ to cancer care. Focusing on the emotional and spiritual impact of cancer diagnosis and working hand in hand with conventional treatment.

Cancer can and does deplete you of many things that we all take for granted, our health, our attitude and our hope. The Bristol Approach helps patients to individually look at their lifestyle, diet and attitude and teaches different self help techniques, such as visualisation and relaxation, gives healing session, advice on diet, and can help patients discover their own creative skills. Through this guidance patients begin to look at what they do have in life rather than what they don’t and discover their own empowerment and strength to help them through a difficult time, whilst learning many new life skills. Visitors to the centre have been heard to say that it is a ‘magical experience.’ Perhaps they feel this because they are able to spend time in a safe, and gentle environment, and perhaps for the first time in many years focusing on themselves. The centre is also keen to offer advice to carers and family members.

Walk the Walk feel that The Penny Brohn Cancer Care is a vital cause to support as it is helping people with cancer now. Your money has made a huge contribution to this special place. Since 2000, when we started supporting the centre, your fundraising has made a considerable and very tangible difference to all those who have passed through its doors.

Cancerpoint

This very successful scheme, which is largely funded by Walk the Walk, was set up 4 years ago. It operates a drop in service for people living in the South West. Each person has an assessment and then has the opportunity to take up a variety of complementary and self-help techniques by individual appointment, over 2,500 have been created by this scheme in the last year. More information can be found here...

Eden Grove

The centre's largest and most adventurous project is about to be realised. On November 16th 2006 Eden Grove was officially opened. This new home will enable them to expand all their activities and allow many more people to benefit from this healing and nurturing environment. This is an exciting time for the centre, and for Walk the Walk! More information about the new facilities can be found here...

Helpline

As a result of Walk the Walk funds, the centre has been able to introduce a lo-call telephone number (0845 123 23 10) and has developed a designated email service thus increasing accessibility to many many thousands of people. More information can be found here...

My personal experience

The Bristol Centre holds a very warm place in my heart. The doors are open to all and offer a safe environment for our mind body and spirit when we are at our most vulnerable. During my own cancer I was a frequent visitor and it is thanks to this very special place that I can say my experience of breast cancer was as good as it could be. With their help I was able to discover the power of healing within myself and now 9 years later feeling fit and healthy, I am still using the ‘Bristol approach’ tools, especially all the nutritional advice. I would advise anyone with cancer to spend time in this wonderful space.