GROUPS AND PROGRAMMES CALENDAR JUNE 2015

GROUPS ANDPROGRAMMES CALENDAR
JUNE 2015
These groups and programmes are designed for people with a cancer and their family/whanau.
Most groups are held at the Cancer Society Christchurch Centre, 97 Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch
(Please check venue)
Please book as spaces can be limited.
DATE/TIME
WHAT’S ON
4 June
10.30 am – 11.30 am
MEDITATION
4 June
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
HEAD AND NECK
LIVING WELL PROGRAMME
8 June
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
CARERS GROUP
12 June
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
BEADED JEWELLERY WORKSHOP
16 June
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
YOGA
18 June
10.30 am – 11.30 am
MEDITATION
18 June
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
GYNAECOLOGICAL GROUP
Women only
19 June
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm
YOUNG PERSONS GROUP
25 - 50 years
20 June
7.30 pm – 12.30 am
CANCER SOCIETY BALL
26 June
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm
ADVANCED CANCER GROUP
29 June
10.00 am – 11.30 am
HERBAL WORKSHOP
DETAILS
Enjoy a relaxing meditation session with
Kathryn Deacon
‘Oral heath care before and after treatment’
Sarah Lovie, Dentist, Head and Neck Service, Christchurch
Hospital.
‘Our new normal…how to move forward’. How life events change
our reality.
Nilguen Kulpe, Grief Counsellor/Group Facilitator in Private
Practice
Join us for a wonderful morning making beaded necklaces,
earrings and bracelets. Please bring your tool kit, if you have
attended a previous workshop.
Sarah Clifford
Booking essential as spaces are limited
Enjoy a relaxing yoga session with
Hollie Tang
Enjoy a relaxing meditation session with
Kathryn Deacon
‘Celebrating the Feminine’.
Nilguen Kulpe, Grief Counsellor/Group Facilitator in Private
Practice
This month we are meeting for lunch @ Ilex Café, in the Botanical
Gardens, Christchurch Central
Air Force Museum, Wigram
Dress: Black tie
Buy tickets at www.cancersocietyball.co.nz
‘Medicine heals the body, art heals the soul’. Enjoy expressing
yourself in different ways, using art therapy. Art experience not
required.
Bettina Evans
Enjoy making lavender eye pillows, in a relaxing and fun
environment.
Jill McChesney
If you are interested in any of these sessions please register by contacting the
Cancer Society Group Coordinator on 033795835 pr email
[email protected]
Limited parking is available in front of Cancer Society building and surrounding
streets.
SELF FACILITATED GROUPS
Prostate Group
A group for people with prostate cancer, held monthly on the 1st Tuesday of the month at MacDonald’s
Merivale 10.30am, and the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Cancer Society Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All
welcome.
Tuesday Morning Walking Group
A group for people, family, whanau and friends, held weekly on Tuesdays: summer 10.00am, winter
11.00am, leaving from the Botanic Gardens (on the bridge by the tea rooms). All welcome.
FACILITATED GROUPS
Advanced Cancer Group
A group for people with advanced cancer, held monthly on Fridays 12 – 2pm for lunch, at the Cancer
Society Centre.
Carers Support Group
A group for partners, family, whanau and friends, held monthly on Mondays 5.30 - 7.30pm, at the Cancer
Society Centre.
Gynaecological Group
A group for women with gynaecological cancers, held 6 weekly Thursday evenings 5.30-7.30pm, at the
Cancer Society Centre.
Head And Neck Living Well Group
A group for people with head and neck cancers, held 6 weekly on Thursday evenings 5.30 - 7pm, at the
Cancer Society Centre.
Meditation
A group for people, their family and whanau, held fortnightly on Thursdays 10.30-11.30am, at the Cancer
Society Centre. Please contact Kathryn 027 209 0416 for further information.
Rangiora Walking/Coffee group
A group which meets for a walk, followed by coffee at the Artisan Café (18 High St, Rangiora) held weekly
on Tuesday mornings: summer and winter schedules vary. Please contact Barbara 021 189 2511
Yoga
A group for people, their family and whanau, held monthly on Tuesdays 1-2pm, at the Cancer Society
Centre. Please contact Holly 379 5835 for further information.
Young Persons Group
A group for people 25–50 years, held monthly on Fridays 12 – 2pm
If you are interested in any of these events, please contact the Cancer Society Group
Coordinator on 03 3795835 or email [email protected].