Telephone Support Line 0800 092 7640
Available Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.00pm
Through our Centres, online and telephone-based support, we help local cancer patients and their family and friends to improve their quality of life, physical health, and mental wellbeing.
We are always looking for volunteers including in our Support Centres, shops and at our Fundraising events. Volunteering is a great way to spend some free time, meet new people, and gain experience.
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Welcome to Big C – a message from our CEO …
For 40 years, Big C has been supporting those affected by cancer.
From the first small, but important fundraising project providing chemotherapy equipment at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital in 1980, the charity has grown into an impressive organisation providing practical and emotional support in our Big C Centres, funding lifesaving medical equipment, funding internationally significant research projects based at the Norwich Research Park and educating local people about cancer.
Sadly, most people will be affected by cancer at some point in their lives, whether that be their own diagnosis, or that or a loved one or friend.
Today, Big C has four established Cancer Support Centres; in the grounds of the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, in King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth and within the Louise Hamilton Centre in Gorleston.
The Centres are visited more than 22,000 times each year, providing a bedrock of support, information, complementary therapies, tea, biscuits and a listening ear to many thousands of people affected by cancer, often when they are attending hospital appointments, or during treatment.
I wouldn't really believe it was possible, but it has, and is, changing lives. Sometimes I think we all have a purpose in this world, and I wonder whether I was ill to actually create Big C as it is today.
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Our Cancer Support & Information Centres at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and in Great Yarmouth are now open.
Service users will be required to book an appointment by phone on 0800 092 7640 before attending. Service users, staff and volunteers will be required to wear face coverings at all times, unless exempt on medical grounds.
Call our free telephone support line 0800 092 7640 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm) or email us at support@big-c.co.uk.
For our Big C shops, our staff and volunteers will continue to wear face coverings and we ask customers to continue to do the same for the safety of themselves and others.
Big C is the working name of The Big C Appeal Ltd. Registered charity, number 281730 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales, number 1521441. VAT Registration number 688 7342 76. Registered office: Big C, Centrum, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UG.
