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 medical equipment, funding internationally significant research projects based at the Norwich Research Park and educating local people about cancer.
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 provide a bedrock of support, information, complementary therapies 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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From 1 April 2022, Norfolk County Council’s reuse shops are supporting Big C Cancer Charity. A proportion of the proceeds from reuse shops is being donated and will support the charity’s vital role in providing support to anyone affected by cancer in Norfolk. To date, the reuse shops have raised
On World Cancer Day (4th February), MP for Norwich North, Chloe Smith, visited Big C’s Norwich Cancer Support and Information Centre, in the grounds of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH). Chloe, who has herself received treatment for cancer, met with members of the Support and Information Team in
This weekend, the Big C team in King’s Lynn was joined by special guest, Michaela Strachan, ahead of World Cancer Day which takes place on 4th February. After filming BBC’s Winterwatch in Norfolk, Michaela, who is herself a cancer survivor, visited Big C’s new Support and Information Centre in Railway
Our Cancer Support & Information Centres in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn are open for face to face meetings.
Call our free telephone support line 0800 092 7640 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm) or email us at support@big-c.co.uk.
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.
