Linc is dedicated to supporting blood cancer patients and their families. We provide both emotional and financial support to help people who are receiving cancer care across Gloucestershire’s hospitals.

Linc help to navigate the impact of cancer upon patients and their loved ones by funding Clinical Psychologists that work with the NHS Trust. The team go above and beyond to ensure that our patients and their families are supported in a bespoke and considered way. We know that cancer causes a large ripple effect and sometimes it’s not just the patient who needs the support, it can often be their family too. That’s why our service is focused around families as well as the patient themselves. People seek the services’ support for a variety of reasons which include: adjustment, anxiety, depression and support with talking to children about a diagnosis. Currently our Clinical Psychology Team have over 400 contacts a year with patients and families.

We also fund clinical trial nurses who work with blood cancer patients who are receiving treatment and support them through trials that could benefit them further. This in turn provides learnings and information which change patient outcomes nationally and internationally in the future. For a small charity, Linc makes a huge impact!

Linc’s Fund helps people with financial support after diagnosis. This can help with childcare, rent costs, or alternative pain management. We fund items for patients staying in hospital like Sky TV on the wards to exercise bikes. Everything we fund, is based on patient feedback. We are reactive to patient need and fund items which have the biggest benefit.

Here are some wonderful things, patients have said about the service:

“It took the fear out of cancer.”

“It’s given me hope and encouragement and perspective. It made me feel human again.”

We rely entirely on people’s generosity of making donations and fundraising for us to ensure we can continue to provide these vital services to local people, so thank you for taking the time to read about Linc Charity and our vital work.

www.linccharity.org