“Take 5” Information Session
2025-10-03 10:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Justine Brown, Health & Wellbeing Worker for North Belfast (BHSCT) will kick off our Take 5 Programme on Friday 3rd October 2025, 10.30am – 12.00pm in Cancer Lifeline. During this session Justine will help you to get to grips with Take 5 as a wellbeing tool, which will contribute to improving your wellbeing in its fullest sense (physically & emotionally) supporting and assisting you to function well. Come along and hear more about the Take 5 Steps and what this could mean for you. Learn how to integrate the 5 steps into your daily life. Don’t forget to register with the office on 02890 351999

“Get Active” - Gentle Stretching (Course 1)
2025-10-06 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-20 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-27 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
This course (lasting five weeks) will improve your physical health and wellbeing through the Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing. They will help to improve your level of flexibility, fitness and positive wellbeing, supporting you to become more active. Please wear comfortable clothing.

Men’s Den (Mug Meet up)
2025-10-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-10-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Men’s Den, 44 Alliance Avenue
Come to the Men’s Den, get a cuppa and have a chat.

Walking Group
2025-10-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-22 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-29 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-12 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Going for a nice walk or a gentle stroll, may help, if you are experiencing poor sleep, feel anxious etc…
Our Walking Group walks locally in North Belfast. Once a month we organise one off trips to places of interest such as public parks across the city and others as suggested by group participants. You must attend for three weeks in a row to take part in the outings.
The Walking Group is led by our experienced walking leaders Liz & Richard who have both completed their Walking Leaders Course via Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT). Group is designed for people of all walking abilities. Please wear comfortable footwear & clothing.

Bereavement Group
2025-10-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
The loss of a loved one is life’s most stressful event and can cause major emotional crisis. After the death of someone you love and cherish, you will experience a whole range of emotions, even when the death is expected. There is no right or wrong way to grieve – but there are positive and healthy ways to cope with your loss. Your feelings are normal and are very common reactions when someone close passes away.

Coffee & Connect - Carers - Males & Females
2025-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
These Coffee and Connect mornings are an opportunity for you to meet up, share and connect with others facing a cancer diagnosis. They are also an opportunity to enhance your general appearance and self-image through one to one hair slots, hair care, wig information, skin care etc… The sessions will also have information stalls from a range of community, statutory and voluntary organisations. Having the opportunity to connect with other service providers can open up new opportunities for additional supports. The sessions are a chance to try out new taster activities to support your wellbeing.

Female Support Group
2025-10-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
This is an opportunity to meet up with other women living with cancer. “The Support Group has helped me to meet other women in the same situation as myself. We were able to chat about our circumstances and get support from each other.”
Helping to connect with other women who have been through a similar diagnosis can be helpful and supportive. The group is a chance to talk openly and safely about your fears, worries and concerns with other women facing a cancer diagnosis.

Vital Nutrition For Living Well
2025-11-05 10:30 - 12:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Are you confused about nutrition? Do you want to make some changes to your diet, but don’t know where to start?
If you are looking for simple and straightforward ways to make positive changes to your diet, then our nutritionist Jane McClenaghan is here to help you make sense of healthy eating. Jane will help you to set realistic and achievable goals and guide you on the best foods to add to your shopping basket.

“Get Active” - Yoga
2025-11-06 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-20 11:00 - 12:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue

“Remembering Absent Friends & Loved Ones”
2025-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
This will take place in Cancer Lifeline on Thursday 6th Nov 2025 to remember absent friends and loved ones.
Please feel free to bring along a treasured item of your loved one – photograph or a treasured memento.

Fatigue Management Programme
2025-11-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Fatigue is a feeling of tiredness and lack of energy that everyone will experience at some time during and / or after a cancer diagnosis and its treatments.
The effects of Fatigue will be different for everyone but can cause great difficulty with doing everyday activities that are important to us. Fatigue can make you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and depressed. Fatigue is also now known to be one of the long-term side effects of Covid-19, which is affecting so many of us now too.
In this session you will hear from other people who are maybe experiencing the same feelings and symptoms as you. It will help you to understand the causes of fatigue and will provide some useful advice, tips, and techniques to help you to start to overcome fatigue. Begin to make positive changes to your energy levels, mood, wellbeing, and quality of life.

Men’s Den (Tai Chi - Wellbeing Morning)
2025-11-12 10:30 - 11:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Come along to this event at the Men’s Den to experience Tai Chi.
Tai Chi is a gentle yet powerful practice that offers many benefits, particularly for men living with or affected by cancer.
Through slow, flowing movements and controlled breathing, Tai Chi helps reduce stress and anxiety, promoting a sense of calm and balance. Physically, it improves flexibility, posture, and circulation while strengthening muscles and joints without putting strain on the body.

Mindfulness Mornings “Breath Work for Energy & Wellbeing”
2025-11-12 12:30 - 14:00 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Breath work is a simple but powerful practice that can benefit anyone affected by cancer, whether directly or through supporting a loved one. By focusing on slow, deep, and intentional breathing, it helps calm the mind, reduce stress, and ease anxiety. Physically, it supports relaxation, lowers blood pressure, and improves oxygen flow through the body. Practicing breath work together also creates a shared sense of connection, offering space to pause, reflect, and strengthen both body and mind.

Coffee & Connect - Cancer Patients - Males & Females
2025-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue

Men’s Den (Breakfast Bites – Mood Matters session, Aware & Macmillan)
2025-11-26 10:30 - 12:30 | Alliance Avenue, 44 Alliance Avenue
Macmillan’s partnership with AWARE NI is helping to bring vital mental health support to people affected by cancer across Northern Ireland. Together, we’ve adapted AWARE NI’s Mood Matters Adults (MMA) programme to support people currently living with cancer or have been diagnosed with cancer in the past. It is also open to family members, friends, and carers supporting a loved one through cancer.
